Embedded Magazine

Embedded Solutions for Programmable Processing Designs
Issue 4: On the Move

IN THIS ISSUE

Welcome

• On the Move
  Editorial by Mark Aaldering, Vice President Embedded Processing & IP Divisions.

Articles

• Embedded Users Tell EMF Who’s Hot, Who’s Not
  Surveys reveal that Xilinx leads in familiarity with and usage of embedded processing FPGAs.
• XPS Version 8.2 Advances Processing Development
  The new version of Platform Studio introduces unique processing support and ease-of-design enhancements.
• Lowering the Cost of Linux
  You can automate the process of porting an OS using the MLD format.
• Get to Market with µClinux and the MicroBlaze Processor
  You can pair the µClinux embedded OS with a MicroBlaze soft processor to create a platform-independent software development environment.
• The MicroBlaze v5.0 Soft-Processor Core: Optimized for Performance
  The new MicroBlaze core combines both performance and flexibility.
• Scalable Embedded Networking Platform
  Xilinx provides flexible Ethernet solutions that you can customize to meet a variety of application performance and cost requirements.
• The World is Analog, Not Digital
  Accelerate your analog world with the Virtex-4 FX PowerPC floating-point unit.
• Streams-Based Programming Accelerates FPGA-Based Embedded Applications
  You can simplify the acceleration of complex hardware/software applications with streams-oriented C-language programming methods.
• How to Apply FPGAs to Robotic Control Systems
  With Spartan-3E FPGAs, your custom IP, and a PicoBlaze soft processor, you can create an exceptional solution to robotic design challenges.
• Low Cost Meets Embedded Processing Development Kits
  The Spartan-3E 1600E Development Kit supports flexible MicroBlaze soft-processing design.
• Soft-Processing IP Avoids Obsolescence Challenges
  Xilinx offers alternative solutions for discrete µC/µP and ASIC-based devices.
• Designing Real-World Embedded PowerPC Applications
  You can use the Xilinx Embedded Development Kit to interface custom IP cores to the PowerPC processor.
• FPGA Embedded Test Speeds Development
  FPGA embedded measurement cores and trace ports simplify your logic analyzer-based debugging and validation efforts.
• LynuxWorks Solutions for FPGA Processing Systems
  LynuxWorks offers open-source and open-standard RTOS support for Xilinx Platform FPGA-based processing.
• Create Better, Faster, Cheaper Designs for FPGAs
  Mobius simultaneously achieves high productivity and QoR comparable to the best HDL designs.
• Achieve Performance Increases and Product Differentiation with OPB Mastering
  A simple OPB bus mastering IP core, in addition to the MicroBlaze processor, can allow for boosts in performance.

Application Notes

• Embedded Processing Application Notes
  Popular application notes available from Xilinx and our partners.

Webcasts

• On-Demand Webcasts
  Xilinx on-demand webcasts presented by our silicon and software experts on Xilinx technology.

Boards

• MicroBlaze Development Kit Spartan-3E 1600E Edition
  Accelerate your embedded designs with integrated hardware, software, and IP development environments.
• MicroBlaze – The Industry’s Most Flexible Embedded Processing Solution
  Xilinx unleashes the potential of embedded FPGA designs with the award-winning MicroBlaze soft processor solution.

Education

• Embedded Systems Development
  This 2-day course introduces experienced FPGA designers to developing embedded systems using hard (embedded IBM PowerPC™) or soft (MicroBlaze™) processor cores and soft peripheral cores within the Embedded Development Kit (EDK) design environment.
• Advanced Features and Techniques of Embedded Systems Development
  This 2-day course provides embedded systems developers the necessary skills to develop complex embedded systems and enables them to improve their designs by using the tools available in the Embedded Development Kit (EDK).