Implementing a cloud based Xilinx ISE FPGA design platform for integrated remote labs

This paper describes the implementation of a cloud based Xilinx ISE platform that can be used by the users remotely. The Remote Xilinx environment is used to provide remote access to the Xilinx Integrated Software Environment (ISE). The main aim of the research presented is to highlight how users can access FPGA design resources from anywhere in combination with a potential remote FPGA lab. The architecture of the cloud based platform is described with a load analysis for the server. The cloud based approach has been proposed and a comparative analysis is discussed based on the results obtained. The remote environment is developed on the Ubuntu (open source) operating system by using Python and Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) scripting languages. The open source Apache server is used for running Xilinx environment on a server and open source analysis tools are used to perform server load analysis for running Xilinx environment on the server system.