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Chapter 6: Customizing and Generating the Core
Parameter Values
To create a MicroBlaze™ MCS that is uniquely tailored for a specific system, certain features
can be parameterized. This makes it possible to configure a component that only uses the
resources required by the system, and operates with the best possible performance. The
features that can be parameterized in MicroBlaze MCS are shown in Table 4-1 .
The internal modules of the MicroBlaze MCS have fixed configurations detailed in:
• Table 4-2 - MicroBlaze
• Table 4-3 - I/O Module
• Table 4-4 and Table 4-5 - LMB v10
• Table 4-6 and Table 4-7 - LMB BRAM IF Controller
• Table 4-8 - MicroBlaze Debug Module
Parameter - Port Dependencies
The width of many of the MicroBlaze MCS signals depends on design parameters. The
dependencies between the design parameters and I/O signals are shown in Table 4-9 .
Tool Flow
The MicroBlaze MCS uses the generic tool flow of all LogiCORE™ IP. This flow requires some
manual steps in PlanAhead™ and Project Navigator primarily to support software
development. For a brief description of the SDK software flow see SDK in Chapter 4 .
Generic PlanAhead and Project Navigator Tool Flow
The generic tool flow in PlanAhead and Project Navigator is shown in Figure 6-8 .