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Getting Started with the Embedded PowerPC^Ž processor on a HERON-FPGA that has a Virtex^Ž-4 FX Device

The HERON-FPGA12 has a Virtex^Ž-4 FX device which consists of an FPGA with a PowerPC^Ž 405 processor embedded in it. To run a program on the Power PC processor within the Virtex II Pro you need to use the Xilinx EDK^Ž (Embedded Development Kit). The EDK^Ž will be your development environment for PowerPC^Ž programs. This example C file provided with this tutorial makes the LEDs on the HERON module flash. The C code uses a pointer to an address where the hardware is expected to have implemented a register from where the LEDs are accessed. This demonstrates how to use the Xilinx EDK^Ž and its debug tools.

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Getting Started with the Embedded PowerPCŽ processor on a HERON-FPGA that has a VirtexŽ-4 FX Device

Getting Started with the Embedded PowerPC^Ž processor on a HERON-FPGA that has a Virtex^Ž-4 FX Device