Hello Group,
I just received the Xilinx ML403 development kit. Wow what a board ! I especially like the high speed SMA(?) connectors. Looks like gold plating.
I have downloaded the 7.1.04 service pack and the newest IP. I also went through all the click-through demos that come on the Compact Flash. Very nice.
The Quick Start guide then just kind of drops off. Where does a starter go from here? I would like to try my VGA test patterns, from a previous job, on the new platform, especially considering the post in this group about the quality of the VGA signals.
But where are the hooks to download a VHDL ISE project onto this new device? Do I do it from XPS or from the ISE ? I would like to get some hardware downloaded onto the fabric before I start learning about the busses, addressing, and such, of the software side of this thing. ISE 7.1.04 doesn't show me Virtex 4 parts.
Any information to the group about your early experience with the ML40x line might be of great use to me and the rest of the readers.
Thank you,
Brad Smallridge a i v i s i o n . c o m