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Vivado 2017.2 board definition

bnlbob over 8 years ago

I have not found how to add a microzed board definition to Vivado 2017.2. Does that information exist?

0 jafoste4 over 8 years ago

Hello Lambiase,
Please downloadl the "MicroZed Board Definition Install for Vivado 2015.3, 2015.4, 2016.1, 2016.2, 2016.3, 2016.4" from here http://zedboard.org/support/documentation/1519
This Board Definition File is the same one that should be used in Vivado 2017.2. The only difference is you must install it in your Vivado 2017.2 directory.
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Josh
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0 bnlbob over 8 years ago

Hi Josh,
Thanks for your help, but that didn't work.
In previous versions, the board definition would be read from the "boards\board_files" directory under "data".
Vivado 2017.2 has a different structure. It does not have a "boards" subdirectory under "data".
Instead it reads the board definitions from VivadoHls_boards.xml. This one file contains information on all the boards it lists.
This has similar information as with the xml files with the earlier versions, but with a different structure.
I don't know how to make this conversion.
Bob
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0 jafoste4 over 8 years ago

Hello Bob,
Thanks for the information. I was under the assumption it was all the same. I will install Vivado 2017.2 today and investigate this issue.
--Josh
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0 bnlbob over 8 years ago in reply to jafoste4

Thanks Josh,

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0 jafoste4 over 8 years ago

Hello Bob,
I just installed Vivado 2017.2 along with the board definition files. I was sucessful, please install the board defintion files I pointed to above in the following directory C:\Xilinx\Vivado\2017.2\data\boards\board_files
--Josh
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0 bnlbob over 8 years ago in reply to jafoste4

Thanks Josh,
I see now where I made my mistake. I was confusing Vivado (where I had an old version) and Vivado HLS, which is newly installed.
You were a great help, and this solved the problem.
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