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Option 1: Use Trenz Electronic Reference Design with local board part file

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Note

Trenz Electronic will provide board part files for new assembly variants at first with the latest reference designs version.

Since 2018.3 special "Module Selection Guide" is included into "_create_win_setup.cmd" and "_create_linux_setup.sh"
These board part file will be set for the local project, if the project is generated with the provided scripts from the project delivery. More information on: Project Delivery -

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AMD devices
A overview page of the latest reference designs and links to the documentation and downloads are available on: TE Reference Designs Overview#Overview

Download the reference design from the corresponding download area of the Trenz Electronic Product
Since 2018.3 special "Module Selection Guide" is included into "_create_win_setup.cmd" and "_create_linux_setup.sh"
Unzip download (use short directory name)
Execute "_create_win_setup.cmd" or "_create_linux_setup.sh" (depending on the used OS)
Follow instruction on the console window
1. (optional) Select Vivado Installation path and Version (will be possible in the expected version wasn't found on Xilinx installation path)
2. Console will show a list of available assembly versions (board files) for the reference design:
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3. Select ID number to select the board or use filter function to reduce the table with one of the other categories from the table header
4. Verify selection and create project

Option 2: Xilinx Git Hub for Vivado

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Note

Board Files for Trenz Electronic Modules will be available on Xilinx Git Hub store for Vivado 2020.1 and newer

Trenz Electronic will update board files which are available the Github regularly, but latest board part files tested with the corresponding Vivado version will be still delivered first with the reference designs.

Xilinx Git Hub Link: https://github.com/Xilinx/XilinxBoardStore

Open Vivado
Select download path for Git Hub Store (got to Tools → Settings):

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Open XHub Store and select "Boards" Tab
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Go to the device category of your Trenz Electronic SoC/FPGA Module, select the device and press Download ButtonImage Added
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Installed Board files will be marked with the green check mark.

Option 3: Install into a User Repository

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Create init.tcl with following content:

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language	text

if { [catch {
  # #############################
  # insert settings here:
  set tepath "C:/TE"
  if {[file exists ${tepath}/]} {
    set_param board.repoPaths $tepath
    puts "Set Board Part RepoPath: [get_param board.repoPaths]"
  }
  # #############################
}] } {
  puts "Info: (TE) init.tcl failed"
}

Put init.tcl in one of the possible locations for init.tcl:
1. Vivado Project (For current version only): <installdir>/vivado/<version>/scripts/
2. User Data(For all versions): C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Roaming/Xilinx/Vivado/
Copy the Board part files folder from the reference project (<reference_design>/board_files/) into the folder C:/TE (the folder location can be changed in the init.tcl script). The *.csv file from <reference_design>/board_files/ is not necessary for this way.
Start your Vivado Version and the TCL-console printout should be the following:
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Note
Please make sure you use plain ASCII text editor when creating the init.tcl file, any non ASCII character in the file will make Vivado to freeze on startup.
A working init.tcl file is provided in the archive with this tutorial. With this method you can set up a permanent initialization TCL that is read by Vivado each time it launches. Details about the init.tcl file are included in UG835 Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide. UG835 describes where to put the init.tcl file.