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When Xilinx SDK open, you should:

1) Set the repositories for device driver of custom block used in SDK Microblaze project

  • click Xilinx "Xilinx Tools" and then "Repositories"
XilinxSDKProjectRepositories
  • after this a pop-up "Preferences" will appears
Add Reference Repositories for custom driver of custom block/device
  • click "New..." button of "Local Repositories (available to the current workspace)"
  • select C:\XilinxProject\TE-EDK-IP
Add reference with double indirection (as required by Xilinx SDK)
  • click "Apply"
  • you should click "OK"
  • after this you must wait until the building procedure ended.

2) Create an Hardware Platform Specification Project

  • You should click "File" >"New" > "Project"
Xilinx SDK New Project
  • a pop up "New Project" will appears
  • click"Xilinx">"Hardware Platform Specification", then next
Xilinx SDK new HW Platform Specification
  • a new pop up "New Hardware Project" will appear
Xilinx SDK HW Project New Wizard 1
  • under "Target Hardware Specification" click "Browse..." button
  • a new pop up "Hardware Specification File" will appear

  • select "system.xml", "C:\XilinxProject\reference-TE0300\SDK\SDK_Export\hw\system.xml"
  • after the selection a new  hardware specification (with name "reference-TE0300_hw_platform") appears in the Procject Explorer of SDK.
ReferenceHWplatform

3) Create a Board Support Package Project

  • You should click "File" >"New" > "Project"
  • a pop up "New Project" will appears
  • click"Xilinx">"Board Support Package", then next
  • a new pop up "New Board Support Package Project" will appear;
New Xilinx Board Support Packages
  • select "standalone" for "Board Support Package OS" and "standalone_bsp_0" for the "Project name"
  • a new pop-up will appear "Board Support Package Settings"
BSP overview
  • after this you should click "standalone" and set "stdin" and "stdout" to "rs232" or "debug_module"
    1. you should select "rs232" if you desire to use an external UART
    2. you should select "debug_module" if you desire that the XMD_UART works as local UART through the JTAG connection
Demo program (running on MicroBlaze) will work even in case the UART port is left unconnected: it is not necessary to use a USB/Uart converter or Uart port on a PC, if you are using XMD UART HDL block.
BSP rs232 or debug_module
  • after this you should click drivers to verify that all Microblaze components are supported by the driver in the repository C:\XilinxProject\TE-EDK-IP; click "OK" and the pop-up should dissapears;
BSP drivers for Microblaze components
  • after you have verified that all Microblaze components are supported by a driver,  right click the "standalone_bsp_0" folder in "Project Explorer" and
  • the pop-up "Properties for standalone_bsp_0" should appears
  • click "Project References"
  • you must verify that "standalone_bsp_0" references to "reference-TE0300_hw_platform":if is not checked you must check the box.
"standalone_bsp_0" Project References
  • click "OK";
  • after this, you should wait until the SDK compile the added files (C-Build [standalone_bsp_0]) and a message 'Finished building libraries' appears

4) (Re)Create the "Application Project" demo

  • You should click "File" >"New" > "Project"
  • a pop up "New Project" will appears
  • click "Xilinx" > "Application Project", then next
  • a new pop up "New Project Application Project" will appear;
  • you should set the value of parameters as in the image below
ApplicationProject demo creation
  • after this clik "Finish"
  • a new pop-up will appears "New Project Templates"
Available Templates
  • in this case select "Empty Apllication" under "Available Templates"
  • click "Finish"
  • a new "Application Project" named "demo" will be created in the "Project Explorer"
  • now you should click the "demo" folder in "Project Explorer" and select "Project References";  ?????????????????????????????????????????????
  • now you should assure that "reference-TE0300_hw_platform" and "standalon_bsp_0" are both checked; if their box are not already checked, you should check them now;
Project References checking
  • now the contents of "Project Explorer" should be this one below
Application Project "demo", BSP and reference hardware checked
  • now you should copy the contents of the original demo (all .c and .h files from "TE0xxx-Reference-Designs\reference-TE0xxx\SDK\SDK_Workspace\demo\src" already moved in the temporary folder "C:\demo_src_TE") inside the folder "C:\XilinxProject\reference-TE0xxx\SDK\SDK_Workspace\demo\scr" as already do in the figure above;
Application Project "demo" created and original .c and .h file are moved inside src subfolder
  • now you should select "src" folder in "Project Explorer" > "demo", right click and select "Refresh"; in this way the .h and .c files will appears under the "src" folder of "Project Explorer"
  • now you should select "demo" folder in "Project Explorer", right click and select "Refresh";
Refresh the Application Project "demo"
  • now you should select (left click) "demo" folder in "Project Explorer";
Select "demo" project
  • now you should click "Xilinx Tools" and then click "Generate linker script";
Generate linker script for application project "demo"
  • a pop-up "Generate a linker script" will appears; click "Generate";

  • the pop-up will close and "lscript.ld" file will be (re)written in "src" subfolder of "demo"
  • after this, you should wait that building (compile and linking) procedure ends ("Finished Building: demo.elf.elfcheck" in Console C-build [demo])

5) Download the bitstream and the elf file.

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