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R LogiCORE™ IP Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1.8 f or PCI Express® Getting Star ted Guide UG343 J une 27, 2008.
www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Xilinx is disclosing this user gui de, manual, rel ease note, and/or sp ecification (the "Documentation") to y ou solely f or use in the de v elopment of designs to operate with Xilinx hardw are de vices.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com UG343 June 27, 2008 Preface: About This Guide Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Dual Core Example De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Dual Core Directory Structure and Fi le Contents .
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 5 UG343 June 27, 2008 R Pr eface About This Guide The Endpoint Block Plus for P CI Ex pres s® Getting Started Gu ide provides information ab.
6 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Preface: About This Guide R Online Document The following li nking conventions are used in this document: Italic font Refer ences to other manuals See the User Guide for details.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 7 UG343 June 27, 2008 R Chapter 1 Intr oduction The Endpoint Block Plus for PCI Express is a high-bandwidth , scalable, and r eliable serial interconnect building block for use with V irtex™-5 FPGA devices.
8 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Chapter 1: Introd uction R performance, pipelined FPGA designs using Xilinx implementation softwar e and User Constraints Files (U CF) is recommended.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 9 UG343 June 27, 2008 Feedbac k R Document For comments or suggestions about this do cument, please submit a W ebCase from www .
10 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Chapter 1: Introd uction R.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 11 UG343 June 27, 2008 R Chapter 2 Licensing the Cor e This chapter provided licensing options for th e E ndpoint Block Plus for PCI Expr ess cor e, which you must do bef ore using the core in your designs.
12 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Chapter 2: Licensing the Core R Obtaining Y our License Simulatio n Only Eva luation License The Simulation Only Evalua tion license is pr ovided with the CORE Generator system and requir es no license file.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 13 UG343 June 27, 2008 R Chapter 3 Quickstart Example Design This chapter provides an overview of the Endpoi nt Block Plus for PCI Ex press example design (both single and dual cor e) and instructio ns for generating the co re.
14 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Chapter 3: Quicks tart Example Design R Figure 3-1: Simula tion Example Design Bloc k Diagram Test Program Endpoint DU.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 15 UG343 June 27, 2008 Overvie w R Implementation Design Ov er vie w The implementation design consists of a simple PIO example that can accept r ead and write transactions and respond to requests, as illustrated in Figure 3-2 .
16 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Chapter 3: Quicks tart Example Design R Generating the Core T o generate a core using the default values in the CORE Generator Graphical User Interface (GUI), do the following: 1.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 17 UG343 June 27, 2008 Generating the Core R 4. Set the project options: From the Part tab, select the following options: • Family : V irte.
18 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Chapter 3: Quicks tart Example Design R Sim ulating the Example Design The example design pr ovides a quick way to si mulate and observe the behavior of the cor e.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 19 UG343 June 27, 2008 Implementing th e Example Design R 2. Run the script that corresponds to your si mulation tool using one of the following: • VCS : simulate_vcs.sh • Cadence IUS : simulate_ncsim.
20 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Chapter 3: Quicks tart Example Design R • routed.sdf T iming model Sta ndard Delay File. • mapped.mrp Xilinx map report. • routed.par Xilinx place and route r eport.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 21 UG343 June 27, 2008 Directory Structure and File Conten ts R <project director y> The project dir ectory contains all the CORE Generator project files .
22 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Chapter 3: Quicks tart Example Design R <component name>/e xample_design The example design dir ectory contains the ex ample design files pr ovided with the cor e.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 23 UG343 June 27, 2008 Directory Structure and File Conten ts R implement/results The results dir ectory is created by the implem ent script, after which the implement script resul ts are placed in the r esults dir ectory .
24 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Chapter 3: Quicks tart Example Design R simulation/dspor t The dsport dire ctory contains the data stre am simulation scripts provided with the core. simulation/functional The functional directory contains functional simulation scripts pr ovided with the core.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 25 UG343 June 27, 2008 Dual Core Example Design R simulation/tests The tests dir ectory contains test definiti ons for the example te st bench.
26 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Chapter 3: Quicks tart Example Design R Dual Core Director y Structure and File Contents W h e n g e n e r a t i n g t.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 27 UG343 June 27, 2008 Dual Core Example Design R <component name>/e xample_design The example design dir ectory includes the du al core example design ucf, which varies based on the device selected .
28 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Chapter 3: Quicks tart Example Design R simulation/functional The functional directory contains the dual cor e example design simulation scripts.
Endpoint Bloc k Plus v1. 8 for PCI Express www .xilinx.com 29 UG343 June 27, 2008 R Appendix Additional Design Considerations P acka ge Constraints This appendix describes design consi derations specifi c to the Endpoint Block P lus for PCIe core.
30 www .xilinx.com Endp oint Bloc k Plus v1.8 for PCI Express UG343 June 27, 2008 Appendix Appendix: Additional Design Considera tions R.
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