Getting Started With The Petalinux Demonstration; Processor System Used For The Petalinux Demo - Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA ML605 Embedded Kit Getting Started

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Congratulations! You have now run a Video demo using the ML605 board with Virtex-6 LX240T
FPGA and the MicroBlaze soft processor. Since you are provided with a fully
configured MicroBlaze Processor Subsystem, you can start developing embedded
software. Also since you are using an FPGA, you can fully customize this
processor system. In order to do this, you have to install the ISE Design Suite 12.1
tools and the USB-UART driver on your computer. The
of ISE Design Suite 12.1
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Getting Started with the PetaLinux Demonstration

This Virtex-6 Embedded Kit comes with a PetaLinux demo available on the provided
CompactFlash card. PetaLinux is an Embedded Linux System Development Kit
specifically targeting FPGA-based system-on-chip designs. You can run this demo to get
an overview of the features of the ML605 Evaluation Board using a MicroBlaze Processor
Subsystem in the Virtex-6 LX240T FPGA. More information about PetaLogix, including
how to evaluate or purchase it, can be found at http://www.petalogix.com/petalinux.

Processor System Used for the PetaLinux Demo

The provided PetaLinux demo uses a pre-built Virtex-6 FPGA design
following features:
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Try clicking the various options that adjust the image and notice the affect on the
image displayed on the monitor.
Either select one of the displayed images or click Browse and select a new image from
the ML605_Embedded_Kit\Test_Images directory.
The selected image should now be displayed on the DVI (or VGA) monitor.
Repeat step 5 and step 6 as desired.
section of this document will guide you through these
MicroBlaze soft processor
External DDR3 Memory Interface
External Memory Controller (EMC) for Flash memory
On-chip Memory (Block RAM)
Integrated Tri-Mode Ethernet MAC (TEMAC)
UART (connected from ML605 board via the USB-UART connector)
Interrupt Controller (Intc) & Timer
CompactFlash Interface (System ACE CF technology)
GPIO (LEDs, LCD, Switches)
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