Xilinx Blockset Overview

Xilinx LogiCOREVersions

The Xilinx LogiCORE™ blocks (indicating the version numbers being supported by the System Generator) used in Xilinx System Generator v2.1 are listed below.

Xilinx Block

Xilinx LogiCORE

 

Version

 

 

 

 

Accumulator

ACCUMULATOR

V5.0

 

Addressable Shift

RAM_SHIFT

V5.0

 

Register

 

 

 

Adder/Subtractor

ADDSUB

V5.0

 

CIC

CIC

V1.0

 

Counter

BINARY_COUNTER

V5.0

 

Constant Multiplier

MULT_GEN

V4.0

 

Convolutional

CONVOLUTION

V1.0

 

Encoder

 

 

 

DDS

DDS

V4.0

 

Dual Port Ram

MEM_DP_BLOCK

V3.2

 

FIFO

SYNC_FIFO

V3.0

 

FFT

FFT and MEM_DP_BLOCK

V1.0

(Virtex, Spartan-II),

 

 

V2.0

(Virtex-II)

 

 

V3.2

(MEM_DP_BLOCK)

FIR Filter

DA_FIR

V6.0

 

Interleaver/

INTERLEAVER

V1.1

 

Deinterleaver

 

 

 

Inverter

GATE_BUS

V5.0

 

Logical

GATE_BUS

V5.0

 

Multiplier (mult)

MULT_GEN

V4.0

 

Mutiplexer (mux)

BUS_MUX

V5.0

 

Negate

TWOS_COMP

V5.0

 

Relational

COMPARE

V5.0

 

RS Decoder

RS_DECODER

V2.0

 

RS Encoder

RS_ENCODER

V2.0

 

Sine Cosine

SIN_COS

V3.0

 

Single Port RAM

MEM_SP_BLOCK and

V3.2(BRAM), V5.0 (dist.)

 

DIST_MEM

 

 

State Machines

MEM_SP_BLOCK and

V3.2(BRAM), V5.0 (dist.)

 

DIST_MEM

 

 

ROM

MEM_SP_BLOCK and

V3.2

(BRAM), V5.0 (dist.)

 

DIST_MEM

 

 

Viterbi Decoder

VITERBI

V1.0

 

Common Options in Block Parameters Dialog Box

Each Xilinx block has several configurable parameters, seen in the block parameters dialog box. Many of these parameters are specific to that particular block. Those block

Common Options in Block Parameters Dialog Box

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Xilinx V2.1 manual Common Options in Block Parameters Dialog Box, Xilinx LogiCORE Versions

V2.1 specifications

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