Installation and Setup

Tools Installation

All design on WARP occurs in the Xilinx tool suite (​ISE, ​EDK , ​Chipscope, and ​System Generator). System Generator also requires an installation of ​Matlab.

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ISE, EDK, Chipscope

1) Install the programs into directories without spaces (e.g. c:\Xilinx\ISE). Note: Installing to a directory whose name does not contain the version number will make it easier to switch between versions in the future.

2) Install any available service packs for each program

3) Install any IP updates for each program

Matlab

1) Install into directory without spaces (e.g. c:\Matlab\)

System Generator

1) Only install System Generator after installing Matlab. During the installation process, it should see your existing installation of Matlab and integrate with it.

Platform Support Packages Installation

1) Acquire ​TortoiseSVN (or an SVN client of your choosing, but be aware the directions stated here will be specifically for TortoiseSVN).

2) Create a folder c:\EDK_User_Repository

3) Right-click in the empty folder, and click "SVN Checkout."

4) Enter "​http://warp.rice.edu/trac/svn/WARP/EDK_User_Repository" into the field for the URL of the repository.

5) Click OK. This may take several minutes for all the files to transfer.

6) Install [FAQ/PlatformSupportPackages#HowdoIinstallsysgen2opb sysgen2opb]

Hardware Setup

Hardware User Guildes