Maxim Integrated Sonoma (MAXREFDES14) LX9 - Manual (Page 3)

Sonoma (MAXREFDES14#) LX9 MicroBoard Quick Start Guide
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1. Required Equipment
• PC with Windows® OS with Xilinx® ISE®/SDK version 13.4 or later and two USB
ports
• License for Xilinx EDK/SDK version 13.4 or later
• 120V AC power source or wall outlet
• AC load
• Sonoma (MAXREFDES14#) board
• Avnet Spartan®-6 LX9 MicroBoard
2. Overview
Below is a high-level overview of the steps required to quickly get the Sonoma design
running by downloading and running the FPGA project. Detailed instructions for each
step are provided in the following pages. The Sonoma (MAXREFDES14#) subsystem
reference design will be referred to as the Sonoma throughout this document.
1. Connect the Sonoma board to the J5 port of a LX9 MicroBoard as shown in
Figure 1 . Ensure the connector is aligned as shown in Figure 2 .
2. Connect the power supply and the load to the Sonoma board.
3. Download the latest RD14V01_00.ZIP file located at the Sonoma page.
4. Extract the RD14V01_00.ZIP file to a directory on your PC.
5. Open the Xilinx SDK.
6. Download the bitstream (.BIT) file to the board. This bitstream contains the FPGA
hardware design and software bootloader.
7. Open a terminal program to communicate with FPGA board.
8. Use Xilinx SDK to download and run the executable file (.ELF) on the
MicroBlaze™.