Xilinx AXI Verification IP (VIP) demo

AXI Slave verification example

Sources

• src/axi_vip_master - AXI VIP Master - generated from Vivado -> IP Catalog -> AXI Verification IP
• src/axi_ram - RAM with AXI Slave interface (from here)
• src/xilinx_vip - from $XILINX_DIR/Vivado/2019.2/data/xilinx_vip directory
• src/tb - testbench where all the components are instantinated

Simulation

Simulation in Vivado XSim can be started from sim folder. Scripts overview:

• clean.sh - to remove all simulations artifacts
• elab.sh - to elaborate all sources (Xilinx VIP is used as a library)
• elab_nolib.sh - to elaborate all sources (Xilinx VIP sources are used - may be used as an example of how to run in other sim)
• sim.sh - start simulation
• run.sh - wrapper script; do elaboration and start simulation; optional argument nolib can be provided to choose the second elaboration script

Useful links

• AXI Basics 2 - Simulating AXI interfaces with the AXI Verification IP (AXI VIP)
• PG267 - AXI Verification IP v1.1 Product Guide (v1.1)
• PG277 - AXI4-Stream Verification IP v1.1 Product Guide (v1.1)
• PG291 - Clock Verification IP v1.0 Product Guide (v1.0)
• PG298 - Reset Verification IP v1.0 Product Guide (v1.0)
• PG101 - AXI Protocol Checker v2.0 Product Guide (v2.0)
• AXI VIP, AXI Stream VIP, Clock VIP, Reset VIP sources + API documentation (2019.1)
• AMBA 4 AXI4, AXI4-Lite, and AXI4-Stream Protocol Assertions User Guide

All those PDFs and ZIP can be also found in doc folder.