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1. delete 2 Click the Trash Can icon located below and to the left of the license file details 3 Click the Accept button to accept the Affidavit of Destruction Note This will delete all license seats in the entire license key file and return the entitlements to your account Rehost or change the license server host for a license key file 1 From the Manage Licenses Tab see Figure 5 11 select the license file you wish to rehost 2 Click the Modify License button The Modify License screen appears 3 Go to System Information 4 Change or add new Host ID and or Host Name by using the drop down list and text entry boxes respectively 5 Click the Next button twice and then click the Accept button to accept the Affidavit of Destruction Activate or add additional seats to an existing licensed product entitlement 1 From the Manage Licenses Tab see Figure 5 11 select the license file to which you wish to add seats 2 Click the Modify License button The Modify License screen appears 3 Go to Product Selection 4 For floating licenses you will be able to change the Requested Seats field and add seats up to the total number of seats available in your entitlement 5 Click Next twice No Affidavit of Destruction is required for adding seats Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 49 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Managing License Key Files Deactivate or remove seats from an existing li
2. Host ID Type 7 z 4 Host ID Value 2 Cancel Figure 5 8 Add a Host The host ID value uniquely identifies the machine to which your design tools or IP is licensed You may choose a host ID type to be a MAC address a hard drive serial number a dongle ID or a Solaris host ID Note Not all host ID types are supported for all operating systems The easiest way to obtain your host ID is to run the XLCM on the machine that will serve as the license host 3 Add a comment Adding a comment to the license key file makes it easier for an administrator to track the allocation of design tools and IP product entitlements among users 4 Click Next The Review License Request form opens Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 45 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 g XILINX Creating a License Key File Generate Floating License 4 REVIEW LICENSE REQUEST Product Selections Product Subscription Available Requested End Date Seats Seats 1 Vivado ISE Design Suite System Edition DSP Edition 2013 08 01 18 20 10 System Information License Floating Redundancy No Host Name s TestHost HostID 12345678ABCD Note WebTalk is always enabled for WebPACK users WebTalk ignores user and install preference when a f bitstream is generated using the WebPACK license If a design is using a device contained in WebPACK ani a WebPACK license is available the WebPACK license will always be used To get additio
3. Not Send Design Note WebTalk currently transmits data after Route Design for all devices Setting WebTalk Install Preference You can enable or disable WebTalk globally during or after installation as described below During installation you can enable or disable WebTalk installation options by checking or unchecking the Enable WebTalk to send software IP and device usage statistics to Xilinx Always enabled for WebPACK license checkbox Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 www xilinx com 30 XILINX Setting WebTalk Install Preference VIVADO Vivado 2013 1 Installer Accept License Agreements Select Products to Install gt Select Installation Options Select Destination Directory Installation Copyright c 1995 2013 Xilinx Inc All rights reserved XILINX the Xilinx logo and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx Inc All other trademarks are the property of thelr respective owners Select Installation Options Select the desired installation options below Selection of these options may result in additional programs being run at the conclusion of the installation process v Use multiple CPU cores for faster installation Enabling this option will speed up installation but may slow down other active applications Acquire or Manage a License Key Enable WebTalk to send software IP and device usage
4. Standalone Installation Vivado 2013 2 Installer Disk space requirements o During installation 13058 MB S ee Post installation 9521 MB Accept License Agreements gt Select Products to Install Select Installation Options Description of Vivado System Edition Select Destination Directory Installati Vivado System Edition is a superset of Vivado Design Edition with the same front to back logic and embedded design support Vivado High Level Synthesis System Generator for DSP and Documentation Navigator Copyright c 1995 2013 Xilinx Inc All rights reserved XILINX the Ydinx logo and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Figure 3 2 Vivado Design Suite Installation Select Products Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 21 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Installation Flow Select Installation Options There are several optional installation steps during installation If selected these options install toward the end of the installation process after the main installation has completed Select Xilinx Installation Options from the following screen Vivado 2013 2 Installer Welcome Select Download Location Directory Accept License Agreements Select Products to Install gt Select Installation Options Select Destination Directory Installation Copyrigh
5. Xilinx Figure 5 2 Xilinx Website 2 Click Sign In Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 36 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Changing Xilinx User Account Information My Profile Please update your profile information by expanding the selections below Fields marked with an asterisk are required Personal Information Documentation and Design Advisory Alerts Email Announcements Updates and Newsletter Save Profile Figure 5 3 Personal Information 3 Expand Personal Information Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 37 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Changing Xilinx User Account Information My Profile Please update your profile information by expanding the selections below Fields marked with an asterisk are required Personal Information First Name Test Last Name Xilinx Corporate Email omsxilinx test gmail con To change yor the email you Enter new Corporate email address Change password Company Organization xilinx oms Address 1 3100 Logic Dr Address 2 City Longmont State Province co Postal Zip Code 80503 Country United States x Phone include area code 7206523211 Fax include area code Preferred Language English gt Job Function Other x Industry Other E Documentation and Design Advisory Alerts Email Announcements Updates and Newsletter Save Profile Figure 5 4 Enter New Corporate email
6. been done to avoid confusion with design throughput which is expressed in terms of clock cycle per second e Floating point designs verified by ModelSim in the RTL co simulation flow must use libraries e The libraries must be compiled by the users for the particular version of ModelSim being used Note Details on how to perform this are provided in the documentation Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 66 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Important Information e There is no longer a requirement to differentiate SystemC design and C C designs the type option to the add_files command has been removed Vivado IP Versioning Changes e The version format and strategy will be unified across all Xilinx IP e The format will be Major Minor Revision Major major interface change and behavior changes Minor small behavior or interface changes one or two ports change Revision no behavior changes e All IP references will be based on the Major Minor fields only e Only the latest version of a given IP can be generated from the IP catalog Older versions will no longer be available o Existing output products from older versions which already exist on disk can always be re used e Modifications or generation of a removed IP will require the IP to be upgraded first Updates to Existing IP e Aurora 64B 66B v8_0 e GTH support amp hardware HW validation Vivado only Core Legacy Free e Lower
7. case to ports e Native Vivado simulator MTI support e Aurora 8B 10B v9_0 e GTP GTH support amp HW validation Vivado only Core Legacy Free e Lower case to ports e Native Vivado simulator MTI support e PCI Express Gen3 Gen2 e Updated GT wrappers o Inter processor interrupt o IPI Level O support e Added Root Port support Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 67 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Important Information e Added support for Zynq 7030 and 7045 devices e 10G Ethernet MAC e New hierarchy structure o Separate XDC files for core and example design e XAUI e New hierarchy structure o Separate XDC files for core and example design e Updated GTP and GTH transceiver files e RXAUI New hierarchy structure and clocking and reset modules o Separate XDC files for core and example design o Updated GTP transceiver files e 10G Ethernet PCS PMA 10GBASE R 10GBASE KR o New hierarchy structure and clocking and reset modules e Separate XDC files for core and example design o Updated GTX and GTH transceiver files o Tri Mode Ethernet MAC o Kintex 7 production e 1000BASE X SGMII o Updated GTP and GTH transceiver files e QSGMII e Updated GTP transceiver files e GMII to RGMII e Updated auto negotiation logic e AXI Ethernet e IP Integrator support for 7 series and Zynq 7000 e SPI 4 2 o Virtex 7 production e PCI32 and PCI64 o Kintex 7 production e Fora detailed list of Xilinx IP Cores see
8. have immediate access to video processing functions integrated into an OpenCV environment for embedded vision running on the dual core ARM processing system e C libraries are enhanced with a new Video library providing support for 31 video and OpenCV Input Output I O interface functions e OpenCV I O functions cvMat2hlsMat IplImage2hlsMat CvMat2hlsMat hlsMat2cvMat hlsMat2IplImage hlsMat2CvMat o Interfaces hls AXIvideo2Mat hls Mat2AXIvideo Video functions hls Filter2D hls Erode hls Dilate hls Min his Max hls MinS hls MaxS hls Mul hls Zero hls Avg his AbsDiff hls CmpS hls Cmp hls And hls Not hls AddsS hls AddWeighted hls Mean hls SubRS hls SubS hls Sum hls Reduce hls Scale e Integration of designs into a software controlled environment is greatly eased with the auto generation of standalone and Linux software driver files for packaged IP e Supported for IP packaged for the Vivado IP catalog and the Embedded Development Kit EDK pcore environment e Support is provided for designs packaged for the Vivado IP catalog allowing them to be used in IP integrator e Anew design analysis perspective allows designs to be quickly and intuitively analyzed Both performance and resource metrics can be reviewed in an inter active graphical environment e Cross linked windows on register transfer level RTL structure and scheduled operations can be cross referenced
9. installer allows you to deselect Enable WebTalk However if a WebPACK tool license is used to process the design Enable WebTalk is ignored Please click on the Enable WebTalk item in the installer and read the description box for full details Select Destination Directory In the Select Destination Directory screen select the directory in which to install the design tools Enter a name for the Program Folders list The installer displays a level of hierarchy Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 22 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Installation Flow underneath the installation path you specify The name of the directory varies depending on the type of product you are installing Vivado 2013 2 Installer Welcome Select Download Location Directory Accept License Agreements Select Products to Install Select Installation Options gt Select Destination Directory Installation Copyright c 1995 2013 Xilinx Inc All rights reserved XILINX the Xilinx logo and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Figure 3 4 Select Destination Directory Select the directory where you want the software installed C xilinx Install location s C Xilinx Vivado 2013 2 C xilinx Vivado_HLS 2013 2 Disk space requirements During installation 13058 MB Post installation 9521 MB Disk Space A
10. release Now available with every seat of Vivado Design Suite e Automated IP upgrade flow for migrating a design to the latest IP version e Cross probing is now enabled on IP integrator generated errors and warnings e Integration with System Generator generated IP e Synthesis run times for IP integrator generated designs are up to 4x faster e ECC error correcting code is now supported in MicroBlaze within IP integrator Vivado IP Catalog e Bottom up synthesis enabled in project based designs to reduce synthesis run times o IP that have not changed will not be resynthesized e Significant enhancements to the Manage IP Flow Creation and management of IP simplified An IP project is automatically created to manage the netlisting of IP Easy generation of a synthesized design checkpoint DCP for IP to enable IP use in blackbox flows using third party synthesis tools o DCP for IP and the Verilog stub files are now co located with the XCI File for the IP e Scripts are delivered for compiling IP simulation sources for behavioral simulation using third party simulators e Improved handling of IP Constraints Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 7 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX What s New o IP DCP contains the netlist and constraints for the IP e Constraints are scoped automatically Vivado Simulation e Run time improvement e Enabled user control to choose compilation rerun in Vivad
