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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/sy sgen.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
UNC Paths Not Supported
System Generator does not support UNC (Universal Naming Convention) paths. For
example System Generator cannot operate on a design that is located on a shared network
drive without mapping to the drive first.