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"
- after this a pop-up "Preferences" will appears
- click "New..." button of "Local Repositories (available to the current workspace)"
- select C:\XilinxProject\TE-EDK-IP
- 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"
- a pop up "New Project" will appears
- click"Xilinx">"Hardware Platform Specification", then next
- a new pop up "New Hardware Project" will appear
- 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.
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;
- 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"
- after this you should click "standalone" and set "stdin" and "stdout" to "rs232" or "debug_module"
- you should select "rs232" if you desire to use an external UART
- 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. |
- 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;
- 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.
- 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
- after this clik "Finish"
- a new pop-up will appears "New Project 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;
- now the contents of "Project Explorer" should be this one below
- 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;
- 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";
- now you should select (left click) "demo" folder in "Project Explorer";
- now you should click "Xilinx Tools" and then click "Generate linker script";
- 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"
