Download Xilinx System Generator for DSP User Guide (UG640)

Installing Your Board for Ethernet Hardware Co-Simulation
4.
Set Speed & Duplex to Auto, then click out using the OK button.
Loading the Sysgen HW Co-Sim Configuration Files
Note: The following instructions apply only to boards that support Ethernet-based hardware
configuration. These boards include: ML402, ML506, and Spartan-3A DSP 3400.
System Generator comes with HW Co-Sim configuration files that first need to be loaded
into the CompactFlash card with a CompactFlash Reader.
1.
Optionally Backup the Demo Files
The CompactFlash card comes with a series of demo files that you might want to re-load
and exercise later.
a.
Connect the CompactFlash Reader to the PC. This is usually done through a USB
port.
b.
Insert the CompactFlash card into a CompactFlash Reader.
c.
Click on the MyComputer icon, then select the Removable Disk drive that
represents the CompactFlash Reader.
d. Create or open a backup folder on the PC and copy the content of the
CompactFlash card to that folder for later use.
Note: For the following steps, 'e:' is assumed to be the drive name associated with the
CompactFlash reader.
2.
Re-Format the CompactFlash Card
The card needs to be re-formatted to a FAT16 file system before the System Generator files
can be transferred. You use the mkdosfs utility to format the card.
a.
Download the mkdosfs program from the Xilinx URL address:
http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards/ml310/current/utilities/mkdosfs.zip.
b.
Extract to folder C:/mkdosfs
System Generator for DSP User Guide
UG640 (v 14.3) October 16, 2012
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