install avnet board definition files in vivado 2015.1 v1.0

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InstallAvnetBoardDefinitionFiles inVivado2015.1

Overview TheVivadoDesignSuiteallowsyoutocreateprojectsbasedonspecificdevelopmentboards.Whenyouselectaspecificboard,VivadodesigntoolsenableadditionaldesignerassistanceaspartofitsIPcustomizationforIPintegratordesigns.Formoreinformationaboutthiscapability,pleaserefertothefollowingQuickTakevideo.http://www.xilinx.com/training/vivado/usingvivadowithxilinxevaluationboards.htm

Objectives Thisdocumentdescribeshow to installAvnetBoardDefinition files so that theAvnetboardsbecomevisibleinVivadoDesignSuite2015.1.

Software Requirements Thesoftwareusedtotesttheproceduresoutlinedinthisdocumentis:

Windows764bit XilinxVivado2015.1

InstallAvnetBoardDefinitionFilesinVivado2015.1v1.0 26June2015

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Install Board Definitions into the Vivado installation This isthequickestoption,but it isnotrecommendedbyXilinx.Useatyourownrisk.

1. Theprovidedarchivehasthefollowingstructure:boards\board_files\\1.0\

2. Extractthearchivetothefollowinglocation.installdir\Vivado\2015.1\data

3. Nowbrowsetothefollowinglocation.ThescreenshotbelowshowsthecontentsofthisdirectoryaftertheinstallationoftheMicroZed7010and7020boardsandPicoZed7010,7015,7020,and7030boards.installdir\Vivado\2015.1\data\boards\board_parts\zynq

Figure1XilinxInstallAfterExtractionofDefinitions



Test in Vivado Regardless of which method you choose, the new boards should now be visible inVivado2014.xforvendorem.avnet.com.Totestthisout,dothefollowing.

1. LaunchVivado2015.12. SelectCreateNewProject.

Figure2CreateNewProject

3. ClickNext>togetstarted.

Figure3CreateaNewVivadoProject



4. Settheprojectnameandlocation.PressNext>.

Figure4SetProjectNameandLocation

5. SelectthecheckboxforDonotspecifysourcesatthistime.ClickNext>.

Figure5ProjectType



6. AttheDefaultPartscreen,a. ClickBoardsnexttoSelect.b. Selectem.avnet.cominthepulldownforVendor.

Theoptionsshouldappearasshown.NotethattheZedBoardRevDisincludedwiththeVivado2015.1default installation.TheMicroZedandPicoZedentrieswereaddedwiththisprocedure,assumingbotharchiveswereextracted.MicroZedRevisionsB,C,F01,orF06aswellasbothCommercialandIndustrialtemperaturegradeMicroZedboardsarecompatiblewiththeRevFentries.PicoZedRevisionBisthefirstproductionreleaseandiscompatiblewithRevisionC.

Figure6MicroZedandPicoZedBoardsVisibleinVivado2015.1

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Connecting eMMCs Card Detect Unlike previous board definitions in Vivado 2014.x, the schema in 2015.1 does notsupportaddingspecialconnectionsdirectly intheboarddefinitions.Forthisreason, ifyou plan on using the PicoZed eMMC in Linux, you need to connect the CDn (CardDetect)signalfortheSDIO1controllertoaconstant0.This canbedonewith the followingTCL commandsonceyouhave created theblockdesign, run block automation, and applied the preset. Alternatively, source theConnect_eMMC_CD.tclfileattachedtothisarchive.create_bd_cell -type ip -vlnv xilinx.com:ip:xlconstant:1.1 GND set_property -dict [list CONFIG.CONST_VAL {0}] [get_bd_cells GND] connect_bd_net [get_bd_pins GND/dout] [get_bd_pins processing_system7_0/SDIO1_CDN]

Figure7Constant0AttachedtoSDIO1_CDN

Revision History Date Version Revision

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install avnet board definition files in vivado 2015.1 v1.0

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