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FPGA Development Environment

Required Software

  • Xilinx ISE
    • SZ410: Xilinx ISE9.1i or above
    • SZ310/SZ130/SZ030/SZ010: Xilinx ISE8.1i or above
  • Xilinx EDK
    • SZ410: Xilinx ISE9.1i or above
    • SZ310/SZ130/SZ030/SZ010: Xilinx ISE8.1i or above

Required Hardware

  • A PC and operating system capable of running ISE and EDK
  • A parallel port JTAG cable (Xilinx Parallel Cable4 etc)

Software Development Environment

The software development environment provided with the SUZAKU series boards consists of three tools: ATDE, the GNU cross development tools and uClinux-dist. These tools can be obtained from both the CD included in the development models and our download site.

ATDE

Atmark Techno Development Environment (ATDE) is a VMware virtual machine data image which provides a development environment for the SUZAKU series boards. The image includes a Linux desktop environment along with the GNU cross development tools and other necessary development tools preinstalled. By using ATDE, it is no longer necessary to spend time setting up a development PC and installing the various required tools.

ATDE can be used with VMware Player, and requires a PC with the following specifications.

  • 1GHz CPU or above
  • 1GB RAM or above
  • 10GB or more free HDD space

Of course, it is still possible to install the GNU cross development tools and Atmark Dist on a Linux PC or on coLinux running under Windows.

GNU Cross Development Tools

Kernels and applications to be run on the SUZAKU series boards can be built using the cross compiler and other tools included in the GNU cross development tool chain.

uClinux-dist

Product development, involving both application and kernel development, can be carried out using uClinux-dist. uClinux-dist not only provides the ability to customize kernels and make application selections, but can also be used to build image files to be written to the board Flash memory with a single command. With uClinux-dist, it is simple to customize SUZAKU boards in order to produce final products.

Other requirements

  • Serial cross cable - D-Sub9 pin (included in development kit)
  • 3.3V power supply (included in development kit)