11. statistics to Xilinx Always enabled for Install Cable Drivers Install Windows System Generator for DSP into MATLAB SJ Si isi s 4 m r Select Deselect All Description of Enable WebTalk to send software IP and gt Note WebTalk is always enabled for WebPACK users WebTalk ignores user and install preference when a bitstream is generated using the WebPACK license If a design is using m a device contained in WebPACK and a WebPACK license is available the WebPACK license will always be used To change this please see Answer Record 34746 DESCRIPTION WebTalk provides a means for you the customer to provide Xilinx with information about what features of our FPGAs are being used in your designs and what parts of Vivado Design Suite software and IP are being used to complete the design One of the primary purposes of the WebTalk feature is to assist Xilinx in understanding how its customers use FPGAs software and TP so more effort can he nlaced on imnravina the Figure 4 1 WebTalk Install Options You can enable or disable WebTalk installation options using the Tcl command config webtalk config webtalk install on off on turns WebTalk on for the installation off turns WebTalk off for the installation Install settings are saved in the following location Windows 7 lt install dir gt vivado data webtalk webtalksettings e Linux lt install dir gt
12. the P Release Notes Guide XTP0O25 Ref 1 Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 68 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Known Issues Known Issues Vivado Design Suite Tools Known Issues can be found at Answer Record 5512 Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 69 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Appendix A Additional Resources Xilinx Resources For support resources such as Answers Documentation Downloads and Forums see the Xilinx Support website at www xilinx com support For a glossary of technical terms used in Xilinx documentation see www xilinx com company terms htm Solution Centers See the Xilinx Solution Centers for support on devices software tools and intellectual property at all stages of the design cycle Topics include design assistance advisories and troubleshooting tips Xilinx Documentation Navigator You can view Xilinx tool and hardware documentation in the Xilinx Documentation Navigator or on the Xilinx website The Documentation Navigator is integrated with the Vivado Design Suite and it provides a catalog of Xilinx documentation and videos For more information about the Documentation Navigator see the Vivado Design Suite User Guide Getting Started UG910 Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 70 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Licenses and End User License Agreements Licens
13. the bit width of the operating system installed on the computer Linux Clients When installation is complete the installation program creates an environment variables file 1 Go to the XILINX installation directory 2 Type either source settings32 c shorsource settings64 c sh as required for your shell To set your environment variables manually or from within your setup script Xilinx recommends you copy the settings from the appropriate file for your operating system as listed above Xilinx environment variables settings are specific to each operating system platform USB FLEXid Dongle Driver Installation If you purchased a USB FLEXid Dongle for use with the Windows operating systems you must install the appropriate driver before creating a FLEXnet license for use with it 1 Install the Xilinx Design Tools first This installation contains the installer files for the USB FLEXid dongle driver 2 Run FLEXId Dongle Driver Installer exe from lt Xilinx Installation Directory gt Vivado 2013 2 lds_ lite ISE bin nt 3 On the Select Options screen be sure only FLEXid 9 Drivers is checked Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 24 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 g XILINX Network Installations FLEXId_Dongle_Driver_Installer InstallShield Wizard x Select Options ou want to install Setup has determined that the following drivers need to be updated on your machine Please select the de
14. unexpandable clocks e Accounting of setup hold requirements consistent with industry standard tools Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 61 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Vivado 2013 1 e Enabling clock properties at output ports to enable phase support for Simultaneous Switching Noise SSN e Improved check_timing to filter out objects whose connections do not have timing checks Vivado I O Planner e Added SSN phase support e Up to 20 more margin achieved with phase information e New device constraints view added to enable easy editing of DCILCASCADE and Intern_Vref constraint e Enhanced software check for board design e Tie off information will be provided based on CFGBVS settings Messaging e Better message quality e Advanced control of messages in Vivado Integrated Design Environment IDE o Suppression Hide specific messages all messages with same ID or a particular string Severity adjustment Upgrade or downgrade severity of messages as needed Vivado Debug e Faster debug and programming Flexibility and performance for programming cable via Target Communication Framework TCF e Easier to use interface o Easily identify and probe debug nets in enhanced net centric Debug Window e Compare simultaneous ILA waveforms Cascade multiple ILA cores and trigger on external test equipment e Manual ICON instantiation no longer required automatically infers o Cross Trig
15. will need to manually type in your installation path which contains a mapped network drive Obtaining Quarterly Releases Xilinx releases quarterly versions of the Vivado Design Suite tools throughout the year Each quarterly version contains device support updates new features and bug fixes The following sections describe how to obtain updates through XilinxNotify and the Download Center Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 27 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Uninstalling the Vivado Design Suite Tool XilinxNotify The XilinxNotify tool is the preferred method of obtaining updates It provides the following features e Compares the latest version of Xilinx design tools updates available on the Xilinx Support website with what you have installed and notifies you if a newer version is available e Provides a Download button allowing you to log in to the Xilinx Download Center Once you log in the download of your selected product begins e XilinxNotify will run automatic periodic checks at Vivado tools startup time Note Select Edit gt Preferences in the Vivado IDE to control the frequency of the automatic periodic checks Download Center Quarterly releases for all platforms are regularly made available on the Xilinx Download Center Ref 6 Uninstalling the Vivado Design Suite Tool Before uninstalling make sure to have moved any project files you want to keep outside your Xilinx installa
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17. Address 4 Enter your new corporate email address in the Enter new Corporate email address box 5 Click Save Profile button for changes to take effect Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 38 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Product Licensing Accounts Product Licensing Accounts When you purchase a design tool edition or IP product from Xilinx you are purchasing a license to use and receive updates for that product for one year The license to use Xilinx deign tools and IP products is managed through the use of product entitlements A product entitlement is the determination of e Which product was purchased e The number of seats purchased e The license type floating or node locked e The product subscription period product updates are provided throughout the year In addition to managing the product entitlements for your purchased design tools and IP you can also access product entitlements for No Charge or Evaluation products Full and No Charge licenses have a subscription period of one year Design tools evaluations are for 30 days and IP evaluations are for 120 days Activating a product entitlement results in one or more license keys being generated by the website When installed the license keys enable the use of the design tools and IP that were purchased or are being evaluated Your product entitlements and resulting license key files are managed in a product licensing account on the Xilinx we
18. All Artix FPGA Artix 7 FPGA Artix 7 FPGA e XC7A100T XC7A200T e All Compatible Third Party Tools Table 2 2 Compatible Third Party Tools Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Windows Windows Windows Windows Third Party Tool Linux Linux 64 Linux XP 32 bit XP 64 bit 732 bit 7 64 bit Simulation Mentor Graphics ModelSim SE DE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10 1b Mentor Graphics ModelSim PE 10 1b NA N A N A Yes Yes Yes Yes Mentor Graphics Questa Advanced Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Simulator 10 1b Cadence Incisive Enterprise Simulator Yes Yes Yes N A N A N A N A IES 12 2 Synopsys VCS and VCS MX G 2012 09 The MathWorks MATLAB and Simulink with Fixed Point Toolbox 2011a 2011b 2012a 2012b Aldec Active HDL 9 2 4 Aldec Riviera PRO 2012 10 Yes Yes Yes N A N A N A N A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N A N A N A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 13 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX System Requirements Table 2 2 Compatible Third Party Tools Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Windows Windows Windows Windows Third Party Tool Linux Linux 64 Linux XP 32 bit XP 64 bit 7 32 bit 7 64 bit Synthesis Synopsys Synplify Synplify Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Pro H 2013 03 Mentor Graphics Precision RTL Plus Yes Yes
19. COMPLETED 1 Warranty End 04 30 2010 06 04 2009 3372646 1 COMPLETED 1 Line Quantity Sku Description 06 04 2009 3372646 4 COMPLETED 1 2 1 0451118 LogiCORE 32 bit and 64 bit Initiator Targe 06 04 2009 3372646 3 COMPLETED 1 lt Wm r ili f hi R F First Name First Name KRISTIN Last Name Last Name PERRY 222701 Email Email Address 1 Address 1 3100 LOGIC DRIVE Address 2 Address 2 City City LONGMONT State State co Postal Postal 80503 Code Code Country Country US Page 1 ofi b Displaying 1 8 of 8 Figure 5 13 Order Information e Xilinx order numbers are listed on the left panel of the screen e Order details populate on the right panel of the screen when you highlight specific order e You may only select one order at a time e The order s shipping address information is visible even when product is delivered electronically Managing User Access to Product Licensing Account The responsibility of administering a product licensing account may be transferred or shared with another user The ability to add or remove users from a product licensing account is managed under the Manage Users tab Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 53 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Managing User Access to Product Licensing Account My Account Sion Out Language 7 Documentation Downloads Contact Us gt Xl LINX enter keywords ALL PROGRAMMABLE wu Advanced Search Products Applications Support Bu
20. Evaluation License Bus Interface and IO LogiCORE 64 bit Initiator Target for PCI Evaluation License Bus Interface and IO LogiCORE 64 bit Initiator Target for PCI X and 32 and 64 bit Initiator Bus interface and IO Category Communication and Networking 1 Item LogiCORE Aurora 64B 66B No Charge License Communication and Networking B Category Embedded Processing 1 Item LogiCORE UART 16450 16550 No Charge License Embedded Processing Add Figure 5 6 IP Product Selector Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 43 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 g XILINX Creating a License Key File Note IP products are typically sold as site licenses that gives the administrator the ability to generate license keys for floating and node locked license types End users see only product entitlements for node locked products The customer account administrator or an End User who has been granted Floating License generation status by the administrator sees product entitlements for both node locked and floating products Generating a License Click the Generate License button corresponding to the type of license key file you are generating floating or node locked The license generation form shown below appears Generate Floating License Fields marked with an asterisk are required PRODUCT SELECTION Product Product Type Available Subscription Requested Selections Seats End Date Seats 7 Vivado ISE Design S
21. G973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX User Types and Actions User Types and Actions There are three user types for the Product Licensing Site customer account administrator end user and evaluation user Customer Account Administrator An example of a typical customer account administrator is a CAD tools manager Every product licensing account must have at least one customer account administrator A customer account administrator can manage more than one product licensing account The responsibilities as the customer account administrator include e Generating node locked or floating licenses for Xilinx design tools and IP products e Adding and removing users from the product licensing account e Assigning administrative privileges to other users e Ordering product DVDs if desired The original customer account administrator is the Ship To contact identified during the product ordering process That person will receive an email with instructions on how to download and license each purchased product The customer account administrator must follow the link in the email to ensure access to the purchased products End User Adding end users to a product licensing account allows an engineer or design team member the flexibility to manage and generate license keys on their own The end user may generate license keys for node locked products entitlements within the account as well as evaluation and no charge license keys
