Jupyter notebooks

Introduction

The combination of Jupyter notebooks, the pyhubio library and the USB interface allows interactive communication with all parts of the FPGA configuration and visualization of input and output data, making testing and prototyping more dynamic.

The notebooks directory contains a few examples of Jupyter notebooks.

Getting started

• Download and unpack the release zip file

• Install the WinUSB driver for the USB interface of the USB104 A7 board (USB ID 0403:6010 and 0403:6014) using Zadig

• Install Visual Studio Code following the platform-specific instructions below:

  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Windows

• Install the following Visual Studio Code extensions:

  • Python
  • Jupyter
  • Micromamba

• Open notebooks directory in Visual Studio Code:

  • From the "File" menu select "Open Folder"
  • In the "Open Folder" dialog find and select notebooks directory and click "Open"

• Create micromamba environment:

  • From the "View" menu select "Command Palette"
  • Type "micromamba create environment"

Working with notebooks

• Open one of the notebooks in Visual Studio Code

• Make sure the micromamba environment called "usb104-a7-notes" is selected in the kernel/environment selector in the top right corner of the notebook view

• Run the code cells one by one by clicking the play icon in the top left corner of each cell