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--- fpga_development_walkthrough [2016/06/20 15:17]
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+++ fpga_development_walkthrough [2018/10/06 22:40] (current)
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 This page will walk through the process of getting your pc prepared to do a build of the project.
+===== TODO: Migration to Vivado =====
+The latest version of the codebase now needs to be built via Vivado and not ISE.
+I'll try document this in more detail in future. For now, try download the latest Vivado from here:
+  * https://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/vivado-design-tools.html
+Then try follow the steps below, replacing and ISE-specific options with Vivado.
 ===== Which tool to use =====
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   * You can unzip it with a tool such as [[http://www.7-zip.org/download.html|7-zip]]
-===== Install Xilinx ISE Design Suite =====
-TODO
+===== Install ISE Design Suite =====
+  * Run the "**xsetup.exe**" file
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_14_13.png}}
+  * You'll get a nice welcome screen, click "**Next**"
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_14_15.png}}
+  * Tick the two checkboxes and click "**Next**"
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_14_17.png}}
+  * Tick another checkbox and click "**Next**"
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_14_18.png}}
+  * Then choose the "**ISE WebPack**" option (this is the 'free' one) and "**Next**":
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_14_19.png}}
+  * Just leave all the checkboxes ticked on this page and click "**Next**":
+  * Click "**Next**" once more
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_14_21.png}}
+  * Then click the "**Install**" button
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_14_23.png}}
+  * Now wait two or three hours for it to install... :)
+  * At around the 90% point of the install, it wants to install "**WinPCAP**"
+  * Just install it with the default settings
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_15_44.png}}
+Congrats, it's finally installed! :)
+===== Acquiring the License ====
+  * After the install, the "**Xilinx License Configuration Manager**" app will appear automatically
+  * On the "**Acquire a License**" tab, select the "**(x) Get Free Vivado/ISE WebPack License**"
+  * Then click "**Next**"
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_15_52.png}}
+  * You will then get this popup. Click "**Connect Now**":
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_16_00.png}}
+  * You will get re-directed to a website:
+    * Tick the checkbox for the "**Vivado Design Suite: HL WebPACK 2015 and Earlier License**" (in-case our project moves to it later on)
+    * Tick the checkbox for the "**ISE WebPack License**" item too (this is the tool we use presently)
+    * Then click the "**Generate Node-Locked License**" button
+      * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_16_05.png}}
+  * You will then see this web-form. Just click "**Next**"
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_21_21.png}}
+  * Then this page, just click "**Next**" again:
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_21_22.png}}
+  * Then we get this congratulatory message saying the license has been emailed to us.
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_21_24.png}}
+  * Check your email client for this email and download the attached "**Xilinx.lic**" file
+  * It then takes you back to the "**Xilinx License Configuration Manager**" app
+    * This time, it shows the "**Manage Licenses**" pane
+    * Click on the "**Load License...**" button
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_21_6_32.png}}
+  * then browse to the "**Xilinx.lic**" file you downloaded from the attachment of the license email.
+  * You will then get this nice re-assuring popup!
+    * {{http://gurce.net/Logs/images/img_2016_06_20_22_18.png}}
+Great, we finally got that pesky license stuff out of the way! :)
 ===== Build the project =====
-TODO
+  * From the [[Preparing a build environment in Cygwin]] page, assure you've done the following sections.
+    * [[Preparing a build environment in Cygwin#Installing Cygwin]]
+    * [[Preparing a build environment in Cygwin#Cygwin Prerequisites]]
+    * [[Preparing a build environment in Cygwin#Retrieve the MEGA65 source code]]
+We then need to run "make" on the project, then open in ISE Project Navigator and do the synthesise stuff...
+TODO: Provide more detail...