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- System Generator for DSP
- Table of Contents
- About This Guide
- Introduction
- Installation
- Release Information
- Getting Started
- Introduction
- Lesson 1 - Design Creation Basics
- The System Generator Design Flow
- The Xilinx DSP Blockset
- Defining the FPGA Boundary
- Adding the System Generator Token
- Creating the DSP Design
- Generating the HDL Code
- Model-Based Design using System Generator
- Creating Input Vectors using MATLAB
- Lesson 1 Summary
- Lab Exercise: Using Simulink
- Lab Exercise: Getting Started with System Generator
- Lesson 2 - Fixed Point and Bit Operations
- Lesson 3 - System Control
- Lesson 4 - Multi-Rate Systems
- Lesson 5 - Using Memories
- Lesson 6 - Designing Filters
- Additional Examples and Tutorials
- Index
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Chapter 2
Installation
Downloading
System Generator is part of the ISE® Design Suite and may be download from the Xilinx
web page. You may purchase, register, and download the System Generator software from
the site at:
http://www.xilinx.com/tools/sysgen.htm
Note: In special circumstances, System Generator can be delivered on a CD. Please contact your
Xilinx distributor if your circumstances prohibit you from downloading the software via the web.
Hardware Co-Simulation Support
If you have an FPGA development board, you may be able to take advantage of System
Generator’s ability to use FPGA hardware co-simulation with Simulink simulations. The
System Generator software includes support for the XtremeDSP Development Kit, the
MicroBlaze™ Multimedia Demonstration boards, the MVI hardware platform, the ML402
Virtex®-4 Board, the ML506 Virtex-5 Board, the ML605 Virtex-6 Board, the Spartan-3A DSP
1800 Starter Board, the Spartan-3A DSP 3400 Development Board, and the Spartan-6
SP601/SP605 Board. Additional System Generator board support packages provide
support for additional hardware co-simulation boards. System Generator board support
packages can be downloaded from the following URL:
http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards_kits/index.htm
System Requirements and Recommendations
Hardware Recommendations
Table 2-1: Windows-Based Hardware Recommendations
Recommendation Notes
2.00 GB of RAM
600 MB of hard disk space Minimum Requirement
Xilinx® Hardware Co-Simulation Platform Required for the Hardware Co-Simulation
Flow