Summary
This chapter led you through the process of carefully providing first-time power to the board and checking basic circuit-level functionality. After passing those tests, we added some FPGA code to generate the output signals that drive the oscilloscope board. We also discussed some ways we can modify and adapt the circuit if it turns out to not be functioning as intended.
Having completed this chapter, you now know how to prepare the circuit for initial power application and how to test circuit components and subsystems for proper operation. You have learned how to drive FPGA output signals and understand how to modify and adapt the circuit in case of design problems.
The next chapter will expand on the digital oscilloscope execution algorithm, including the remaining FPGA implementation, the firmware running on the MicroBlaze processor, and the software application running on the host computer.
