Getting Started with the MicroBlaze Development Kit - Spartan-3E 1600E Edition
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Chapter 1
MicroBlaze Development Kit - Getting
Started
Overview
The MicroBlaze™ Development Kit - Spartan™-3E 1600E Edition is designed to aid the
user in utilizing the SP3E1600E development board more efficiently. This getting started
guide provides a detailed description of what is included in the kit along with instructions
on how to use the resources included in this kit. The development kit comes with a number
of pre-installed demonstrations and examples. This document describes how to use and
run them.
The development kit includes reference systems and demonstrations. These Reference
systems are available from the Xilinx Spartan-3E MicroBlaze Development Kit Reference
Designs website:
http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards/s3e1600e/reference_designs.htm
The demo systems are also pre-loaded in the Xilinx Platform Flash and the Intel StrataFlash
on the development board. Please read the remainder of the document for specific details
on these resources.
The reference systems included in this kit require the use of a computer installed with the
following software:
•
Integrated Software Environment™ (ISE) 9.2i, including Service Pack 3
•
Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK) 9.2.01i
Note:
These software configurations are
required
for the reference systems to function properly.
Please ensure the proper versions are installed prior to working with the reference systems. Detailed
information about how to properly install your software is included in the Software Installation section
later in this document.
For current information about the included development platform, visit the following Web
page:
http://www.xilinx.com/sp3e1600e
www.BDTIC.com/XILINX