22. License Configuration Manager o For Windows Select Start gt All Programs gt Xilinx Design Tools 14 4 gt Accessories gt Manage Xilinx Licenses o For Linux Type xlem in a command line shell 3 Click Copy License at the top of the Manage Xilinx Licenses tab 4 Browse to your license file Xilinx 1lic and click Open 5 This copies the license file to the C Xilinx Windows or lt Home gt Xilinx directory of your computer where it will be automatically found by the Xilinx tools 6 When the Copy License operation is complete the table on the Manage Xilinx Licenses tab is updated with licensing information from the license file 7 Click Close to exit the Xilinx License Configuration Manager Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 55 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Installing Your License Key File Floating License Installation on Servers For existing FLEXnet license servers a common practice is to copy the contents of the license file mailed from xilinx notification entitlenow com into the existing license file on your FLEXnet server Note Restart the floating license server to enable the Xilinx licenses For New License Servers 1 Download the appropriate Xilinx FLEXnet license utilities for your server s operating system from the Xilinx Download Center at http www xilinx com download index htm 2 Unzip these utilities into a destination directory Xilinx recommends yo
23. ONv1 06a ILA v1 05a VIO v1 05a ChipScope AXI Monitor including the following Vivado IP cores and Vivado IP example designs Vivado IP cores e Memory Interface Generator MIG 7 Series e Soft Error Mitigation SEM IP core Vivado IP example designs Common Packet Radio Interface CPRI IP core e JESD2024 IP core Resolution The ISE Design Suite or the ISE Lab Tools 14 5 must be installed and accessible in order to use ChipScope To address usability and intuitive hierarchy connectivity IP in Vivado Design Suite is delivered as a core block with encrypted HDL and GT instance As the IP is updated to the 2013 1 version interface port mismatches may appear IPs affected QSGMII e JESD204 e 10G PCS PMA e 10G EMAC e RXAUI e XAUI Top level design changes are required and interface ports must be changed to match the latest port names and widths For more information see e Answer Record 55077 To aid clock and reset sharing among multiple IP instantiations Xilinx IP has been redesigned to allow sharing of common clock and resets among multiple IP instances As the IP is updated to the 2013 1 version interface port mismatches may appear IP affected e RXAUI in 2013 1 The top level design changes may be required and interface ports must be changed to match the latest port names and widths For more information see e Answer Record 55078 Vivado Design Suit
24. P Integrator To accelerate the creation of highly integrated complex designs in All Programmable FPGA devices Xilinx introduces the early access release of the Vivado IP integrator Vivado s IP integrator builds on the foundation of Vivado s extensible IP catalog and standards based approach to packaging IP to deliver intelligent correct by construction assembly of designs co optimized with Xilinx All Programmable solutions The Vivado IP integrator environment is a licensed early access feature in the 2013 1 release Contact your field applications engineer to obtain a license Vivado Logic Simulation e New driver reporting capability added to Vivado simulator which enables users to trace current driving values for a signal type HDL object e Aldec Active HDL support enabled in compile simlib Xilinx Intellectual Property Simulation Behavioral simulation of Xilinx IP is now supported in the following simulators e Full support Mentor Graphics ModelSim and Questa Advanced Simulator Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 60 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Vivado 2013 1 e Xilinx Vivado Simulator e Limited support e Aldec Active HDL Riveria Pro e Cadence Incisive Enterprise Simulator e Synopsys VCS and VCS MX Note The phrase Limited support means Xilinx has encrypted our IP with the IEEE P1735 V1 public keys for the listed vendors but testing has been limited to ensuring the listed simulat
25. UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Chapter 2 Architecture Support and Requirements Operating Systems Xilinx only supports the following operating systems on x86 and x86 64 processor architectures Microsoft Windows Support e Windows XP Professional 32 bit and 64 bit English Japanese e Windows 7 Professional 32 bit and 64 bit English Japanese e Windows Server 2008 64 bit Linux Support e Red Hat Enterprise Workstation 5 32 bit and 64 bit e Red Hat Enterprise Workstation 6 32 bit and 64 bit e SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 32 bit and 64 bit Architectures The following table lists architecture support for commercial products in the Vivado Design Suite WebPACK tool vs all other Vivado Design Suite editions For non commercial support e All Xilinx Automotive devices are supported in the Vivado Design Suite WebPACK tool e Xilinx Defense Grade FPGA devices are supported where their equivalent commercial part sizes are supported Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 12 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Compatible Third Party Tools Table 2 1 Architecture Support Vivado Design Suite Vivado WebPACK Tool All Other Editions Zynq Device Zynq 7000 Device Early Access Zynq 7000 Device Early Access e XC7Z010 XC7Z020 XC7Z030 e All Virtex FPGA Virtex 7 FPGA Virtex 7 FPGA e None e All Kintex FPGA Kintex 7 FPGA Kintex 7 FPGA e XC7K70T XC7K160T
26. Vivado Design Suite User Guide Release Notes Installation and Licensing UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX amp XILINX Notice of Disclaimer The information disclosed to you hereunder the Materials is provided solely for the selection and use of Xilinx products To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law 1 Materials are made available AS IS and with all faults Xilinx hereby DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY NON INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE and 2 Xilinx shall not be liable whether in contract or tort including negligence or under any other theory of liability for any loss or damage of any kind or nature related to arising under or in connection with the Materials including your use of the Materials including for any direct indirect special incidental or consequential loss or damage including loss of data profits goodwill or any type of loss or damage suffered as a result of any action brought by a third party even if such damage or loss was reasonably foreseeable or Xilinx had been advised of the possibility of the same Xilinx assumes no obligation to correct any errors contained in the Materials or to notify you of updates to the Materials or to product specifications You may not reproduce modify distribute or publicly display the Materials without prior written con
27. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2012c Equivalence Checking Cadence Encounter Conformal 9 1 Mee Yes Yes N A N A N A N A a Note Support for Aldec simulators is offered by Aldec b Note Most Vivado IPs can only be synthesized by Vivado synthesis because the RTL source may include encrypted files To use these IPs in a third party synthesis flow the synthesized netlist can be exported from the Vivado tool in a suitable format for use in the third party synthesis project c Note Contact Synopsys for availability of Synplify Overlay or Service Pack d Note Cadence Encounter Conformal Support is for RTL2Gate using Synopsys Synplify only System Requirements This section provides information on system memory requirements cable installation and other requirements and recommendations System Memory Recommendations For memory recommendations for the Vivado Design Suite tools see http www xilinx com design tools vivado memory htm Operating Systems and Available Memory The Microsoft Windows and Linux operating system OS architectures have limitations on the maximum memory available to a Xilinx program Users targeting the largest devices and most complex designs may encounter this limitation The Vivado Design Suite has optimized memory and enabled support for applications to increase RAM memory available to Xilinx tools Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes ww
28. all design elements to allow this IP to independently function as quickly as possible Stage two completes the device configuration while the PCIe link remains functional Two variations are available Tandem PROM loads both stages from the same flash device and Tandem PCIe loads stage two over the PCIe link All PCIe configurations are supported up to X8Gen3 e Tandem Configuration is now released with production status for both Tandem PROM and Tandem PCle Devices with this status include o XC7K325T FFG900 o XC7VX485T FFG1761 PCIE X1Y0 location required o XC7VX690T FFG1761 PCIE XOY1 location required e Tandem Configuration is available as beta for additional devices for both Tandem PROM and Tandem PCle Hardware testing for these devices has been limited e XC7K160T FFG676 o XC7K410T FFG676 o XC7VX415T FFG1158 PCIE XOYO location recommended o XC7VX550T FFG1158 PCIE XOY1 location recommended e For more information see PG054 version 2 1 for Gen2 PCIe IP or PG023 version 2 1 for Gen3 PCIe IP Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 9 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Important Information Important Information Migrating Vivado Designs from Vivado Design Suite 2013 1 to 2013 2 Table 1 1 Specifics for Migrating Vivado Designs to Vivado Design Suite 2013 2 Change in 2013 2 Xilinx 2013 1 IP Constraints are processed in a different order by the 2013 2 tools Impact on Design
29. bles refer to the following documents e USB Cable Installation Guide UG344 Ref 3 Platform Cable USB II Data Sheet DS593 Ref 4 Parallel Cable IV Data Sheet DS097 Ref 5 Equipment and Permissions The following table lists related equipment permissions and network connections Table 2 3 Equipment and Permissions Requirements Item Requirement Directory permissions Write permissions must exist for all directories containing design files to be edited Monitor 16 bit color VGA with a minimum recommended resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels Drive You must have a DVD ROM for Vivado Design Suite if you have received a DVD rather than downloading from the web Ports To program devices you must have an available parallel or USB port appropriate for your Xilinx programming cable Specifications for ports are listed in the documentation for your cable Note Installation of the cable driver software requires Windows XP Pro SP1 or later or Windows 7 If you are not using one of these operating systems the cables may not work properly Note X Servers Remote Desktop Servers such as Exceed ReflectionX and XWin32 are not supported Network Time Synchronization When design files are located on a network machine other than the machine with the installed software the clock settings of both machines must be set the same These times must be synchronized on a regular basis for continued proper fu
30. bo eta Select Download Location Directory Pi This installation requires additional installation file s gt Xilinx_Vivado_2013 2_0529_1 3 zip xz Xilinx_Vivado_2013 2_0529_1 4 zip xz Xilinx_Vivado_2013 2_0529_1 2 zip xz Please select the location of these files C xilinx Xilinx_Vivado_2013 2_0529_1_splitImage Browse Vivado 2013 2 Installer Welcome gt Select Download Location Directory Accept License Agreements Select Products to Install Select Installation Options Select Destination Directory Installation Copyright c 1995 2013 Xilinx Inc All rights reserved XILINX the Xilinx logo and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx Inc All other tademarks are the property of their respective owners eae next gt _conce Figure 3 1 Vivado Design Suite Installation Select Download Location Directory Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 20 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 g XILINX Installation Flow Accepting Software Licenses You must accept two software license agreements On each Accept Software Agreement screen 1 Click I accept and agree to the terms and conditions above 2 Click Next Select Xilinx Products to Install Select the Xilinx products you want to install Select Products to Install a 4 Edition List Vy VA O Vivado WebPACK Vivado Design Edition vivado System Edition Xilinx Documentation Navigator
31. bsite Product licensing accounts are specific to the individual listed on the Xilinx Software Purchase Order who is either the end user or administrator of the design tools All purchases made can be managed in the same product licensing account if a single administrator is named A company site can have multiple accounts managed by different administrators The latter is helpful if a site has multiple design teams working on differing projects with different budget pools Note Alicense key can be generated for a product entitlement that has expired however it will only enable product releases up to the subscription end date Applying a product update made available after the subscription end date of your license results in an error LogiCORE IP License Generation in the Xilinx Design Tools Any LogiCORE IP and design tools entitlements you have purchased appear in your list of entitled products when you log into the Product Licensing Site Licenses for Evaluation and No Charge IP are available on the site in a separate area Licenses for all your design tools and IP can now be generated in one pass They are emailed to you in a single license file IP core FLEXnet licenses now feature more licensing options such as single or Triple Redundant Floating Server support and more host options for node locked license keys Ethernet MAC address Hard Drive Serial Number or USB Dongle ID Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 39 U
32. censed product entitlement 1 From the Manage Licenses Tab see Figure 5 11 select the license file from which you wish to remove seats 2 Click the Modify License button The Modify License screen appears 3 Go to Product Selection 4 For floating licenses you will be able to change the Requested Seats field and reduce the number of seats that will be authorized by this license file 5 Click the Next button twice and then click the Accept button to accept the Affidavit of Destruction Activate or add additional product entitlements to a license key file 1 From the Manage Licenses Tab see Figure 5 11 select the license file to which you wish to add features entitlements 2 Click the Modify License button The Modify License screen appears 3 Go to Product Selection 4 Check boxes of any new entitlements you wish to add to this license file 5 Click Next twice No Affidavit of Destruction is required for adding features Deactivate or delete product entitlements from a license key file 1 From the Manage Licenses Tab see Figure 5 11 select the license file to which you wish to add features entitlements Click the Modify License button The Modify License screen appears Go to Product Selection Check boxes of any entitlements you wish to remove from this license file nu e wW N Click the Next button twice and then click the Accept button to accept the Affidavit of Destruction Modifying a key file uses
