Some of the software packages used in our classes only work on Windows or Linux operating systems.
For students that have a Mac they can install a virtual machine,VM, using VMWare. And they'll need to download Windows 10 and they can download it from the Azure Dev Tools website.
Here is a link with instructions to access the Azure Dev Tools website: https://seascf.seas.
When they login the Azure site they will select Software on the left and look for "Windows 10 (consumer editions), version 1909".
Once they are done installing a Windows 10 VM they can install Vivado 2018.2 on their VM. Here is the link: https://www.xilinx.
Here is the basic process:
- Download VMware and Install it
- Download Widows 10
- Create Windows 10 Virtual Machine using VMware
- Once the VM is created log into you Windows 10 VM
- Download Vivado within your Windows 10 VM
- Install Vivado
