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Chapter 3: EDK Tutorial and Demonstration
Launching Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS)
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Instructions for Selecting Software Application
The system.xmp EDK project file supports multiple user software applications. To select
which software application to compile, follow the instructions below.
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Note:
application, right-click on the active project and select Make Project Inactive. Then find the software
application of interest and make that project active. See
Instructions for Building and Implementing the Design
After successfully loading the design, it can now be synthesized and place-and-routed to
be run on real ML40x hardware.
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Open the XPS GUI.
On a PC, click:
Start → Programs →Xilinx Platform Studio.
On Linux, source the necessary environment scripts, and launch XPS:
$ xps
Open XPS project file for the ML40x Embedded Processor Reference System:
Click File →Open Project.
Browse to find the <EDK Project Directory>.
Select the file system.xmp, click Open.
This opens the project file under EDK. It is now ready to build or download the system
using the user-selected software application program. You are now ready to proceed
with the following instructions.
Click the Applications tab on the left-hand pane, then scroll down and look for
Project: hello_uart.
Right-click on Project: hello_uart and select Make Project Active.
This tutorial uses the hello_uart application as an example. To select a different software
Synthesize the design.
In XPS, click Hardware→Generate Netlist.
Note:
This step might take some time to complete.
In XPS, click Hardware→Generate Bitstream.
Note:
This step might take some time to complete.
www.xilinx.com
"Software," page 39
for more information.
ML40x EDK Processor Reference Design
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