Xilinx UG133 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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UG133 January 7, 2005
Downloading the Design and Launching XPS
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Updating and Generation Hardware Files
At this point XPS is open with the selected hardware application. No modifications are
needed to run this design. All the hardware features and peripherals have been pre-loaded
and pre-set. The Hardware Application can run any number of Software Applications.
When the Base System Wizard is used to create a Hardware System, it also will create a
simple Software Application to test the selected Hardware features and peripherals
To be sure that all the Hardware files have been created, in XPS, please select
“Tools>Update Bitstream”. This will run any of the programs needed to generate the
Hardware Application for this reference design.
The message panel should read:
...
Memory Initialization completed successfully.
Done.
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Figure 2-2: Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS)