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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.
ISE, EDK, Chipscope
- Install the programs into directories without spaces (e.g. c:\Xilinx). By default, the Xilinx installers will install everything to C:\Xilinx\.
- Install any available service packs & IP updates for each program. This is critical- the latest service packs for ISE, EDK and Sysgen fix some bugs that break support for the OFDM reference design in earlier releases.
Matlab
- Install into directory without spaces (e.g. c:\Matlab\)
- None of our reference designs require any special MATLAB toolboxes. However, we regularly use the Communications and Signal Processing toolboxes/blocksets in our research and many of our posted examples.
System Generator
- Only install System Generator after installing Matlab.
- The installer should find your existing installation of Matlab and integrate with it.
Platform Support Packages Installation
The best way to setup a local copy of our platform support files is via Subversion.
- Install TortoiseSVN; any SVN client will work, but the instructions below are tailored for TortoiseSVN
- Create a folder c:\edk_user_Repository and open this folder in Windows Explorer
- Right-click in the empty folder, and click "SVN Checkout."
- Enter "http://warp.rice.edu/svn/WARP/edk_user_repository" into the field for the URL of the repository.
- Click OK. This may take several minutes for all the files to transfer.
Hardware Setup
- Hardware User Guides - These user guides detail the various components and configuration options associated with the WARP hardware.
Exercises
- Introduction to the WARP FPGA Board - This exercise tests the configured boards and Xilinx tool chain
- Introduction to the Xilinx Platform Studio - This exercise further tests the Xilinx tool chain
