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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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UG639 (v 12.2) July 23, 2010
Release Notes 12.1
Automatic Normalization
The input and output sample rates on the following blocks are now automatically
normalized. There is no longer a need to add external rate-changing blocks to achieve this
normalization.
• Interleaver Deinterleaver 6.0
• Convolution Encoder 7.0
• Reed Solomon Decoder 7.0
• Reed Solomon Encoder 7.0
System Requirements and Recommendations
Hardware Recommendations
Operating System and Software Requirements
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
4 GB of RAM
600 MB of hard disk space Minimum Requirement
Xilinx® Hardware Co-Simulation Platform Required for the Hardware Co-Simulation
Flow
Table 3-3:
Windows-Based Requirements Notes
Windows XP Professional 32-bit/64-bit
Operating System SP2
A 32-bit Installation of System Generator
requires a 32-bit Installation of MATLAB.
A 64-bit Installation of System Generator
requires a 64-bit Installation of MATLAB.
Windows Vista Business 32-bit/64-bit
Operating System SP1
A 32-bit Installation of System Generator
requires a 32-bit Installation of MATLAB.
A 64-bit Installation of System Generator
requires a 64-bit Installation of MATLAB.
Xilinx® ISE® Design Suite 12.1