Nexys Video Keyboard Demo

Description

This project is a Vivado demo using the Nexys Video's USB HID Host port and USB UART bridge, written in Verilog. When programmed onto the board, whenever the user presses a key on a keyboard connected to the USB HID port (J15, labeled "USB HOST"), a scan code is sent to the Nexys Video through a PS/2 interface. This scan code is read and transmitted to the computer via the USB-UART bridge. When the key is released, a scan code of 0xF0XX is transmitted, indicating that the key with PS/2 code "XX" has been released.

To use this demo, the Nexys Video must be connected to a serial terminal on the computer it is connected to over the MicroUSB cable. For more information on how to set up and use a serial terminal, such as Tera Term or PuTTY, refer to this tutorial.

For example: If the user presses the space bar on a keyboard connected to the Nexys Video, the scan code "29" will be sent to the computer. When the space bar is released, "F0 29" will be printed.

Requirements

• Nexys Video: To purchase a Nexys Video, see the Digilent Store
• Vivado 2018.2 Installation: To set up Vivado, see the Installing Vivado and Digilent Board Files Tutorial.
• Serial Terminal Emulator: For more information, see the Installating and Using a Terminal Emulator Tutorial.
• MicroUSB Cable
• USB Keyboard

Demo Setup

1. Download and extract the most recent release ZIP archive from this repository's Releases Page.
2. Open the project in Vivado 2018.2 by double clicking on the included XPR file found at "<archive extracted location>/vivado_proj/Nexys-Video-Keyboard.xpr".
3. In the Flow Navigator panel on the left side of the Vivado window, click Open Hardware Manager.
4. Plug a Nexys Video into the computer running Vivado using a MicroUSB cable.
5. Open a serial terminal emulator (such as TeraTerm) and connect it to the Nexys Video's serial port, using a baud rate of 9600.
6. In the green bar at the top of the window, click Open target. Select Auto connect from the drop down menu.
7. In the green bar at the top of the window, click Program device.
8. In the "Program Device" Wizard, enter "<archive extracted location>vivado_proj/Nexys-Video-Keyboard.runs/impl_1/top.bit" into the "Bitstream file" field. Then click Program.
9. The demo will now be programmed onto the Nexys Video. See the Introduction section of this README for a description of how this demo works.

Next Steps

This demo can be used as a basis for other projects, either by adding sources included in the demo's release to those projects, or by modifying the sources in the release project.

Check out the Nexys Video's Resource Center to find more documentation, demos, and tutorials.

For technical support or questions, please post on the Digilent Forum.

Additional Notes

For more information on how this project is version controlled, refer to the Digilent Vivado Scripts Repository