Xilinx ISE Lab No. 1: Schematics Input

--D. Thiebaut 16:53, 14 April 2012 (EDT)

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This lab is an introduction to Xilinx ISE and to the CoolRunner-II kit. Unfortunately the CoolRunner-II and its programming utility from Digilent works only with Windows XP, so we won't be able to download the design into the CPLD chip, but we can still energize and test the design with the ISE Simulator.

Introduction

Xilinx's ISE is "Xilinx ISE[1] is a software tool produced by Xilinx for synthesis and analysis of HDL designs, which enables the developer to synthesize ("compile") their designs, perform timing analysis, examine RTL diagrams, simulate a design's reaction to different stimuli, and configure the target device with the programmer."

Installation of ISE V13 on Windows 7

The first step is to install the ISE

• Go to Xilinx's Download site
• Download ISE 13.4 full installer for windows
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  This section is only visible to computers located at Smith College
  
  
• Next
• File downloads (takes about 30 minutes)
• Unpack tar file into directory (in Dowloads folder)
• Run xsetup application
• Pick WebPack when asked for what to install
• Accept all defaults and install in C:\Xilinx folder