Xilinx UG133 Updating and Generation Hardware Files, Downloading the Design and Launching XPS

Downloading the Design and Launching XPS

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Figure 2-2:Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS)

Updating and Generation Hardware Files

At this point XPS is open with the selected hardware application. No modifications are needed to run this design. All the hardware features and peripherals have been pre-loaded and pre-set. The Hardware Application can run any number of Software Applications. When the Base System Wizard is used to create a Hardware System, it also will create a simple Software Application to test the selected Hardware features and peripherals

To be sure that all the Hardware files have been created, in XPS, please select “Tools>Update Bitstream”. This will run any of the programs needed to generate the Hardware Application for this reference design.

The message panel should read:

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Memory Initialization completed successfully.

Done.

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UG133 January 7, 2005