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Chapter 3
Base System Builder
The Base System Builder (BSB) wizard is a software tool that help users quickly build a
working system targeted at a specific development board.
Based on the user’s board selection, BSB will offer the user a number of options for creating
a basic system on that board. These options include processor type, debug interface, cache
configuration, memory type and size, and peripheral selection. For each option, functional
default values will be preselected in the GUI. Upon exit of BSB, a hardware specification
(MHS) file will be created and loaded into the user’s XPS project. The user may then
further enhance the design in XPS or continue on to implement the design using the Xilinx
implementation tools.
The Base Sytem Builder will also optionally generate a sample application and linker script
which can be compiled and run with the hardware on the target development board.
This chapter contains the following sections.
x “BSB Flow”
x “Limitations”
BSB Flow
This section describes the steps the user will go through in the BSB wizard. Note that each
page of the wizard contains a
More Info button at the bottom which will provide a detailed
explanation of the functions of that page.
Invoking BSB
The Base System Builder can only be invoked when creating a new XPS project.