Create Your First Project - ValentFX Mark 1 FPGA Starter Manual

At this point the software will open your web browser and bring you to the Xilinx site. It will ask you to login with your user account.
Do it and follow the on screen instructions. Once you complete the on screen steps Xilinx will email you a license file with the file
extension .lic. Save this .lic attachment somewhere safe. The ISE installation directory would suffice. The email also contains
instructions on how to install the license.
Essentially all you need to do is open the Xilinx License Configuration Manager again, click the Manage Xilinx Licenses tab, and
click Copy License. This will open a dialog that lets you find and select the .lic license file you downloaded from your email. Select
it and click Ok. Under the Manage Xilinx Licenses tab the table should now be populated with details about what features of the
software are enabled by your WebPack license. Congratulations, your software is setup and ready to go!

4.2. Create Your First Project

In this tutorial we will be using the Mark 1 hardware to create a working Verilog HDL design. We will keep the physical goals simple
in order to demonstrate the basics. In the following example, the Mark 1's buttons will be used to turn on some of its LEDs.
Thrilling! Absolutely yes, but it's an invaluable exercise none the less. Let's begin with creating our "Project" file in the ISE Project
Navigator.
In the Xilinx ISE, like many other engineering programs, users create "Projects" to save all aspects of their design. FPGA designs
often consist of many files of many different file types. The Project encapsulates everything and serves as a means to easily manage
all the FPGA's design files. (ISE Project files contain references to many support files like the source code files and configuration
files. They have a .xise file type.).
To create a project for this tutorial, open the Xilinx ISE Project Navigator. Under the File menu, choose New Project... you should
see the New Project Wizard open. Choose some file paths and a name for your project (it is recommended each of your projects be
put in its own folder to contain all the design files in one place):
Figure 6 – Unique Computer Info Tied to WebPack License
Figure 7 – The New Project Wizard
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