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UG640 (v 12.2) July 23, 2010
Designing with Embedded Processors and Microcontrollers
Adding a New Software Application
1. To add a new software application to an EDK Project, first open the EDK project in the
EDK.
2. In the Project Information Area, click on the Applications tab to reveal the Software
Projects page.
3. The first item on this page is Add Software Application Project … Double click on this
to bring up the Add Software Application Project dialog box. Type in a project name,
then click OK.
4. By default, the project is created and not set to be initialized into BRAMS. Make sure to
initialized the project into BRAMS; otherwise, the software code will not be compiled
and added to the bitstream. Also, if you have more than one application, ensure that all
other applications have Marked to Initialize BRAM unchecked.