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Chapter 8
Developing Applications for the High-Speed Serial Device
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The Xilinx Vivado tools create a blank project, from which you can develop socketed CLIP.
For more information about using the Xilinx Vivado tools to develop socketed CLIP, refer
to the
Accessing the Xilinx Vivado Tools
section.
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You can also design your project in LabVIEW, then export the project to the Vivado Design
Suite. For more information about exporting a LabVIEW FPGA VI as a Vivado Design
Suite project, refer to the
Exporting to Vivado
section.
Accessing the Xilinx Vivado Tools
Complete the following steps to run Xilinx Vivado and generate a blank project for CLIP
development.
1.
Ensure that your system meets the system requirements listed in the
NI High-Speed Serial
Instruments Readme
, available from the Start menu and at
ni.com/manuals
. You can
check the versions of the tool on your machine by selecting
Start»Control Panel»
Programs and Features
.
Note
If Vivado is installed by LabVIEW FPGA, it does not appear in
Programs
and Features
.
2.
Open the Xilinx Vivado Tool directory by navigating to
C:\NIFPGA\programs\
VivadoXXXX_Y
, where
XXXX
and
Y
refer to the Xilinx Vivado tool versions. For
example, <VIVADO_DIR> version 2013.4 is located at
C:\NIFPGA\programs\
Vivado2013_4
.
3.
Run the Xilinx Vivado batch file:
<XilinxVivadoDir>\bin\vivado.bat
.
You may receive the following warning when launching Vivado.
Figure 8-2.
EDK Environment Error Message
This error message is expected. You can ignore the error message if you are not using the
Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK). The EDK is not required for development with
the high-speed serial device.
4.
Click
New Project
and follow the instructions in the wizard.
You can also export an FPGA VI as a Vivado Design Suite project, as detailed in the
Exporting
to Vivado
section.
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