33. d therein e If you downloaded the installation file in multiple parts decompress the file with the zip extension and run xsetup You should not decompress any other files e If you have ordered and received a Xilinx Design Tools DVD load the DVD Click the setup file in your file manager or browse to the root of your DVD drive and type xsetup Installation Flow The following section describes important screens you will encounter during the installation process Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 19 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 g XILINX Installation Flow Note For each of the following installation steps click on the text of any item with a check box next to it to obtain more information Information is displayed in the Description area near the bottom of the screen Select Download Location Directory This step applies to users who downloaded the installation files in multiple archive files If you downloaded a single image skip to Accepting Software Licenses This screen lists all the required additional installation files to complete the installation Users will need to point the tool to a location that contains these files All the required files should be in the same directory Once the correct files have been identified the installer will check the integrity of these files to ensure archives are not corrupt This process might take a few minutes to complete Vivado 2013 2 Installer
34. ducts you have purchased or want to evaluate 1 Select a product licensing account from the Account drop down list Note This selection is not available if you are entitled to evaluation or free products only 2 Enter product voucher codes for design tools or IP product licenses purchased with kits or for tools purchased from the Xilinx online store optional 3 Add evaluation or no charge IP product entitlements to the product entitlement table optional 4 Make your product selections from the product entitlement table The type of product entitlements available are Full purchased No Charge or Evaluation Full and No Charge licenses have a subscription period of one year Design tools evaluation is for 30 days IP evaluations are for 120 days Floating and node locked licenses cannot be combined in the same license key file Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 42 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Creating a License Key File Note A floating license resides on a network server and enables applications to check out a license when they are invoked At any one time the number of licenses for simultaneous users is restricted to the number of license seats purchased A node locked license allows for the use of a single seat of a product entitlement on a specific machine For design tools available seats represents the number of seats available for licensing over the total number of seats purchased F
35. e 2013 Release Notes UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 www xilinx com 64 XILINX Table 6 1 Important Information Specifics for Migrating Vivado Designs to Vivado Design Suite 2013 1 Change in 2013 1 To aid IP debugging Xilinx IP has been redesigned to bring transceiver debug ports to the top level Impact on Designs As the IP is updated to the 2013 1 version interface port mismatches may appear IP affected e RXAUI in 2013 1 Resolution The top level design interface ports must be changed to match the latest port names and widths See Answer Record 55079 To drive consistency across Xilinx IP mixed case signal names have been changed to use all lower case for all VHDL and Verilog based Xilinx cores As the IP is updated to the 2013 1 version interface port name mismatches may appear Below are a few examples of IPs that will be affected by this change However this mismatch may occur with any Xilinx IP in the 2013 1 version Sampling of IPs affected e Aurora 8B 10B e Aurora 64B 66B e AXI Perf Monitor e Clocking Wizard e SelectlIO Wizard e XADC Wizard e PCIle Gen2 Gen3 The top level design interface ports must be changed to match the latest port names For more information see e Aurora 8B 10B Answer Record 55006 Aurora 64B 66B Answer Record 55005 e AXI Memory Mapped to PCIe Answer Record 55086 e Select IO Wizard Answer Record 55001 e XADC Wizard Answe
36. e FPGA and SoCs Also get through your integration work faster with improved run times and new end to end debug capabilities Device Support The following devices are production ready e Zynq 7000 devices 7Z010 7Z020 and 7Z100 e Defense Grade Zynq 7000Q 7Z010 7Z020 and 7Z030 e Defense Grade Virtex 7Q VX690T and VX980T e Defense Grade Artix 7Q A100T and A200T e XA Artix 7 A100T Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 5 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX What s New Vivado System Edition Products Vivado High Level Synthesis e Video libraries with OpenCV interfaces are enhanced with support for 12 additional functions e hls CornerHarris hls EqualizeHist hls FASTX hls GaussianBlur his Harris o hls HoughLines2 hls Integral hls InitUndistortRectifyMap hls PaintMask e hls Remap hls Resize hls Sobel e Adders can now be targeted for implementation in a DSP48 directly from Vivado HLS o Previously the implementation of adders or subtractors in a DSP48 was left to RTL Synthesis With the new core AddSub_DSP users can now specify inside Vivado HLS that the addition or subtraction be performed using a DSP48 e The Xilinx FFT core can now be instantiated directly into the C C source code This feature is Beta Contact your local Xilinx FAE for details on how to use this feature System Generator for DSP e Tools Integration o Introducing Vivado IP Integrator support in Sy
37. e hugemem kernel to allocate 4 GB to each process More information can be found on the Red Hat support site at http www redhat com docs manuals enterprise Cable Installation Requirements Platform Cable USB II is a high performance cable that enables Xilinx design tools to program and configure target hardware Note The Xilinx Parallel Cable IV is no longer supported for debugging or programming To install Platform Cable USB II a system must have at least a USB 1 1 port For maximum performance Xilinx recommends using Platform Cable USB II with a USB 2 0 port The cable is officially supported on the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of the following operating systems Windows XP Professional Windows 7 Red Hat Linux Enterprise and SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Additional platform specific notes are as follows e Root privileges are required e SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 The fxload software package is required to ensure correct Platform Cable USB II operation The fxload package is not automatically installed on Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 15 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX System Requirements SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 distributions and must be installed by the user or System Administrator e Linux LibUSB support Support for Platform Cable USB II based upon the LibUSB package is now available from the Xilinx website see Answer Record 29310 For additional information regarding Xilinx ca
38. ease Notes Vivado 2013 1 What s New Vivado Design Suite 2013 1 introduces two major advances in productivity that will accelerate both time to integration and system level design It features the early access of the Vivado IP integrator which is the new Xilinx intellectual property IP centric design environment It also includes a comprehensive set of libraries to accelerate C C system level design and high level synthesis HLS in the Vivado HLS tool Device Support e Zynq 7000 devices now supported Requires Early Access to Vivado IP integrator Zynq support includes 7Z100 device e The following devices are production ready Virtex 7 7VX690T 7VX1140T 7VX330T 7VX415T 7VX980T Zynq 7000 7Z030 and 7Z045 Defense Grade Kintex 7Q 7K325T and 7K410T Defense Grade Virtex 7Q 7V585T and 7VX485T e The following devices are General ES ready Virtex 7 7VH580T and 7VH870T Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 57 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Vivado 2013 1 New Vivado Installer Vivado Design Suite is now available separately from ISE Design Suite Both Vivado Design Suite and ISE Design Suite now have their own independent download and installation files Vivado System Edition Products Vivado High Level Synthesis The Vivado HLS tool has enhanced libraries with support for industry standard floating point math h operations and real time video processing functions Users now
39. eir name is filled in In some instances a customer account administrator may wish to have design team members administer license key files for their own use By leaving both Add as full administrator and Allow Floating Licenses check boxes unchecked the user is granted the following restricted privileges e Can generate node locked license keys only e Can view and modify only those license key files they generated for themselves Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 54 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Installing Your License Key File e Cannot manage users If you check Allow Floating Licenses only the restriction on node locked keys is lifted but the others remain You cannot check both boxes since it is not allowed Full administrators already have floating license generation capability Removing Users To remove administrative or floating license generation privileges from a user uncheck the Administrator or Floating check box for that user To remove a user from a product licensing account click the Trash Can icon for that user Installing Your License Key File The following subsections describe installing different types of licenses Node Lock License Installation After generating a license file you will receive an e mail from xilinx notification entitlenow com 1 Save the license file attached to the e mail to a temporary directory on your local system 2 Run the Xilinx
40. er cycle accurate C model of the Vivado HLS IP Vivado Design Edition Tools Interactive Design Environment e Support for bottom up synthesis e Basic support for module analysis flow e Enhanced run hook scripts e Allows customization in run flows e Find infrastructure now issues Tcl commands e Improves search and learning how to use Tcl e Schematic Editor combines vector instances e Simplifies schematics for busses e Graphical User Interface GUI object references update to be consistent with Tcl objects e Vivado device editor o Ability to start from either destination or source in manual routing mode Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 59 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Vivado 2013 1 e Design Rule Checks DRC o New RTL and netlist linting checks e Bitstream Generation e Ability to set bitstream and other device properties in all netlist views e Automatically sets default settings when added e Constraints can be saved to target Xilinx Design Constraints XDC e Language Templates e SystemVerilog for Design constructs added e Enhanced BlockRAM inference templates Power e Lower dynamic power consumption out of the box with no performance impact e Power optimization enabled in opt design lower Block RAM dynamic power by 40 and Core dynamic power by 7 5 o Power opt design will provide incremental power saving with additional BRAM and sequential logic optimizations Vivado I
41. es 47 Legacy LiG nsing s lt c i0 4 3s eua tive cts ea hae rete cee ede cd eee tear eae Se 51 Understanding Your Tool and IP Orders 0 cece cece cece cence cence eee eeeeenes 52 Managing User Access to Product Licensing ACCOUNT 0 cece cece cere eee eeenaes 53 Installing Your License Key File 1 ccc ccc cece ee eee eee eee ence neeaes 56 Appendix A Additional Resources Xilinx RESOUICES 666606 ee eee eas ae eae oe ee ae TER Oe ER DESO ae OSG OES eRe es 70 Solution COTO NS esis 20 oi neces Seared seh a see eee aaa ce Snare wel dace Hind caw OLE ore eles wey Se me 70 Xilinx Documentation Navigator ccc ccc eee ee ee eee eet e teeta teen en eeees 70 Licenses and End User License Agreements 00 c cece cece eee e eee e teen eee eeeeeees 71 ReTErences sri iaaa ie oe et cde ee eee noe cea eae nea 71 Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 4 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Chapter 1 Release Notes 2013 2 What s New Vivado Design Suite 2013 2 accelerates both time to integration and system level design System level designers benefit from public access to the Vivado IP Integrator a device and platform aware interactive graphical environment that provides IP aware automated IP subsystem generation Vivado High Level Synthesis and System Generator for DSP are now also integrated into Vivado IP integrator providing a comprehensive development environment for All Programmabl
42. es a a 25 Obtaining Quarterly Releases ccc ccc cece cece eee teen e teen neta eee eeeees 27 Uninstalling the Vivado Design Suite Tool cc ccc ccc cece eee ence eee eeeaes 28 Chapter 4 WebTalk WebTalk Participation so ete a tie hee ae we bed Kee eee we Hw ee be 29 Setting WebTalk Install Preference cc ccc ccc ene eee eee eee eee nee n eens 30 Setting WebTalk User Preferences 0 ccc cece eee eee eee etna eens ee neees 32 Checking WebTalk Install and User Preferences 2 00 cece cece eee cence eee eeeeeaes 33 Types of Data Collected peiser acs since sna ix oe tii tEn aoa ls ele era a as Seco eels aye lead Beate E Ie wre Sas 33 Transmission of Data is sssesierssrssres stts st ae ROR TRE ROR ES ROE KES OS ES a 34 Chapter 5 Obtaining and Managing a License Accessing the Product Licensing Site cece cc cee cece ee ee teen eee e eee eeees 35 Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 3 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Changing Xilinx User Account Information 00 c cece cece cece e ence eee e ee eenaes 36 Product Licensing ACCOUNTS 00 cece cece eee eee eee ee eee eee eee ee eeeeenes 39 User Types and Actions 2 3 00 6s cece cece rece s cect ee eee es ces eee bees ee es eed eacaae aces 40 Creating a License Key File c c c56i 5 oti i tena eee ee Oe ee ee ee eee 41 Managing License Key Files 1 0 0 ccc ccc cece eee eee ee eee eee eee ee eeeeen
