Required equipment, Overview – Maxim Integrated Fresno (MAXREFDES11) ZedBoard User Manual
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Fresno (MAXREFDES11#) ZedBoard Quick Start Guide
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1. Required Equipment
• PC with Windows® OS with Xilinx® ISE®/SDK version 14.2 or later and two USB
ports (Refer to Xilinx AR# 51895 if you installed ISE WebPACK
TM
design
software on your PC.)
• License for Xilinx EDK/SDK version 14.2 or later (free WebPACK license is OK)
• Fresno (MAXREFDES11#) board
• ZedBoard
TM
development kit
• Industrial sensor or signal source
2. Overview
Below is a high-level overview of the steps required to quickly get the Fresno design
running by downloading and running the FPGA project. Detailed instructions for each
step are provided in the following pages. The Fresno (MAXREFDES11#) subsystem
reference design will be referred to as Fresno throughout this document.
1) Connect the Fresno board to the JA1 port of a ZedBoard as shown in
Ensure the connector is aligned as shown in
2) Download the latest RD11V01_00.ZIP file located at the Fresno page.
3) Extract the RD11V01_00.ZIP file to a directory on your PC.
4) Open the Xilinx SDK.
5) Download the bitstream (.BIT) file to the board. This bitstream contains the FPGA
hardware design and software bootloader.
6) Use Xilinx SDK to download and run the executable file (.ELF) on one of the two
ARM
®
Cortex
TM
-A9 processors.