Platform Studio and the EDK

Adopt the New Era of Configurable Embedded Processing.

The Embedded Development Kit (EDK) bundle is an integrated software solution for designing embedded processing systems. This pre-configured kit includes the award winning Platform Studio tool suite as well as all the documentation and IP that you require for designing Xilinx Platform FPGAs with embedded PowerPC® hard processor cores and/or MicroBlaze™ soft processor cores.

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The EDK is now available in New Unified ISE Design Suite 10.1

Version 10.1 of EDK and the ISE Design Suite provides:

• Ultimate Productivity
• Optimal System Performance
• World Class FPGA Design Solutions
• And introductory support for the Virtex®-5 FXT with embedded PowerPC processor

One integrated front-to-back FPGA design suite with simplified installer and registration system, enabling new or existing users to easily evaluate all the other availble Xilinx design tool.

Device Family Support

Virtex-5 LX, LXT, SXT, FXT Virtex-4 FX, LX, SX Virtex-II Pro Virtex-II

Extended Spartan®-3A Spartan-3, 3E Spartan-II, IIE

System Requirements

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business (32-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 (32- and 64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 (32- and 64-bit)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise 10* (32- and 64- bit)

*SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Desktop (SLED) and Server (SLES) products are binary compatible.

Software Requirements

• ISE Foundation™ software

Key Features

• Platform Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
• Platform Studio Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Embedded Systems Compiler and Debugger Tools
• Board Support Package (BSP) generation
• Processor IP library
• MicroBlaze soft processor core license