FPGA Hardware Design Build a Real SPI Flash Driver in VHDL
Published 7/2026
Created by Anas Fennane
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Level: Beginner | Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 40 Lectures ( 4h 50m ) | Size: 2.2 GB
Master the SPI protocol, M25P16 flash memory, and FSM design - from RTL to FPGA board
What you'll learn
Understand SPI Protocol
Understand Flash and how to integrate it into a hardware system
Implement an SPI driver in VHDL
Implement a Flash driver in VHDL
Hands-on practice labRequirements
VHDL and Digital Electronics basics needed.
No Flash knowledge needed.
No SPI Protocol knowledge needed.Description
Have you ever wondered how your FPGA remembers its configuration after you unplug it?
The answer is SPI flash memory - and in this course, you will build a complete driver for it from the ground up, in VHDL, on real hardware.
This is a hands-on, board-level course. By the end, you will have designed a working system that lets you type a message into a terminal, store it permanently in flash memory, power the board off, power it back on - and watch your message reappear. No microcontroller. No operating system. Pure hardware logic running on a Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA.
What you will build
The course is structured around five practical deliverables
Areusable SPI master - a VHDL state machine that generates SCLK, drives MOSI, and captures MISO at any clock speed
Aflash driver - a command-level FSM that implements READ, PAGE PROGRAM, SECTOR ERASE, and WIP polling on top of the SPI master
AUART interface - a 19200-baud 8N1 transmitter and receiver so you can interact with the board from any terminal
Acomplete testbench
TheMessage Board capstone project - a persistent EEPROM-style storage system that ties all four components together into a single top-level designWhat You Will Learn
How the SPI protocol works
How flash memory stores, erases, and protects data at the cell level
How to design layered hardware - a transport layer, a command layer, and an application layer that are each independently testableWho this course is for
Engineering students
Anyone interested in hardware design and system integrationHomepage
Code:
https://www.udemy.com/course/fpga-hardware-design-build-a-real-spi-flash-driver-in-vhdl
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