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UG640 (v 12.2) July 23, 2010
EDK Export Tool
EDK Export Tool
The EDK Export Tool allows a System Generator design to be exported to a Xilinx
Embedded Development Kit (EDK) project. The EDK Export Tool simplifies the process of
creating a peripheral by automatically generating the files required by the EDK.
The EDK Export Tool can be accessed from the System Generator block GUI under the
Compilation pull-down menu – the figure below shows this being done. After the EDK
Export Tool is selected, the Settings… button will be enabled.
Clicking on the Settings… button brings up the EDK export settings dialog.
Pcore options allow you to do the following:
• Assign a version number to your pcore
• Select Pcore under development
This feature works for both FSL- and PLB-based pcore export. When a pcore is marked
as Pcore under development, XPS will not cache the HDL produced for this pcore.
This is useful when you are developing pcores in System Generator and testing them
out in XPS. You can just enable this checkbox, make changes in System Generator and
compiled in XPS. XPS always compiles the generated pcore, so you don’t have to
empty the XPS cache which may contain caches of other peripherals, thus slowing
down the compile of the final bitstream.
• Select Enable custom bus interfaces
This feature works for both FSL- and PLB-based pcore export and allows you to create
custom bus interfaces that will be understood in XPS.
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