Summary
This chapter covered the implementation of a few of the significant remaining portions of the FPGA design, including the deserializer, the FIFO buffer, and the interface to the AXI bus. We covered the application of appropriate code style guidelines and discussed the use of static source code analysis as a powerful means of preventing many errors that are otherwise difficult to debug.
The chapter discussed the use of Git as a software project version control system. The benefits of TDD were discussed and the Ceedling TDD tool for C language projects was introduced.
Having completed this chapter, you understand the basics of designing FPGA algorithms and how to develop embedded C code in a maintainable and well-tested style. You are familiar with the basics of Git version control and understand the fundamental steps of TDD.
The next and final chapter will discuss best practices for performing thorough testing of the entire embedded device and will offer some effective...