43. es and End User License Agreements The third party licenses govern the use of certain third party technology included in and or distributed in connection with the Xilinx design tools Each license applies only to the applicable technology expressly governed by such license and not to any other technology You must accept the terms of the End User License Agreements EULAs for Xilinx design tools and third party products before license files can be generated To view the third party license details and EULA see http www xilinx com cgi bin docs rdoc v 2013 2 d ug 63_tplg pdf To view the Xilinx design tools license details and EULA see http www xilinx com cgi bin docs rdoc v 2013 2 d end user license agreement pdf References 1 Vivado Design Suite User Guide Logic Simulation UG900 2 IP Release Notes Guide XTP025 3 USB Cable Installation Guide UG344 4 Platform Cable USB II Data Sheet DS593 5 Parallel Cable IV Data Sheet DS097 6 Xilinx Download Center http www xilinx com support download index htm 7 Xilinx Design Tools WebTalk page http www origin xilinx com ise webtalk 8 Vivado Design Suite Video Tutorials http www xilinx com training vivado index htm 9 Vivado Design Suite Documentation www xilinx com support documentation dt_vivado2013 1 htm Misia Kane Computing Ltd 1 Verdin Street Northwich Cheshire CW9 78X Tel 44 0 1606 351006 Email sales kanecomputing com Web
44. for design tools and IP products A customer account administrator can also configure the end user account to allow an end user to generate floating licenses An end user cannot e View or generate floating license keys by default This privilege may be assigned to them by the customer account administrator e View the license keys generated by other users e Add or remove other users to or from the product licensing account Evaluation User Evaluation users can Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 40 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Creating a License Key File e Generate a 30 day free evaluation license key that will enable both ISE and Vivado System Edition e Generate license keys for evaluation and no charge IP products e Generate a WebPACK tool license that will enable WebPACK features in both ISE and Vivado e Request a Xilinx Design Tools DVD package with one of the following shipping options o Free Shipping 2 4 Weeks e Standard 2 3 Days e Overnight Note A customer who is already licensed for a full version of a Xilinx Design Tools product edition can evaluate other Xilinx Design Tools product editions or IP These product entitlements are made available in the same product licensing account All user types can download products electronically and request a Xilinx Design Tools DVD Creating a License Key File The Create New Licenses tab on the Product Licensing Site is the star
45. ger between Processing System PS and Programmable Logic PL for Zynq 7000 devices Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 62 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Vivado 2013 1 Integrated Vivado Serial I O Analyzer e Supports IBERT 7 series GTX GTH GTP in IP Catalog Device Programming Capabilities e Connect to JTAG cable and query the device chain e Directly program a Xilinx 7 series FPGA device with a BIT file e Check the various status registers of Xilinx 7 series FPGA devices Note For all other capabilities offered by Xilinx ISE Lab Tools and Xilinx ISE Design Suite you will need to install the standalone version of the Xilinx ISE Lab Tools Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 63 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Important Information Important Information Migrating Vivado Designs to Vivado Design Suite 2013 1 Table 6 1 Specifics for Migrating Vivado Designs to Vivado Design Suite 2013 1 Change in 2013 1 ISE Design Suite and Vivado Design Suite are now installed individually Unlike the previous combined installer the new Vivado installer does not include the iMPACT and ChipScope Pro Analyzer tools Impact on Designs The installation of the ISE and Vivado Design Suites must now be managed and accessed individually There should be no impact on most existing designs The exceptions will be designs using the legacy ChipScope debug cores IC
46. gn Tools on remote mapped drives you need to change your account control settings using the steps below 1 Open the Windows Control Panel from the Windows Start menu and select User Accounts If your Control Panel Uses Category View you will need to click User Accounts on two successive screens 2 Click on Change User Account Control settings and allow the program to make changes 3 Click and slider the slider bar down to the second to lowest setting as seen in the below figure Click OK Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 26 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Obtaining Quarterly Releases I User Account Control Settings Choose when to be notified about changes to your computer User Account Control helps prevent potentially harmful programs from making changes to your computer Tell me more about User Account Control settings Always notify Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer do not dim my desktop Don t notify me when I make changes to Windows settings o Not recommended Choose this only if it takes a long time to dim the desktop on your computer Never notify Figure 3 6 User Account Control Settings Xilinx recommends you revisit this procedure to restore your settings to their previous state after installation Note You will not be able to browse to remote mapped drives using the Xilinx installer You
47. gs dialogue box but are still available through Tcl commands None Designs with existing XST strategies assigned will continue to run Xilinx IP in the Vivado Design Suite is created and validated using Vivado synthesis Some IP with constraints may issue errors or warnings Select a Vivado synthesis strategy instead of XST Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 www xilinx com 65 XILINX Important Information Vivado XDC Changes XDC constraint files are actively managed in the project by the Vivado Design Suite which writes constraints to the XDC files to capture user design changes from operations like floorplanning physical placement and timing constraints edited in the Vivado IDE When you select the File gt Save Constraints or File gt Save Constraints As command the Vivado tool saves constraints to the XDC file replacing the original constraint for modified constraints or adding it to the end of the target constraints file for new constraints The commands that are supported in XDC files have always been a subset of all the Vivado commands and the Tcl built ins XDC files do not support string list manipulation commands procedures or elaborate looping and conditionals in XDC files because the Vivado tool is operating on a fully expanded in memory view of these constraints applied to the design and the tool would not be able to robustly manage and save co
48. hods You will need to use software from a third party provider to unpack them Consult your IT department for assistance Commonly used tools for TAR files are 7 ZIP GNU built in tools WinZIP and WinRar These tools are licensed solely by each respective developer and not by Xilinx Xilinx hereby disclaims any warranties express or implied including warranties of merchantability fitness for a particular purpose or non infringement with respect to these suggested software tools Installing the Vivado Design Suite Tools Overview for All Platforms This section explains the installation process for all platforms for the Vivado Design Suite tools Before installation e Disable anti virus software to reduce installation time e Make sure you have the necessary privileges for the system on which the design tools will be installed Some components such as programming cable device drivers require administrator level permissions e Close all open programs before you begin installation e Make sure your system meets the requirements described in Chapter 2 Architecture Support and Requirements e Check the links in Important Information in Chapter 1 for any installation issues pertaining to your system or configuration e The Vivado Design Suite installer does not set global environment variables such as XILINX on Windows To find out if this affects the way you run Xilinx design tools see Platform Specific Installation Instruction
49. itial Xilinx release Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 2 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Table of Contents Revision IIS TOMY s esso Sica ose se N ed Sn BN oo Wak wg icn te oe ete ecm eid oN vase eee SoLoces 2 Chapter 1 Release Notes 2013 2 What s NeW eng a a a a ee ee re 5 Important Information ss ess esssrerserss dts stt sanss cea deceoa te ae Saas Suave Sods Sele asd Bae KASSANS 10 KNOWN ISSUGS 65 665 56 4 See eee Sas ee E RW TTA WSS OO Nee Sore Ake Wate r ee 11 Chapter 2 Architecture Support and Requirements Operating SYStOMS 36 6 5666c ee ea ees cde Sees Se Vee EK GEES DEG OE LOHR SEES ee eee eS 12 Architect Ures a a EEEE pe eee 12 Compatible Third Party Tools ccc ccc ce ccc eee ee eee eee eee eee e eee eeeaes 13 Systemi Requirements s555 504 cscs otas oeieree ees 4 0 Seow sis She aa Boe BO see See eee ees 14 Chapter 3 Download and Installation Downloading the Vivado Design Suite Tools 0 cece cece cece eee e eee eee eenes 17 Installing the Vivado Design Suite Tools Overview for All Platforms 0ceeeeeees 18 Platform Specific Installation Instructions 0 00 cece eee eee eee ee enaes 19 Installation FIOWs 6 ssi6 scocs ces cree oh sale eae as wae orale a We eae eee ie wee es oe ee Ow 19 USB FLEXid Dongle Driver Installation 0c cece cece eee eee eee een eeenes 24 Network Installations sissessssssesssiss ins stss ae de ttds as Be Sd es
50. itor of the machine called mynode setenv DISPLAY mynode 0 0 xhost bigbenPC Clients Microsoft Windows Clients 1 Install design tools to a PC network server Make sure your users know the location of the design tools and have access to the installation directory and they have Administrator privileges for the following steps 2 From the local client machine browse to the following directory network_install_location Vivado lt version gt bin and run the program shortcutSetup bat 3 Running this program sets up the Windows settings batch files and Program Group or Desktop shortcuts to run the Xilinx tools from the remote location 4 From the client machine launch the Vivado Design Suite tools by clicking the Program Group or Desktop shortcuts or by running the applications on the network drive Installing to a Mounted Network Drive Xilinx design tools are designed to be installed in a directory under ROOT typically C Xilinx The installer normally presents this option when installing to a local driver When installing to a mounted network drive if a subdirectory is not defined it appears to the Installer as if it is installing to a ROOT directory To work around this issue define your target installation directory as Xilinx under the network mount point For example N Xilinx Windows 7 default security levels won t allow you to select remote mapped drives as an Administrator In order to install Xilinx Desi
51. mai download manager to run Java processes To download the Xilinx Design Tools 1 Select the Design Tools tab in the web page 2 Under the Version heading click the version of the tools you want to download 3 Click the link for the installer you want to download Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 17 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Installing the Vivado Design Suite Tools Overview for All Platforms Note The multiple file download option contains four smaller downloadable archives and is the recommended option for customers who cannot reliably download the larger install files This option requires all four files listed in the section be downloaded prior to running the installer See Important Information area of the web page section for more details 4 Enter your User ID and Password to log into your Xilinx account Note If you do not have a Xilinx account you must create one in order to download products An address verification screen appears 5 Once the current address is correct click Next 6 The Akamai download manager launches in your browser to complete the download process If you have trouble using the Akamai download manager look on the download page under Having Trouble Downloading You can follow a link to a Xilinx Answer Record which will allow you to obtain the tools without using the download manager Most files in the Xilinx Download Center are packaged using TAR met
52. nal information on WebTalk go to www xilinx com ise webdtalk Previous Next Cancel Figure 5 9 Review License Request 5 Review your selections 6 If you are satisfied with your selections click Next End User License Agreements Xilinx Design Tools and No Charge IP product End User License Agreements EULAs are agreed to during the product installation process If you license IP products you must accept the terms of the associated IP product EULAs before the license file can be generated Third Party Licenses A complete copy of the third party licenses is located at lt install_directory gt common licenses unified_ 3rd_party_eula txt License Generation Confirmation When you finish generating the licenses you will receive a confirmation message summarizing your licensing activity Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 46 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Managing License Key Files Congratulations Your new license file has been successfully generated and e mailed to name company com You can also view the license file under the Manage Licenses tab Please add this sender xilinx notification entitlenow com to your address book License File Details Node License Host ID 12345678ABCD Products VivadoSE Design Suite System Edition Floating License 10 seats Figure 5 10 License Generation Confirmation You will also receive a license generation confirmation email This mes
