Directory and File Contents

Table 4-3:Doc Directory (Continued)

Name

Description

spi4_2_ug153.pdf

SPI-4.2 User Guide

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<component name>/example design

The example design directory contains the example design files provided with the core.

Table 4-4:Example Design Directory

Name

Description

 

 

<project_dir>/<component_name>/example_design

 

 

<component_name>_top.ucf

User constraints file (UCF) provides

 

example constraints necessary for

 

processing the core using Xilinx

 

implementation tools. This file can be

 

modified to meet individual system

 

requirements. The example UCF contains

 

timing and placement constraints for both

 

Sink and Source cores.

 

 

<component_name>_top.v[hd]

VHDL or Verilog wrapper file for the

 

example design; it instantiates the Sink and

 

Source cores and the loopback module.

 

This is the top-level synthesis file for the

 

example design.

 

 

pl4_fifo_loopback.v[hd]

Top-level loopback file used in the example

 

design; it instantiates the loopback read

 

and write modules.

 

 

pl4_fifo_loopback_read.v[hd]

Loopback read module used in the

 

example design; it interfaces to the SPI-4.2

 

Sink core.

 

 

pl4_fifo_loopback_write.v[hd]

Loopback write module used in the

 

example design; it interfaces to the SPI-4.2

 

Source core.

 

 

pl4_src_clk.v[hd]

Example clocking module used in the

 

example design when the Source core is

 

configured for slave clocking.

 

 

virtex4.v

Module instantiation for Virtex-4

 

primitives

 

 

virtex5.v

Module instantiation for Virtex-5

 

primitives

 

 

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