Xilinx System Generator Installation Instructions

Welcome and thank you for choosing the Xilinx System Generator v1.0. This page contains information you may need before installing the software. See the following resources for additional information.

Additional Resources

• Quick Start Guide - included in this installation as the file "quickstart.pdf" and installed in your $MATLAB/toolbox/xilinx/sysgen/help directory. ($MATLAB/toolbox is the default installation directory - you may have installed the software elsewhere.) This file requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. This document contains the key features of the software, software dependencies, known issues, and a brief tutorial.
• Reference Guide - included in this installation as the file "ref_guide.pdf" and installed in your $MATLAB/toolbox/xilinx/sysgen/help directory. The Reference Guide gives a description of each block in the System Generator Blockset
• Tutorials - included in this installation as the file "tutorials.pdf" and installed in your $MATLAB/toolbox/xilinx/sysgen/help directory. A description of some example projects is included in this document.

Software Dependencies

Following is a list of the product dependencies for the System Generator. You must have the following software installed on your computer before you may install the System Generator.

• MATLAB R12 from The MathWorks (Install Step 2)
• Simulink v3.0 from The MathWorks (Install Step 2)
• The Xilinx Foundation ISE Design Tools (Install Step 3)
• The Xilinx IP update #2 (Found on ISE CD) Follow the ISE installation instructions
• Synplify 6.1 from Synplicity (Install Step 4)
• FPGA Advantage 4.0 from Mentor (Install Step 4)
• ModelSim - MXE (Xilixn only ModleSim) on Foundation ISE CD or part of the FPGA Advantage tools

Supported Platforms

The System Generator v1.0 is supported on PCs running Windows NT 4.0. and Windows 98. Software

Installation Instructions

You must have MATLAB installed before you can install the System Generator. This is because the System Generator installer is an executable file that must be run from within MATLAB.

After extracting the contents of SysgenInstallLimited.exe to a temporary directory, start MATLAB on your PC. From the MATLAB console command line, run the installer setup application:

The System Generator installation program will run, and will install the System Generator software into your $MATLAB/toolbox directory by default. (If you specify a different location to the installer, your System Generator software will be installed there.) After installing the System Generator software, the installer will add its location to your MATLAB path.

If you have previously installed any System Generator files, the installer will first uninstall them. Then you will need to again run the setup application to install the latest System Generator software.

If you have just Installed the IP Update #2 from of the Foundation ISE CD or downloaded a newer version from the Xilinx IP Center and you haven't compiled your behavioral IP models, an example "do" file has been provided for you. This "do" file is located in your:

$MATLAB/toolbox/xilinx/sysgen/examples directory. (This assumes you have installed the software in the default $MATLAB/toolbox directory.)