53. nctioning of the software Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 16 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Chapter 3 Download and Installation This guide explains how to download and install the Vivado Design Suite tools which includes the Vivado Integrated Design Environment IDE High Level Synthesis tool and System Generator for DSP Downloading the Vivado Design Suite Tools This section explains how to download the Vivado Design Suite tools The Vivado Design Suite tools are available as a standalone download This results in a smaller and faster download Note Vivado Design Suite 2013 2 offers the following device programming capabilities Connect to JTAG cable and query the device chain Directly program a Xilinx 7 series FPGA device with a BIT file Check the various status registers of Xilinx 7 series FPGA devices For all other capabilities offered by Xilinx ISE Lab Tools and Xilinx ISE Design Suite you will need to install the standalone version of the Xilinx ISE Lab Tools To begin open an internet browser and navigate to the Xilinx Download Center at http www xilinx com support download index htm Most files in the Xilinx Download Center are downloaded using the Akamai download manager For the optimum download experience e Allow pop ups from entitlenow com e Set security settings to allow for secure and non secure items to be displayed on the same page e Allow the Aka
54. nstraints using these constructs The list of commands which are allowed in standard XDC files is documented in Answer Record 54842 http www xilinx com support answers 54842 htm Starting in 2013 1 the Vivado Design Suite performs additional checks looking in the XDC files for unsupported Tcl commands When unsupported Tcl commands are found the Vivado tool returns a critical warning such as CRITICAL WARNING Designutils 20 1307 Command lappend lindex lsort or concat is not supported in the xdc constraint file However in 2013 1 to let you use some of the advanced features of Tcl such as list manipulation and looping as design constraints in your project the Vivado Design Suite provides a new feature called an un managed Tcl source file This feature lets you specify a Tcl command file as a source for design constraints in a constraint set In addition the script based project less flow has always allowed sourcing Tcl command files as general Tcl scripts at different design stages for example after opening a post synthesis linked design Un managed Tcl allows elaborate Tcl scripts to apply design constraints but does not support the File gt Save Constraints command to write design changes back to the source files In this case the Tcl source file is un managed Vivado High Level Synthesis e The term throughput has been changed to Initiation Interval or Interval throughout the documentation This has
55. o simulator See the Vivado Design Suite User Guide Logic Simulation UG900 e Improved post processing automation for simulation e Post TCL hook capability added See the Vivado Design Suite User Guide Logic Simulation UG900 Static Timing Analysis e Rename tool generated clocks create_generated_clock name option e Create clock constraints interactively from clock network reports o New right click menus e Create clocks and generated clocks Vivado I O Planner e Increased SSN analysis resolution e Enabled temperature grade based SSN analysis Vivado Debug e Device support o Added support for Zyng 7Z100 o Added support for 7 Series XQ package amp speed grade changes e Added support for Virtex 7 HT General ES devices 7JVHT580T and 7VHT870T e Target Communication Framework TCF agent hw_server e Added Xilinx Platform Cable USB JTAG cable support o Auto start of TCF agent hw_server e Auto discovery of JTAG cables Serial I O Debug Vivado serial I O analyzer support for IBERT 7 Series GTZ 3 0 e Added support for debugging multiple FPGAs in the same JTAG chain Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 8 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX What s New Tandem Configuration for Xilinx PCle IP Tandem Configuration can be used to meet the fast enumeration requirements for PCI Express A two stage bitstream is delivered to the FPGA The first stage configures the Xilinx PCIe IP and
56. ollowing cases e You are using a WebPack license e You are using pre release software or devices In these cases WebTalk data collection and transmission always occurs regardless of your preference settings For all other cases data is not collected or transmitted if you disable WebTalk The table below summarizes WebTalk behavior for data transmission to Xilinx from your post route design based on your Xilinx license WebTalk install preference and user preference settings Table 4 1 WebTalk Behavior for Bitstream Generation or Route Design Flow WebTalk Data A A WebTalk Install WebTalk User na Design Flow License Preference Preference Transmission to Xilinx Bitstream WebPACK Y Generation Route z Ignored Ignored a Design or pre release software Send Bitstream ig Generation Route Design Edition or Enabled Enabled Vaa Design System Edition Send Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 29 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Setting WebTalk Install Preference Table 4 1 WebTalk Behavior for Bitstream Generation or Route Design Flow WebTalk Data 5 F WebtTalk Install WebTalk User aaa Design Flow License Preference Preference Transmission to Xilinx Bitstream DN N Generation Route Design Edition or Enabled Disabled 3 f System Edition Do Not Send Design Bitstream i Design Edition or No Generation Route System Edition Disabled Ignored Do
57. on off on turns WebTalk on for the current user off turns Webtalk off for the current user User settings are saved in the following location Windows 7 Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 32 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Checking WebTalk Install and User Preferences SAPPDATAS Xilinx Common lt version gt webtalk where SAPPDATAS Is Cc Users lt user gt AppData Roaming e Linux SAPPDATAS Xilinx Common lt version gt webtalk where SAPPDATAS Is home lt user gt Checking WebTalk Install and User Preferences You can also use the config webtalk Tcl command to check the current status of WebtTalk settings The command line option info reports the values for the install setting and the user setting config webtalk info Types of Data Collected WebTalk does not collect your design netlist or any other proprietary information that can be used to reverse engineer your design The data that Xilinx collects through WebTalk includes e Software version e Platform information for example operating system speed and number of processors and main memory e Unique project ID e Authorization code e Date of generation e Targeted device and family information For more information on the type of data that is collected see the Xilinx Design Tools WebtTalk page Ref 7 available from the Xilinx website To see the specific WebTalk data Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes ww
58. or IP seats are managed according to the terms of the site wide license agreement Products with a status of Current are within their warranty period Products with a status of Expired have a warranty period end date that has passed If seats are available licenses can be generated for either Current or Expired product entitlements The Xilinx Design Tools System Edition evaluation product entitlement provides access to all the capabilities in the Xilinx Design Tools tool set This product entitlement is automatically included in your product licensing account Product vouchers for design tools and IP product licenses may be shipped with a Xilinx or partner development board or design kit If you have a product voucher card you may enter the voucher code on the card into the associated text field and click Redeem Now This places the corresponding design tools or IP product entitlement in the product entitlement table which you can use to generate a license key To add Evaluation and No Charge IP to the list of product entitlements click the Search Now button in the Add Evaluation and No Charge IP Cores section of the page This opens an IP product finder tool Add Evaluation and No Charge IP Cores x Search For leal s x Product Category Category Bus Interface and IO 4 Items LogiCORE 32 bit and 64 bit Initiator Target for PCI Evaluation License Bus Interface and IO LogiCORE 64 bit Initiator Target 133 MHz for PCI X
59. ors can decrypt the IP Testing for limited support vendors has not verified that all Xilinx IP cores will fully function in each simulator The phrase Full support means listed simulators have been tested both for decryption and simulation functionality of Xilinx IP cores Vivado HDL Synthesis e Reduced LUT utilization by 11 by default with the ability to leverage both outputs of the 7 series LUT controllable via a new no_1c option e Synthesis Settings in the user interface now includes a runtime optimized strategy preset e New directive option to replace effort level for shorter runtimes e New Design Rule Checks DRC in elaborated design view Missed RAM templates clocking and more e New resource sharing option for arithmetic operators resource sharing to explore advanced area performance tradeoffs e Control set optimization option control set opt threshold to eliminate low fanout control signals clock enables or synchronous set reset and possibly obtain higher slice utilization after implementation Vivado Implementation e New directive option to replace effort level for shorter runtimes and greater control e New and improved implementation strategies offer a variety of implementation approaches Static Timing Analysis e Generate a report of timing exceptions using report exceptions e Spread spectrum support e Simplified source synchronous XDC templates e Rounding lps user inputs to avoid
60. perform the actions described below Exploring and Retrieving Your Existing License Key Files Information regarding the license key files in your product licensing account are displayed in a split section view Click a row in the master view in the top table to see detailed information about the license key file in the detail view in the bottom table The detail view table displays e A list of product entitlements activated in the key file e Comments associated with the key file The detail view table gives you the ability to e Download If your license file does not arrive via email you may download the license file here e Email The license file may be emailed to you or another user E e View Gives you the ability to view the actual license file B Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 48 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Managing License Key Files e Delete Delete the license file Once a file is deleted it will then become available on the Create New License page and may be regenerated for another host ID i e View the end user license agreement IP only Modifying a License Key File To modify an existing license key file select the license key file in the master view You can modify a license key file as follows Delete an entire license file and place entitlement back into your account 1 From the Manage Licenses Tab see Figure 5 11 select the license file you wish to
61. r Record 54997 e 7 Series PCIe Answer Record 55084 e Virtex 7 PCIe Gen3 Answer Record 55085 Xilinx IP in Vivado Design Suite will now have different version numbers than their ISE Design Suite counterparts All Xilinx IP in Vivado Design Suite has moved to a new version for 2013 1 All Xilinx IP in Vivado Design Suite has moved to a new version for 2013 1 Customers using older versions of IP may choose to remain with the older version or upgrade to a new version of IP Upgrading to new IP version requires changes to IP instantiations in design To ensure the correct operation of the Save Constraints command strict checking is now applied to XDC files to look for unsupported Tcl commands As a result of this change XDC files that worked in 2012 4 and earlier releases may return a critical warning message when the XDC file is loaded The Vivado Design Suite now offers the ability to add un managed Tcl files as design sources in constraints sets For more information refer to Vivado XDC Changes page 72 or to Answer Record 54842 Vivado Synthesis and Implementation effort directives have been replaced The corresponding replacement directives will be mapped when runs are launched Rerun with the latest directives and strategies XST is no longer recommended for new Vivado designs and is hidden by default XST strategies are no longer available in the Synthesis Settin
62. s Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 18 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Platform Specific Installation Instructions e When running xsetup exe from a 32 bit machine onto the network location of a 64 bit machine the tools will install the 32 bit executables onto that machine and not the 64 bit executables Platform Specific Installation Instructions This section provides platform specific instructions for installing the Vivado Design Suite tools Microsoft Windows Installation How you start installation depends on how you obtained the installation program See Downloading the Vivado Design Suite Tools for details on your options e If you downloaded an installation file decompress that file and run xsetup exe e If you downloaded the installation file in multiple parts decompress the file with the zip extension and run xsetup exe You should not decompress any other files e Ifyou received a Xilinx Design Tools DVD load the DVD If the auto run feature of your DVD drive is enabled the setup program should start automatically If it does not browse to the DVD in Windows Explorer and run xsetup exe Linux Installation The method of starting the installation depends on how you have obtained the installation program See Downloading the Vivado Design Suite Tools for details on your options e If you have downloaded an installation file decompress that file and run the xsetup program containe
