EDK is a suite of tools and IP that enables you to design a complete embedded processor system for implementation in a Xilinx FPGA device. To run EDK, ISE must be installed as well. Think of it as an umbrella covering all things related to embedded processor systems and their design.
Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS)
XPS is the development environment or GUI used for designing the hardware portion of your embedded processor system.
Software Development Kit (SDK)
Platform Studio SDK is an integrated development environment, complimentary to XPS, that is used for C/C++ embedded software application creation and verification. SDK is built on the Eclipse™ open-source framework. Because many other software development tools are being built on the Eclipse infrastructure, this software development tool might already be familiar to you or members of your design team.
EDK includes other elements such as: • Hardware IP for the Xilinx embedded processors • Drivers and libraries for embedded software development • GNU Compiler and debugger for C/C++ software development targeting the MicroBlaze™ and PowerPC™ processors • Documentation • Sample projects
The utilities provided with EDK are designed to assist in all phases of the embedded design process.
XPS Design checklist This page provides a summary of all necessary steps and commonly used optional steps to complete an embedded processor system design.
==> cd $ETC_PROJECT ==> xps& [1] 4463 ==> Xilinx Platform Studio Xilinx EDK 9.1 Build EDK_J.19 Copyright (c) 1995-2007 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved.
Launching XPS GUI... Overriding Xilinx file <mdtgui/images/xps-splash-screen.bmp> with local file </home/svenand/cad/edk91i/data/mdtgui/images/xps-splash-screen.bmp>
We will create a new project using the Base System Builder wizard (see chapter 2 in CTTG).
First we have to create a new top-level project file (ETC_system.xmp). A Xilinx Microprocessor Project (XMP) file is the top-level file description of the embedded system under development. All XPS project information is saved in the XMP file, including the location of the Microprocessor Hardware Specification (MHS) and Microprocessor Software Specification (MSS) files. The MHS and MSS files are described in detail later.
When I click the OK button I get the following error message:
ERROR:PersonalityModule:7 - Unable to open Xilinx data file for Vendor/Device Module "qrvirtex2". Please make sure that it has been correctly installed before continuing.
I just realized there is a service pack 1 available for EDK 9.1i. I will download this sevice pack and see if it fixes the problem. The service pack fixed the problem. Sorry to bother you Xilinx.
We would like to create a new design for the ML403 evaluation board.
We will use the MicroBlaze soft processor.
We will use the 100MHz system clock available on the board, an active low reset signal and we will have an on-chip debug module. We don't need memory caches and a floating point unit.
In the next four pages we will select the peripherals to use:
We will change the baudrate to 57600 at a later stage.
The UART will be used for the serial communication between the board and the terminal.
Here are more information about available IO devices:
When we click the Generate button, we will start the generation of our embedded system.
We have now put together our embedded system. We can always go back and add or remove IO interfaces at a later stage. Here is the file tree generated from XPS.
blkdiagram - contains the blockdiagram of our system that can be displayed in a web browser (ETC_system.html).
data - contains the UCF (user constraints file) for the target board
etc - contains system settings for JTAG configuration on the board that is used when downloading the bit file and the default parameters that are passed to the ISE tools
pcores - is empty right now, but is utilized for custom peripherals
TestApp_Memory - contains a user application in C code source, for testing the memory in the system
Look at project options
Select Project->Project Options to display the current project setup.
Generate a design report file
To generate a design report file select Project->Generate and view design report. The design report will be stored in the report directory and can be viewed in a web browser (ETC_system.html).
Now it's time to add our own IP block, the Embedded Test Controller (ETC). That is the subject of the next part.
Amit March 5, 2009 08:56 AM PST Thanks!!
will you please give me a steps what to do after clicking finish? as i am new to EDK.I am trying to run simple Test_mem_App.
anurag July 1, 2008 10:07 PM PDT thanx a lot.!
yash March 12, 2008 08:46 AM PDT u made my day mate!was like blind folded and left alone in a jungle b4 i found this!!!Thanks a ton
