Specifications

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Chapter 2: Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS)
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x The MHS uses a peripheral which is not present either in the Xilinx EDK installation
area or in pcores directory of the XPS project directory.
x The MSS uses a driver which is not present either in the Xilinx EDK installation area
or in the drivers directory of the XPS project directory.
The concept of a Search Path directory, and its subdirectory structure is explained in detail
in Platform Generator and Library Generator chapters. This corresponds to the -lp option
of the tools. Please note that all the tools automatically look into the pcores, and drivers
directories in the project directory and that the project directory itself should not be
specified as the Search Path. Multiple directories can be specified as part of search path by
specifying a semicolon (;) separated list of directories.
Opening An Existing Project
An existing XPS project can be opened by using the Open Project menu option (File
menu) or using the Open Project button on the toolbar and specifying the existing XMP file
corresponding to that project.
New source files and header files can be created, added, and deleted as described in the
Source Code Management section of this chapter.
XPS does not allow multiple projects to be open simultaneously. Any open project must be
closed before another project can be opened.
Getting Help
The main menu in XPS has a Help menu item. A link the the EDK documentation is
provided in the Help submenu. The EDK Examples menu item is a link to the EDK
examples web page at Xilinx. Many example designs are updated in this web site for users
to download and use.