63. s In 2013 2 by default IP constraints are processed before user constraints instead of after as in 2013 1 In 2013 2 the _clocks xdc file no longer contains clock definitions Now it contains clock dependent constraints Also the file is now processed after the user constraints by default instead of before Timing failures critical warnings or other issues might occur Resolution Regenerate Xilinx IP in 2013 2 Managed IP flow now automatically creates an IP project IP directories from 2013 1 sessions are not automatically populated in the 2013 2 IP project Must manually read the IP xci through read_ip command at the Tcl Console of the IP Project session Updates to Existing IP Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes AXI Ethernet o New IEEE 1588 hardware timestamping for 1 step and 2 step AXI Ethernet Lite o Virtex 7 in production Tri Mode Ethernet MAC e Virtex 7 Artix 7 Zyng 7000 in production GMII2RGMII Zynq 7000 in production 10G Ethernet MAC RXAUI XAUI o Virtex 7 Zynq 7000 in production PCI32 and PCI64 o Artix 7 in production UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 www xilinx com 10 XILINX Known Issues e Fora detailed list of Xilinx IP Cores see the P Release Notes Guide XTPO25 Ref 2 Known Issues Vivado Design Suite Tools Known Issues can be found at Answer Record 55120 Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 11
64. sage contains the generated license key file as an attachment Add xilinx notification entitlenow com as a trusted sender in your email address book If you do not receive your license by email you can download it directly from the Xilinx Licensing Site See the Managing License Key Files section for details Managing License Key Files The Product Licensing Site tracks your license key files Select the Manage Licenses tab to see all license key files for your product licensing account Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 47 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Managing License Key Files Home Support Product Licensing Product Licensing Account Xilinx Test Account 10101 v te Create New Licenses Manage Licenses Legacy Licensing Orders Manage Users Manage License Files for Account Xilinx Host Name Host Type Host ID License Type os Created By Created Date TestHost Ethernet MAC 12345678ABCD Node Windows 64 bit JOHN SMITH 16 MAR 2013 S JSMITH1 Disk Serial Number 99999999 Node Windows 32 bit JANE SMITH 06 DEC 2011 E JSMITH2 Ethernet MAC DCBA87654321 Node Windows 32 bit JANE SMITH 16 DEC 2010 4 w TestHost 12345678ABCD Node RAYMOND MARTIN 16 MAR 2013 Comments Product Type Status Subscription Activated End Date Seats Vivado and ISE Design Suite System Edition Node Locked License Full Current 30 Jun 2013 1 4 w ORS D Modify License Figure 5 11 Manage Licenses Use the Manage Licenses page to
65. sent Certain products are subject to the terms and conditions of the Limited Warranties which can be viewed at http www xilinx com warranty htm IP cores may be subject to warranty and support terms contained in a license issued to you by Xilinx Xilinx products are not designed or intended to be fail safe or for use in any application requiring fail safe performance you assume sole risk and liability for use of Xilinx products in Critical Applications http www xilinx com warranty htm critapps Copyright 2013 Xilinx Inc Xilinx the Xilinx logo Artix ISE Kintex Spartan Virtex Vivado Zynq and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx in the United States and other countries ARM is a registered trademark of ARM in the EU and other countries CPRI is a trademark of Siemens AG MATLAB and Simulink are registered trademarks of The MathWorks Inc PCI PCle and PCI Express are trademarks of PCI SIG and used under license All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Revision History The following table shows the revision history for this document Date Version Revision 06 19 2013 2013 2 Added details to the Release Notes 2013 2 in Chapter 1 and Older Release Notes in Chapter 6 04 15 2013 2013 1 Added details to Vivado XDC Changes in Chapter 1 and noted the use of Vivado synthesis for Xilinx IP in Compatible Third Party Tools in Chapter 2 03 20 2013 2013 1 In
66. sired ones and click next IE FLEXid 6_7 Drivers IE FLEXid 8 Drivers fd FLEXid 9 Drivers InstallShield lt Back i Next gt Coxe Figure 3 5 Select Options Screen 4 Click Next twice The driver installs After installation you will need to reboot to ensure the dongle operates correctly Network Installations Installing to a network location provides a way for client machines to access the design tools by pointing to it on the network drive To run the design tools on the network the client machines must be set up correctly to ensure the environment variables registry and program groups all point to the network The following sections describe the procedure for network setups Linux Clients Each user must source settings32 c shor settings64 c sh whichever is appropriate for your operating system from the XILINX area in which the design tools are installed This points the Xilinx environment variable path and LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the installed location Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes nw xilinx com 25 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Network Installations To run the design tools from a remotely installed location run an X Windows display manager and include a DISPLAY environment variable Define DISPLAY as the name of your display DISPLAY is typically unix 0 0 For example the following syntax allows you to run the tools on the host named bigben and to display the graphics on the local mon
67. stem Generator for DSP Model packaged as an IP with support for gateway inputs and outputs to be packaged as interfaces or raw ports Capability to specify AXI4 Stream interface in Gateway blocks and to infer AXI4 Lite and AXI4 Stream interfaces from named Gateway blocks System Generator generates example RTL Vivado project and example IP Integrator block diagram to enable easy evaluation of packaged IP New System Generator IP Integrator integration tutorial available with System Generator tutorials o Introducing support for MATLAB and Simulink release R2013a e Blockset Enhancements e Support added for FIR Compiler v7 1 with introduction of area speed and custom optimization options e Model upgrade flow now includes port and parameter checks to the HTML report e Enhanced caching to speedup subsequent model compilation Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 6 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX What s New Vivado Design Edition Tools Interactive Design Environment e View file compile order in the Sources Compile Order tab e Select between Synthesis Implementation and Simulation e Reflects file order from report_compile_order command e Manually reset message counts Power e Support for Zynq 7000 Includes the processor subsystem and the programmable logic e Modelling of the power down mode for XADC blocks in 7 series devices Vivado IP Integrator e Full production
68. t c 1995 2013 Xilinx Inc All rights reserved XILINX the Xilinx logo and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Select Installation Options Select the desired installation options below Selection of these options may result in additional programs being run at the conclusion of the installation process V Use multiple CPU cores for faster installation Enabling this option will speed up installation but may slow down other active applications v Acquire or Manage a License Key v Enable WebTalk to send software IP and device usage statistics to Xilinx Always enabled for lv Install Cable Drivers Install Windows System Generator for DSP into MATLAB lt Description of Acquire or Manage a License Key Most Xilinx applications now require a license key file in order to run If this selection is enabled the Xilinx License Configuration Manager will be opened in order to assist you either in acquiring a new license file or in managing an existing license file If this is your first time using Xilinx Vivado 2013 2 it is highly recommended that you use this application to acquire or install your license file Figure 3 3 Vivado Design Suite Installation Select Installation Options Note WebTalk is always enabled when using the WebPACK tool If you install an Edition product the
69. the same input form as when the license key file was created except additional product entitlements of the same license type floating or node locked are made available for licensing If during any of the modification steps you receive a message that you have exceeded your number of rehost attempts email cs_1 xilinx com to request additional rehost options Reclaiming Deactivated Product Entitlements A product entitlement is deactivated when one of the following occurs Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 50 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Legacy Licensing e Rehosting or changing the license server host for a license key file e Deactivating or removing seats from an existing licensed product entitlement e Deactivating or deleting product entitlements from a license key file The license generation facility allows the reallocation of the deactivated seats or product entitlements by making the corresponding seats or product entitlements available for activation in the product entitlements table on the Create License page Before the reallocation of entitlement occurs you must first agree to an Affidavit of Destruction This legal agreement is required to ensure the deactivated product entitlements are no longer being used The number of allocation operations is recorded for each user Administrators are allowed to reallocate product entitlements five times per major release End users are allowed
70. the type of license being generated e If you purchased products follow the link included in your order confirmation email It will provide direct access to an account containing your product entitlements e To evaluate the Vivado Design Suite products go to http www xilinx com products design_tools vivado vivado vivado webpack htm e To evaluate IP products go to http www xilinx com ipcenter and follow the Evaluate link on the IP product page of interest e To access the Product Licensing Site directly go to http www xilinx com getlicense You must first register or enter your registration information Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 35 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Changing Xilinx User Account Information Sign in Language 7 XILINX Sign in to the Xilinx Licensing Site User ID Password Forgot your password Sign In Figure 5 1 Xilinx Licensing Sign In Page You must first sign in If you already have a Xilinx user account enter your user ID and password and then confirm your contact information is current If you do not have an account click the Create Account button Changing Xilinx User Account Information It is important to keep your Xilinx User Account up to date As you change companies addresses or emails may change Modifying your Corporate Email Address 1 Go to www xilinx com Innovation Products Applications Support Buy About
71. ting point for license key file generation The design tools and IP product entitlements you have purchased or wish to evaluate are shown in the product entitlement table Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 41 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 g XILINX Creating a License Key File Home Support Product Licensing Product Licensing Account Xilinx Test Account 10101 v Create New Licenses Manage Licenses Legacy Licensing Orders Manage Users Restricted Downloads 25 Have a Voucher to Redeem F aQ Evaluation and No Charge Cores 7 A gt K XKKX XKKKXXKK m Search the Evaluation and No Charge cores catalog and add specific cores to Search Now Redeem Now table below Create a New License File for Account Xilinx Internal Create a new license file by making your product selections from the table below Floating and Node Locked licenses cannot be combined in the same license file 7 Product Type License Available Status Subscription Seats End Date Petalinux SDK Evaluation License No Support m M Vivado and ISE Design Suite WebPACK License M Vivado and ISE Design Suite 30 Day Evaluation Node Locked License Vivado HLS Evaluation License vivado nSE Design Suite System Edition Floating License Full Floating 18 20 Current 02 Aug 201 4 m Generate Floating License Figure 5 5 Create New License Selecting Products To begin the license generation process for pro
72. tion directory structure or they will be deleted Note Xilinx Documentation Navigator will not be removed during uninstallation It is intended to be a standalone application common to multiple versions of Xilinx tools You will need to uninstall it separately if it is no longer required Uninstalling on Microsoft Windows To uninstall any Xilinx product select the Uninstall item from that product s Start Menu folder For instance to uninstall the Vivado WebPACK design tools or an Vivado Design Suite Edition select Start gt All Programs gt Xilinx Design Tools gt Vivado 2013 2 gt Accessories gt Uninstall Uninstalling on Linux To uninstall the Vivado Design Suite tool product launch the uninstaller from the launcher menu Applications gt Xilinx Design Tools gt Vivado 2013 2 gt Accessories gt Uninstall Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 28 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Chapter 4 WebTalk The WebTalk feature helps Xilinx understand how you use Xilinx FPGA devices software and intellectual property IP The information collected and transmitted by WebTalk allows Xilinx to improve the features most important to you as part of our ongoing effort to provide products that meet your current and future needs When enabled WebTalk provides information on your use of the Vivado Design Suite tools WebtTalk Participation Your participation in WebTalk is voluntary except in the f
