Xilinx 7 devices on macOS

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Vivado doesn't run on macOS. GateLab now builds Xilinx designs on a Linux machine anyway, and it feels local.

Press Build in GateLab on the Mac:

  • the project syncs to your Linux host over ssh
  • Vivado runs there in batch mode
  • the console streams back live
  • errors land in Problems with file and line; the Report shows LUTs, flip-flops, block RAM and timing
  • the bitstream comes back and programs the board from the Mac through a JTAG probe
  • Cancel really stops Vivado on the host

Claude, GateLab's built-in agent, uses the same path: it builds, reads the errors and fixes the design.

First board: Seeed's Spartan Edge Accelerator (Spartan-7 XC7S15). A blinky builds in about 40 seconds on a small Debian box. Simulation stays local, in Icarus Verilog.

Available in GateLab Pro.