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Alameda (MAXREFDES24#) LX9 MicroBoard Quick Start Guide 

 

3.  Included Files 

The top level of the hardware design is a Xilinx ISE Project Navigator Project (.XISE) for 
Xilinx ISE version 14.2. The Verilog-based HDL design instantiates the MicroBlaze core, 
the support hardware required to run the MicroBlaze, and the peripherals that interface 
to the Pmod  ports. 

Software i

s supplied as a Xilinx software development kit (SDK) 

project  that  includes a demonstration software application to evaluate the Alameda 
subsystem reference design. The lower level c-code driver routines are portable to the 
user’s own software project. 

 

 

 

Figure 3. Block Diagram of FPGA Hardware Design  

 

Summary of Contents for Alameda MAXREFDES24#

Page 1: ...lied Maxim Integrated reserves the right to change the circuitry and specifications without notice at any time Maxim Integrated 160 Rio Robles San Jose CA 95134 USA 1 408 601 1000 2014 Maxim Integrate...

Page 2: ...oBoard Quick Start Guide 2 Table of Contents 1 Required Equipment 3 2 Overview 3 3 Included Files 5 4 Procedure 6 5 Code Documentation 18 6 Appendix A Project Structure and Key Filenames 19 7 Trademar...

Page 3: ...ing pages The Alameda MAXREFDES24 subsystem reference design will be referred to as Alameda throughout this document 1 Connect the Alameda board to the J4 and J5 ports of an LX9 MicroBoard as shown in...

Page 4: ...Alameda MAXREFDES24 LX9 MicroBoard Quick Start Guide 4 Figure 1 Alameda Board Connected to LX9 Kit Figure 2 Pmod Connector Alignment...

Page 5: ...e MicroBlaze core the support hardware required to run the MicroBlaze and the peripherals that interface to the Pmod ports Software is supplied as a Xilinx software development kit SDK project that in...

Page 6: ...s used to communicate with a PC through a terminal program See step 16 for USB driver installation 7 Connect the J6 JTAG connector of the LX9 MicroBoard to a PC through a Xilinx programming cable This...

Page 7: ...11 SDK will prompt for a workspace directory which is the location where the software project is located For this example it is C designs maxim RD24V01_00 RD24_LX9_V01_00 Design_Files sdkWorkspace Cli...

Page 8: ...LX9 MicroBoard Quick Start Guide 8 12 Review the SDK IDE The Project Explorer in the upper left tab should have three components as shown in the image below If all three subfolders are present you can...

Page 9: ...h the File Import menu expand the General folder and select Existing Projects into Workspace Click Next Set the root directory to C designs maxim RD24V01_00 RD24_LX9_V01_00 Design_Files sdkWorkspace a...

Page 10: ...cted as well as an FPGA BMM bmm file Be sure to select the bit file and the bmm file by using the paths below Bitstream C designs maxim RD24V01_00 RD24_LX9_V01_00 Design_Files top bit BMM File C desig...

Page 11: ...family These may be obtained from the Silicon Labs website www silabs com Once installed Windows will assign a previously unused COM port Use the Windows Control Panel System Device Manager to determ...

Page 12: ...12 16 Use the Xilinx SDK to download and run the executable ELF ELF file on the MicroBlaze using the following steps Right click the mouse while the MAXREFDES24 C project is selected choose the Run As...

Page 13: ...Alameda MAXREFDES24 LX9 MicroBoard Quick Start Guide 13 Next double click the mouse on the Xilinx C C ELF menu...

Page 14: ...Alameda MAXREFDES24 LX9 MicroBoard Quick Start Guide 14 Next press the Search Project button...

Page 15: ...Alameda MAXREFDES24 LX9 MicroBoard Quick Start Guide 15 Double click on the MAXREFDES24 elf binary...

Page 16: ...Quick Start Guide 16 Verify the application is selected on the Main tab and press the Run button Once the Debug MAXREFDES24 configuration is set up once you just need to press the Run button if you e...

Page 17: ...Guide 17 At this point the application will be running on the MicroBlaze and the terminal program should show the menu below Make the desired selections by pressing the appropriate keys on the keyboar...

Page 18: ...e documentation can be found at C RD24V01_00 RD24_LX9_V01_00 Code_Documentation To view the code documentation in HTML format with a browser open the MainPage html file To view the code documentation...

Page 19: ...rademark of Xilinx Inc MicroBlaze is a trademark of Xilinx Inc Pmod is a trademark of Digilent Inc Spartan 6 is a registered trademark of Xilinx Inc WebPACK is a trademark of Xilinx Inc Windows is a r...

Page 20: ...Alameda MAXREFDES24 LX9 MicroBoard Quick Start Guide 20 8 Revision History REVISION NUMBER REVISION DATE DESCRIPTION PAGES CHANGED 0 3 14 Initial release...

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