73. to reallocate product entitlements three times per major release What Happens to Your License Key File For each product entitlement activated a FLEXnet increment line and corresponding package line is added to the license key file When a license key file is modified to activate add seats for an existing or new product entitlement additional increment or package lines are added to the license key file When a license key file is rehosted or is modified to deactivate delete seats or product entitlements the corresponding increment lines are regenerated or removed from the modified license key file Legacy Licensing If you wish to obtain a license for Releases 10 1 or earlier click the Legacy Licensing tab Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 51 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Understanding Your Tool and IP Orders Create New Licenses Manage Licenses Legacy Licensing Orders Manage Users 10 1 Registration Codes for Account Xilinx NOTE If you are beginning a new design please use the latest version of the ISE Design Suite products For 10 4 and earlier version products please click on one of the following links to obtain a product Registration ID Obtain a Registration ID for 10 4 thru 10 1 Obtain a Registration ID for 9 2 and 9 1 Obtain a Registration ID for 8 2 and 8 1 Obtain a Registration ID for 7 1 or earlier including ISE Classics if you have questions or need help please contact Sof
74. tware Customer Service for assistance Selection Product Figure 5 12 Legacy Licensing Then complete the following steps for the respective versions 10 1 and Prior Versions 1 Select the version you desire You will be prompted to verify your contact information 2 Fill out the requested form with the required information to receive your registration IDs Your registration ID will be displayed on the screen and emailed for your records 3 Go to the Xilinx download center click the Archive link under the Version column on the left side of the page to select the product you desire 4 During the download process you will be prompted to insert your registration ID to complete the download process Understanding Your Tool and IP Orders The Orders tab will display information regarding the purchasing orders that created the entitlements you see in this account Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 52 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Managing User Access to Product Licensing Account Create New Licenses Manage Licenses Legacy Licensing Orders Manage Users Orders Order Details Date Order Number State Line Items ddar 3372646 2 01 05 2011 AX ON 1294239675909 COMPLETED 1 Date 06 05 2009 12 00 00 11 23 2010 AX ON 1290534591370 COMPLETED 1 State COMPLETED 04 18 2010 AX ON 1271608207513 COMPLETED 1 12 12 2009 AX ON 1260636434533 COMPLETED 1 Warranty Start 04 08 2009 06 04 2009 3372646 2
75. u place this directory into your application search path 3 Once the FLEXnet utilities are installed run the following commands to start the floating license server o Linux lt Server Tool directory gt bin lin Imgrd c lt path_to_license gt Xilinx lic l lt path_to_license gt log1 log lt Server Tool directory gt bin lin64 Imgrd c lt path_to_license gt Xilinx lic l lt path_to_license gt log1 log o Windows lt Server Tool directory gt bin nt lmgrd c lt path_to_license gt Xilinx lic l lt path_to_license gt log1 log lt Server Tool directory gt bin nt64 lmgrd c lt path_to_license gt Xilinx lic l lt path_to_license gt log1l log Client Machines Pointing to a Floating License 1 Run the Xilinx License Configuration Manager XLCM 2 Click the Manage Xilinx Licenses tab 3 On the Manage Xilinx Licenses tab enter the network path to the license server in the port server format into the XILINXD_LICENSE_FILE field Click Set The default Xilinx port number is 2100 4 For Linux operating systems licensing environment variables cannot be set using the Xilinx License Configuration Manager XLCM The environment variable fields are read only and they are grayed out and there are no Set buttons The environment variable must be set using the appropriate shell and commands Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 56 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Chapter 6 Older Rel
76. uite System E Full 189 200 01 AUG 2013 10 2 SYSTEM INFORMATION License Floating Redundancy 7 Non Redundant Triple Redundant Host ID 7 Select a host v 3 COMMENTS Comments Reset Cancel Figure 5 7 Generate Floating License To generate floating licenses 1 Select the number of seats required for each product license Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 44 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Creating a License Key File This is for floating licenses only All node locked licenses are for one seat The number of seats available for a product entitlement is automatically maintained by the system The Requested Seats field is populated by default with the full number of seats remaining on the product entitlement A product is removed from the product entitlement table if all seats have been activated 2 Enter system information System information is pre populated in the option menu if you arrived at the Product Licensing Site from a link within the Xilinx License Configuration Manager XLCM A redundant server configuration provides a fail over for the license manager software As long as two of the three servers are running the license manager can continue to run If you do not have pre populated system information or if you want to add a different host select the Add a host option Add a host 1 Host Name 7 2 Operating System Select OS type v 3
77. vailable 90512 MB V Create Start Menu and Desktop Icons Select a Program Folder This name will appear in the Start Menu gt Programs list Xilinx Design Tools bd V Tool preferences and file association Import tool preferences from previous version and change project file association to Vivado System Edition 2013 2 Xilinx Design Tools Installation Select Destination Directory Installation Options Summary The Installation Options Summary screen summarizes the tools products and options to be installed To begin installation click Install Near the end of the installation the Xilinx License Configuration Manager opens by default Follow the instructions in the Manager to obtain or locate a license file Note EDK tools require the Cygwin tools distributed by RedHat A copy of these tools is distributed with the EDK installation Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 www xilinx com 23 XILINX USB FLEXid Dongle Driver Installation Setting Environment Variables Microsoft Windows Clients When installation is complete the installation program creates an environment variable batch file All appropriate Desktop and Program Group shortcuts call this file before launching the target application To set environment variables in make or script files Add lt XILINX installation directory gt settings32 bat orsettings64 bat to your script The numbers 32 or 64 corresponds to
78. vivado data webtalk webtalksettings Note You need administrator privileges to write to the install location Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 31 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Setting WebTalk User Preferences Setting WebTalk User Preferences You can enable or disable WebTalk user options by selecting Tools gt Options gt General as shown below G Opening Xilinx Documentation Colors N Open with Xilinx Documentation Navigator Xl Open with your web browser Selection Rules z a ATI ey WebTalk aan Shortcuts V Enable WebTalk to send software IP and device usage statistics to Xilinx a3 Note WebTalk is always enabled for WebPACK users WebTalk ignores user and install preference when a bitstream is generated using the WebPACK license If a design is using a device contained in WebPACK and a Strategies WebPACK license is available the WebPACK license will always be used To change this please see Answer Record 34746 i B Aa ie Fonts ae Cataig Default IP Repository Search Paths lg X Window Behavior F E Note Default IP repository search paths will be applied only at new project creation Cancel Apply Restore Figure 4 2 WebTalk User Preferences After installation you can enable or disable WebTalk user options using the config webtalk Tcl command config webtalk user
79. w xilinx com 14 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX System Requirements Windows XP Professional 32 bit Xilinx applications are enabled to take advantage of the memory increase feature on Windows 32 bit systems You must then modify Windows setting to get access to this larger memory The standard Windows OS architecture limits the maximum memory available to a Xilinx process to 2 Gigabyte GB In Windows XP Professional Microsoft created an option to support the ability of an application to address 3 GB of RAM Xilinx Vivado Design Suite tools have built in support for this option To take advantage of this capability you must also modify your Windows XP OS to enable this feature which requires that you modify your boot ini file by adding a 3GB entry to the end of the startup line Before enabling 3 GB support for Xilinx applications read the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 328269 If you upgrade your computer to Windows XP Service Pack 1 SP1 and you are using the 3GB switch Windows may not restart without a patch from Microsoft See Answer Record 17905 for more information Additionally before making this change read e Microsoft Bulletin Q17193 which contains information on Application Use of 4GT RAM Tuning e Microsoft Bulletin Q289022 which contains instructions for editing your boot ini file Linux For 32 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems the operating system can use th
80. w xilinx com 33 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Transmission of Data collected for your design open the usage_statistics webtalk xml file in the project directory You can also open the usage_statistics webtalk xml file for easy viewing of the data transmitted to Xilinx Transmission of Data Webtalk is invoked after bitstream or route design compilation WebTalk bundles the collected datainanusage_ statistics webtalk xml file and sends this file to Xilinx by https hypertext transfer protocol secure post Every new compilation for a given design overwrites the previous usage_ statistics webtalk xml file WebTalk also writes an HTML file equivalent usage statistics webtalk html file for easy viewing of the data transmitted to Xilinx WebTalk also writes to the vivado log or runme 1og file that contains additional information about whether the file was successfully transmitted to Xilinx Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 34 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Chapter 5 Obtaining and Managing a License The Xilinx Product Licensing Site is an online service for licensing and administering evaluation and full copies of Xilinx design tools and intellectual property IP products This chapter describes the FLEXnet license generation functionality of the Product Licensing Site Accessing the Product Licensing Site You can access the Xilinx Product Licensing Site in various ways depending upon
81. with the C source and HDL output allowing hot spots to be identified and optimized e The synthesis report has been enhanced to be more intuitive and provide more design level details for latency and initiation interval e Designs packaged as IP for System Generator for DSP will simulate faster Vivado Design Suite 2013 Release Notes www xilinx com 58 UG973 v2013 2 June 19 2013 XILINX Vivado 2013 1 e A cycle accurate C model is now provided as part of the IP package and automatically used for simulation in System Generator for DSP e Packaging IP now generates a project file which can be directly opened in the Vivado Design Suite e Assertions on variable ranges in the C sourced code are now supported for C synthesis enabling more optimal hardware to be created e AXI4 Master Lite and Stream interfaces are now supported on SystemC designs e Arrays in the top level function argument list can now be synthesized with an ap_bus I O protocol allowing them to be implemented as an AXI4 Master interface System Generator for DSP e Support is now provided for the auto migration of versioned IP allowing existing designs to be quickly updated to the latest release e Faster compile and netlist generation times are realized by the auto propagation of device and interface parameters e Faster simulation times are optionally available for IP created by the Vivado HLS tool e The simulation can use the RTL model or optionally use a fast
82. y About Xilin Home Support Product Licensing Product Licensing Account Xilinx Test Account 10101 te Create New Licenses Manage Licenses Legacy Licensing Orders Manage Users Users for Account Xilinx Name E Mail Administrator Floating Add new user to account BROWN BOB Bob Brown company com vI Oo lt Xilinx MKT PRODUCTION _ TESTING Johnson Jane Jane Johnson company com a v Oo Anve smad invitation wa Be seat 5 E Additional account mformation Not Yet Registered Sam Smith company com Oo will be added when the new user logs in to the system E A d as a full administrator gAlow floating licenses Figure 5 14 Manage Users Adding Users To add a user to your product licensing account e Type in the corporate email address of the new user e Check Add as a full administrator to grant the new user customer account administrative privileges Check Allow Floating Licenses to grant the new user the ability to generate Floating Licenses but not have full administrative privileges Note The email address you provide must be the same email address the user supplied or supplies when creating their Xilinx account If not the user may not be properly recognized when logging in If a user has already logged into the Product Licensing Site their name appears in the user list If the user has never been to the site the words Not Yet Registered appears in the space for their name Once the user has signed in th

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