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ML605/SP605 Hardware Tutorial
UG669 (v3.0) March 15, 2011
System Design Flow
System Design Flow
The design flow for creating the base MicroBlaze Processor Subsystem and modifying the
system to include the benchmarking cores includes these steps:
1.
2.
Exporting the Base Hardware Platform to SDK, page 22
3.
Customizing the Embedded Hardware Platform, page 24
4.
Implementing and Downloading the Design, page 35
5.
Allocate approximately 90 minutes for parts 1 and 2. The bulk of this tutorial is within
parts 3 through 5 which takes approximately two hours to complete.
Note:
All time estimates are subject to host computer system speed and can vary depending on
how much time is spent executing the software applications.
Hardware Platform Creation
Opening the Project
1.
Start ISE.
•
On a Windows XP host, select
Start
All Programs
Xilinx ISE Design Suite
13.1
ISE Design Tools
Project Navigator
.
•
On a Linux host, enter
ise
at a command prompt.
2.
If necessary, close out the previous project by selecting
File
Close Project
.
3.
In Project Commands, select
Open Project..
.
4.
Browse to
ML605_Embedded_Kit/Tutorial_Sandbox/HW
or
SP605_Embedded_Kit/Tutorial_Sandbox/HW
and select
ise_proj.xise
. Click
Open
.
5.
Under
Hierarchy
, expand
ise_top - STRUCTURE
and double click on
system_i -
system (system.xmp)
. This invokes XPS for the XPS subsystem.