Changes between Version 20 and Version 21 of HardwareUsersGuides/WARPv3/TemplateProjects

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Aug 25, 2012, 11:29:40 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

murphpo

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HardwareUsersGuides/WARPv3/TemplateProjects

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 The following template projects demonstrate how to use the various peripherals on the WARP v3 board and are good starting points for your custom designs.
 
-The projects are categorized by the version of Xilinx tools used.
+The projects are grouped by the version of Xilinx ISE used. We will update this page as we port the template projects to newer releases of ISE.
+
+=== Choosing a Project ===
+
+The On Board Peripherals Template Project contains the full suite of hardware components offered by a standalone WARP v3 board. The Lite version has the same basic architecture, but omits the SDRAM controller and Ethernet MACs. As a result, the Lite project will build faster.
+
+For reference, on a PC with a 3.4GHz i7-2600 processor, 16GB of RAM and running Windows 7 64-bit, build times of the template projects are:
+
+||= Project =||= Build Time =||
+|| On Board Periphs || 17 minutes ||
+|| Lite || 9 minutes ||
+
+Note: These times are from projects that had hardware "cleaned" such that no cached support files were used. When iterating on a design, build times will be faster as XPS re-uses cached netlists for unmodified cores.
+
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 == Xilinx ISE 13.4 ==
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 Download the project archive: [http://warp.rice.edu/trac/raw-attachment/wiki/HardwareUsersGuides/WARPv3/TemplateProjects/files/WARPv3_lite_ise13_4.zip WARPv3_lite_ise13_4.zip]
 
-=== Which Project Should I use? ===
-
-The On Board Peripherals Template Project contains the full suite of hardware components offered by a standalone WARP v3 board. The only reason to use the "Lite" version of the project is to speed up building time (and reduce computer memory usage) in projects that do not need the full compliment of WARP peripherals. For reference, on a 3.4GHz i7-2600 with 16GB of RAM running Windows 7 64-bit, built times of the template projects are:
-
-{{{#!th style="background: #eef"
-Project
-}}}
-{{{#!th style="background: #eef"
-Build Time
-}}}
-|----------------
-{{{#!td style="background: #eef"
-On Board Peripherals 
-}}}
-{{{#!td
-17 minutes
-}}}
-|----------------
-{{{#!td style="background: #eef"
-Lite
-}}}
-{{{#!td
-9 minutes
-}}}
-Note: These times are from projects that had hardware "cleaned" such that no cached support files were used. When iterating on a design, build times can often be faster as the tools will re-use cached portions of the design that were unchanged.
 
 == Other Projects ==