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R ML501 Ref erence Design User Guide UG227 (v1 .0) June 18, 2007.
ML501 Re ference Des ign www .xil inx.com UG227 (v1. 0) J u ne 18, 200 7 Xilinx is disclos ing this Document and Intell ectual Pr oper ty (he reinaft er “the Des ign”) to you f o r use in th e dev elo pment of de signs to opera te on, or interface with Xilin x FPGAs.
ML501 Re ference Des ign www .xilinx.c om 3 UG227 (v 1.0) Jun e 18, 2007 Preface: About This Guide Additional Document ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Additional Suppor t Resources .
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ML501 Re ference Des ign www .xilinx.c om 5 UG227 (v 1.0) Jun e 18, 2007 R Pr efac e About This Guide This user guide introduces several des ig ns that demonstrate the V i rtex™-5 LX de v ice features using the using the ML501 Evalua tion Platform.
6 www .xilinx.c om ML501 Refer ence Design UG227 (v1. 0) Ju ne 18, 2007 Preface: About This Guide R T ypogr aphi cal Con vention s This docume nt uses the foll owing typo graphi cal co nventions.
ML501 Re ference Des ign www .xilinx.c om 7 UG227 (v 1.0) Jun e 18, 2007 R ML501 Refer ence Design Introduction The V irtex-5 family of FPG As [Ref 1 ] offers desig ners multi ple platforms with an optimized bal ance of high-perfo rmance logic, serial connect ivity , signal processing, a nd embedded pr o cessing r esources.
8 www .xilinx.c om ML501 Refer ence Design UG227 (v1. 0) Ju ne 18, 2007 Reference Designs R Reference Designs Base System Build er The BSB wizard helps designers quick ly cr eat e a working embedded system usi ng a point- and-click G UI to select a Xilin x processor and an associated set of desired peripherals.
ML501 Re ference Des ign www .xilinx.c om 9 UG227 (v 1.0) Jun e 18, 2007 Reference Designs R EDK Design This ML501 reference design utilizes the Embedd ed Development Kit (EDK ) to create an embedded pr o cessing system using the Micr oBlaze processor and the exten s ive set of peripherals of fered through the EDK IP catalog.
10 www .xilinx.c om ML501 Refer ence Design UG227 (v1. 0) Ju ne 18, 2007 Reference Designs R Stand-Alone Soft ware Applications Software applications ( Ta b l e 1 ) th a t r un o n t h e E D K h a rd wa re ref e re n ce de s i gn ca n be compiled w ithin EDK and downloaded to the ML501 with a JT AG downlo ad cable for verificatio n.
ML501 Re ference Des ign www .xilinx.c om 11 UG227 (v 1.0) Jun e 18, 2007 Reference Designs R ps2_sc ancodes_po lled.elf ps2_sc ancodes_ polled.ace ps2_sc ancodes_po lled_rea dme.txt Shows t he scan codes from devi ces att ached to the PS/2 inpu t ports.
12 www .xilinx.c om ML501 Refer ence Design UG227 (v1. 0) Ju ne 18, 2007 References R References Document s supporting V irtex-5 devices and t he ML501 Evaluatio n Platfo rm are: 1. DS100 , V irtex-5 Family Overview: LX, LXT , and SXT P lat forms . 2.
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