Hello All:
I am new to embedded development and fpgas in general so please bear with me.
I am working with EDK 6.3 on a Virtex II board.
In my system I have a user defined peripherals(IPIF) to interface with a DAC connected externally. So while working on my project I often need to make changes in the VHDL code of this peripheral. Everytime a minor change is made, the entire system (including all peripherals and the microblaze) have to be compiled again for the bitstream generation. This takes a long time and is proving cumbersome for me as I often need to play around with the VHDL codes.
So Is there a way around this? Can we somehow save the rest of the bitstream generated and recompile only the parts that are modified?
I have seen that a lot of people export the XPS project to ISE and work on it there. I am not familiar with ISE much, so could someone tell me what are the advantages of doing that? Does that speed up work in general?
Thanks!
Cheers, Suhrid