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+# FPGA-Correlator
+A FPGA linear/multi-tau correlator written in VHDL.
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+This Vivado project was committed to Git using the scripts available at [barbedo/vivado-git](https://github.com/barbedo/vivado-git/tree/c0a92acd450be192cd9a901d316f73dab71d5019). To regenerate the project from the files in this repository, go to `Tools -> Run Tcl Script...` and select `vivado_project.tcl`.
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+In the case that this does not work, the latest Vivado project archive can be found in the [releases](https://github.com/chmoore889/FPGA-Correlator/releases).