How can we install the Xilinx Vivado-HLx toolsets? 1
Let’s download the software toolsets and install them on our pc or laptop. 2
The installation process consists of four steps: 3
First, create an account at the Xilinx website 4
Second, download the Vivado HLx WebPACK and Editions for Windows or Linux. Then, follow the 5
installation process. 6
Finally, install the Basys 3 board definition files. 7
To download the software, go to the Xilinx website at www.xilinx.com 8
The software that we are going to use along this course is free to install and use, of course, after 9
accepting a couple of end-user license agreements, like most software tools. 10
However, you have to create an account on the website. 11
It is better to do that right now if you don’t already have an account. 12
For doing so, click on the user icon and select the “Create new account” option. 13
If you already have an account just login into the website by clicking on the user icon and select 14
Now click on the Products link in the Xilinx webpage. Then click on “Vivado Design 15
Suite-HLx Edition” under “Hardware Development Tools.” 16
Clicking on the “Download Vivado” option takes you to the download page which you can find your desired 17
version and edition. 18
Find the “Vivado HLx 2019.2: WebPACK and Editions ” and download the windows or Linux version 19
based on your OS. 20
It asks you to sign in 21
if you haven’t done that yet. Double click on the downloaded file and follow the installation process. 22
The installation wizard asks you to enter your Xilinx username and password. Use the same username 23
and password that you have already created on the Xilinx website. 24
Make sure that the Download and Install Now option is selected. 25
Accept the End User License Agreements and press Next. Select the Vivado option in the Select Product 26
to Install page and press Next. Then, select Vivado HL WebPack option in the Select Edition 27
to install page and press 28
Next. Accept the default tools and devices 29
in the Vivado HL Webpack page. Choose your desired installation path in the “Select Destination 30
Directory” page and press Next. 31
Then press the install button. 32
It might take a couple of hours based on your internet connection and computer speed. After the installation 33
process is finished, we should download the Basys 3 board definition files and install them under 34
vivado toolset directory. For this purpose, 35
connect to the Digilent Github site at github.com/Digilent/vivado-boards. 36
This repository provides several board definition files for the boards designed by Digilent. 37
We should copy the files under the Basys3 folder into the proper path in the Xilinx vivado 38
installation directory. Clone the repository, then find Basys3 folder and copy that to 39
\Vivado\2019.2\data\boards\board_files path. 40
\Vivado\2019.2\data\boards\board_files path. 41
\Vivado\2019.2\data\boards\board_files path. 42
\Vivado\2019.2\data\boards\board_files path. 43
After installing the toolsets, the question is: How can we test the installation? In the next video 44
I will explain how to test the installation using the Basys-3 board.