DO-CPLD-DK-G Xilinx Inc, DO-CPLD-DK-G Datasheet - Page 58

• Manufacturer Part Number: DO-CPLD-DK-G
• Description: KIT DESIGN CPLD W/BATT HOLDER
• Manufacturer: Xilinx Inc
• Series: CoolRunner™- IIr
• Type: CPLDr

Specifications of DO-CPLD-DK-G

• Contents: Proto Board, Download Cable, Samples, Software
• For Use With/related Products: CoolRunner-ll, XC9500XL
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Other names: 122-1512

Chapter 3: Xilinx Design Software
Embedded SW Design Tools Center
ISE WebPACK Software
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High-Level Languages – As design densities increase, the need for a higher level of
abstraction becomes more important. Xilinx is driving and supporting industry standards
and their respective support tools.
Embedded Software Tools are for Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-4 Platform FPGAs. The term
"embedded software tools" most often applies to the tools required to create, edit, compile,
link, load, and debug high-level language code, usually C or C++, for execution on a
processor engine. With the Virtex-4 and Virtex-II Pro Platform FPGAs, you will be able to
target design modules for either silicon hardware (FPGA gates) or as software
applications, running on process engines like the embedded PowerPC hard core.
When it comes to embedded software development, Xilinx offers multiple levels of
support. Xilinx supports the embedded processors with the Embedded Development Kit
(EDK) for both low-cost and high-performance markets. More details on EDK can be
found in the Design Tools Centre on the Xilinx website.
For hardware-centric engineers who want to move design modules into software running
on the PowerPC core, Xilinx provides a simple and low-cost solution. Alternatively, if
software-centric engineers want a feature-rich environment in which to develop more
complex applications, Xilinx supplies access to specialized best-of-class tools from the
embedded industry leader. This prevents you from having to embrace completely new
development methodologies. You will be able to port existing legacy designs more easily
to the Xilinx Platform FPGAs.
The ISE WebPACK software, the only free downloadable design environment supported
on Linux, is a reduced feature set version of the complete ISE tool suite. The full version of
the ISE software, known as ISE Foundation, has all the tools necessary to complete a design
targeting any architecture available from Xilinx. The ISE WebPACK tool set comprises all
the tools necessary to complete designs targeted to Xilinx CPLDs and some Xilinx FPGAs.
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