Getting Started Guide for LX9 and Nexys3 User Manual

Analog Essentials

Getting Started Guide

For LX9 and Nexys-3

Detailed Steps: Downloading the Example/Demonstration Application

1. Opening the SDK

a. From the Windows Start Menu, Open the Xilinx SDK as shown below

b. SDK will prompt for a workspace directory, the location where the software project is located. This

directory is generally a subfolder within a Xilinx ISE/EDK project and will include board support files, as

well as (.c) and (.h) files. Be certain to choose the correct Workspace directory. For this project, it will be

C:\Designs\maxim\v1_4\sdkWorkspace (as shown below).

c. Click OK to the prompt shown above and SDK will open. The Xilinx SDK is based on an Eclipse-based IDE,

so it will be a familiar flow for many software developers.