FPGA Cyclone IV DueProLogic Controls Arduino

In this tutorial, we are going to develop a platform where FPGA DueProLogic communicates with Arduino Due.

Four tasks will be demonstrated.

(A) PC remotes FPGA DueProLogic

(B) FPGA DueProLogic controls the LED-13 on Arduino Due

(C) Arduino Due sends ultrasonic sensor data to FPGA DueProLogic

(D) FPGA DueProLogic transmits data to PC

Video Demo:

Lab menu: https://roywchpi.blogspot.com/2020/06/11-fpga-controls-arduino.html

When you buy the FPGA DueProLogic, you should receive a DVD. After you open "Projects_HDL", you should see verilog code

//Arduino Connections
assign LEDExt = XIO_5[5]; //XIO_5 -- UB59 -- D15

assign XIO_1[3] = start_stop_cntrl; //XIO_1 -- UB3 -- D11

assign c_enable = XIO_5[2]; //XIO_5 -- UB57 -- D17

assign data_from_arduino[7] = XIO_6[18]; //XIO_6 -- UB40 -- D40

assign data_from_arduino[6] = XIO_6[17]; //XIO_6 -- UB39 -- D39

assign data_from_arduino[5] = XIO_6[16]; //XIO_6 -- UB38 -- D38

assign data_from_arduino[4] = XIO_6[15]; //XIO_6 -- UB37 -- D37

assign data_from_arduino[3] = XIO_6[14]; //XIO_6 -- UB36 -- D36

assign data_from_arduino[2] = XIO_6[13]; //XIO_6 -- UB35 -- D35

assign data_from_arduino[1] = XIO_6[12]; //XIO_6 -- UB34 -- D34

assign data_from_arduino[0] = XIO_6[11]; //XIO_6 -- UB33 -- D33

Press "Start Compilation" in Quartus, no error message should be generated. If you receive error message about multiple pins. Go to Assignments -> Device -> Device and Pin Options -> Dual-Purpose Pins -> change the value of the appropriate pin to "Use as regular I/O".

After compilation, you should get pof output file directly. If you get sof output file only, click "File" in Quartus -> "convert programming files". Change the settings which are marked by red boxes.

Press "Programmer" in Quartus, update the pof file and then click "Start"

#define COMMANDDELAY 10 // ms to wait for the filling of Serial buffer

#define COMBUFFERSIZE 3 // Size of buffer for incoming numbers

int startStopBit = 0; int count = 0;

int echoPin = 2; // Echo

int trigPin = 3; // Trigger

long duration, cm, inches;

int inPin11 = 11; //Input

int ledPin = 13; //Due Output

int LEDExt = 15; //Output

int C_Enable = 17; //Output

int new_value = 0x00000000;

int data_top_2bits = 0;

int data_bottom_6bits = 0;

int data_to_DPL = 0;

int newP = 500;

char commandBuffer[COMBUFFERSIZE+1];

// Fills the given buffer with bufferSize chars from a Serial object void fillBuffer( \ char *buffer, \ byte bufferSize, \ HardwareSerial* serial = &Serial );

void setup()

{

int k ; //Set pins D33-D41 as outputs

for( k = 33 ; k <= 41 ; k++ )

pinMode( k, OUTPUT ) ; // Sets Port C2-C9 to output pins

// Set the output pins in the Output Write Enable Register

REG_PIOC_OWER = 0x0000037E ;

// Disable writing to all other pins on the same port-

REG_PIOC_OWDR = 0xFFFFFC81 ;

pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT);

pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);

pinMode(C_Enable, OUTPUT);

pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);

pinMode(LEDExt, OUTPUT);

pinMode(inPin11, INPUT);

pinMode(motorPin, OUTPUT);

//randomSeed(analogRead(1));

Serial.begin(115200);

}

void loop ()

{

int i ; //Sample the Start/Stop switch //from the EPT-4CE6-AF

startStopBit = digitalRead(inPin11);

Serial.println(startStopBit);

delay(newP); //Delay in ms

if(startStopBit==0)

{

digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);

delay(1000);

}

if(startStopBit==1)

{

digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);

delayMicroseconds(5);

digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);

delayMicroseconds(10);

digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);

pinMode(echoPin, INPUT);

duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);

cm = (duration/2) / 29.1; // Divide by 29.1 or multiply by 0.0343, this is physics

new_value = cm;

delay(1000); //Map the the transfer byte to pins available on the DueProLogic

data_top_2bits = (new_value & 0x000000c0)<<2;

data_bottom_6bits = (new_value & 0x0000003F)<<1; //Or the re-mapped bits together and use the ODSR

data_to_DPL = data_top_2bits | data_bottom_6bits;

REG_PIOC_ODSR = data_to_DPL; //Set the Write Enable Pin High

digitalWrite(C_Enable, HIGH);

//Set the LED Pin High

digitalWrite(LEDExt, HIGH);

delay(newP); //Delay in ms

//Set the LED Pin Low

digitalWrite(LEDExt, LOW); //Set the Write Enable Pin Low

digitalWrite(C_Enable, LOW);

}

if ( Serial.available() > 0 )

{

// Read the incoming byte

char theChar = Serial.read();

// Parse character

switch (theChar)

{

case 's': // 's' for setting time between samples // Wait for COMMANDDELAY ms

delay(COMMANDDELAY);

fillBuffer( commandBuffer, COMBUFFERSIZE );

// Convert buffer to integer //commandBuffer = "32";

newP = atoi( commandBuffer );

// Display moving status indicator

Serial.print("Setting the EPT prescaler to: ");

Serial.println(newP);

//Call set timing with newP //setIntervalTiming(newP);

break;

default: // Display error message

Serial.print("ERROR: Command not found, it was: ");

Serial.println(theChar);

break;

}

}

}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // fillBuffer //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Fills the given buffer with bufferSize chars from a Serial object

void fillBuffer( char *buffer, byte bufferSize, HardwareSerial* serial )

{ // Clean buffer

memset( (void *)buffer, '\0', sizeof(char) * bufferSize );

byte limit = ( bufferSize < serial->available() ) ? bufferSize : serial->available();

// Fill buffer

for ( byte i = 0; i < limit; i++ )

{

buffer[i] = serial->read();

}

}

You have to Install Visual Studio C#. Then open the C# file in Active_Host (DVD).

Create ON and OFF buttons in GUI interface with help of C# Toolbox.

//On button:

private void btnWriteByte_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

int address_to_device;

address_to_device = Convert.ToInt32(tbAddress.Text); EPT_AH_SendTransferControlByte((char)2, (char)1);

}

//OFF button

private void btnTransferReset_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

int address_to_device;

address_to_device = Convert.ToInt32(tbAddress.Text); EPT_AH_SendTransferControlByte((char)address_to_device, (char)0);

}

The char 0 and 1 determine the status of "start_stop_cntrl" in FPGA

When you compile and build the C# projects, exe file will be generated in C:\Visual Studio 2019\Data_collector\bin\x64\Release.

When you click "On", your PC sends signals to the FGPA to light up LED-13 on Arduino Due. Meanwhile the ultrasonic sensor transfers the data to the FPGA and then the data will be appeared on your PC.