Connect Tech PCI-104 user manual Software Installation, Fpga Development Environment

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual

Software Installation

FPGA Development Environment

FreeForm/PCI-104 has been developed with Xilinx WebPACK 9.2, available free of charge at:

http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm

PLX Software Development Kit (SDK)

PLX provides a software development kit (SDK) to aid in the creation of applications using the PLX 9056 bridge. The SDK provides a generic driver for Windows 2000/XP and Linux. A common API is also included; which encapsulates functions like:

oConfiguration register read / write

oBlock read / block write to local address space (i.e. memory / registers in the FPGA) o Physical memory allocation, for bus mastering or DMA purposes

o Interrupt handling

o EEPROM read/write by address

The SDK is available for download from:

http://www.plxtech.com/products/sdk/

In order to download the SDK, you will need to register with PLX.

Reference Design & Application Examples

The FreeForm/PCI-104 ships with a CD containing:

oDocumentation and manuals o FPGA VHDL reference design o Software program examples

The reference design and example programs help users quickly develop custom hardware and software applications. Refer to the CD for installation instructions.

The latest reference design is always available from:

http://devel.connecttech.com/

If a username and password have not already been provided, please contact Connect Tech Support via email support@connecttech.com.

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