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EDK 9.2i
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• Software Development Kit (SDK), Eclipse-based IDE
• GNU Compiler and Debugger for C development for MicroBlaze™ and PowerPC
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processors
• Documentation
• Sample projects
Except for the release notes and the EDK Concepts, Tools, and Techniques book, EDK does not
include printed documentation material. Refer to the “Documentation” section for a list of
documents available. Also not included but available as separate products are FPGA
development boards and the Xilinx FPGA implementation tools package, ISE™ 9.2i. Refer
to the “Requirements” and the “Development Boards” sections for further details.
Requirements
• Xilinx ISE 9.2i, Service Pack 3
The Xilinx FPGA design implementation tools, ISE 9.2i (WebPACK or Foundation), are
required to implement embedded designs generated with the XPS tools. Several EDK
tools use functionality delivered with tools contained in ISE 9.2i.
Note:
Updates to ISE 9.2i including service packs are available at:
http://www.xilinx.com/support/mysupport.htm.
• Development Board
To test your MicroBlaze processor or PowerPC processor system on an FPGA, you
must have access to a development board that contains a Xilinx FPGA and several
other components as well as standard download, configuration, and debug
connectors.
Operating system specific requirements:
• Solaris and Linux – Bash shell
Supported Platforms
Operating Systems
EDK is available for the following operating system platforms:
• Windows XP
• Solaris 2.9
• 32-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 3, 4, and 5
• 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux, versions 4 and 5
Xilinx FPGA Families
EDK supports designing MicroBlaze embedded processor systems for several FPGA
families:
• Xilinx Spartan™-II FPGAs (XC2S50 or larger devices)
• Xilinx Spartan-IIE FPGAs
• Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGAs
• Xilinx Spartan-3E FPGAs