Training Class:

This course will provide students with a hands-on working knowledge of the ORBexpress FPGA product and how to integrate FPGA hardware into the ORBexpress FPGA framework. The concept of connecting FPGA hardware with an FPGA-based CORBA ORB and communicating among CORBA objects will be presented. The use of basic ORBexpress FPGA tools and illustrated examples (including generated code) will be shown.

FPGA hardware developers and project team members who need a working, practical understanding of how to integrate FPGA hardware into a CORBA application using ORBexpress FPGA.​

This course will enable students to:

• • Understand the goals and rationale behind implementing FPGA hardware within a CORBA project.
  • Use ORBexpress FPGA and CORBA in their FPGA hardware development efforts
  • Familiarize themselves with both the basics and the advanced uses of ORBexpress FPGA.
  • Experience hands-on, practical examples of using ORBexpress FPGA.

The student should be familiar with FPGA and hardware development concepts, in general. A working knowledge of VHDL will assist in the completion of hands-on exercises.

No knowledge of CORBA, Distributed Object Computing or ORBexpress is needed nor assumed.

Two (2) days.

Each student will be provided with a PC or Workstation computer with both ORBexpress FPGA and a corresponding FPGA development environment installed. All computers will be connected on a LAN to enable client/server lab exercises.

Students will be provided with a copy of the instructor’s slides, a paper copy of the product manuals, and a copy of current ORBexpress FPGA release notes and FAQs.