Maxim Integrated Carmel (MAXREFDES18) LX9 - Manual (Page 3)

Carmel (MAXREFDES18#) LX9 MicroBoard 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)
• Carmel (MAXREFDES18#) board
• Avnet Spartan®-6 LX9 MicroBoard
• One ±24V 25mA minimum DC power supply
• One 750 Ω 0.25W resistor
2. Overview
Below is a high-level overview of the steps required to quickly get the Carmel design
running by downloading and running the FPGA project. Detailed instructions for each
step are provided in the following pages. The Carmel (MAXREFDES18#) subsystem
reference design will be referred to as Carmel throughout this document.
1) Connect the Carmel board to the J5 port of an LX9 MicroBoard as shown in
Figure 1 . Ensure the connector is aligned as shown in Figure 2 .
2) Download the latest RD18V01_00.ZIP file located at the Carmel page.
3) Extract the RD18V01_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) Open a terminal program to communicate with FPGA board.
7) Use Xilinx SDK to download and run the executable file (.ELF) on the
MicroBlaze™.