Xilinx V2.1 Smoke Alarm User Manual


 
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Industry and Product Overview .................................................................................8
System Generator .....................................................................................................9
System Level Modeling with System Generator .......................................................9
The System Generator Design Flow .........................................................................10
Arithmetic Data Types ..............................................................................................12
Hardware Handshaking ............................................................................................13
Multirate Systems ................................................................................................13
Bit-True and Cycle-True Modeling ............................................................................14
Automatic Testbench Generation ........................................................................14
Chapter 2 Xilinx Blockset Overview
What is a Xilinx Block? .............................................................................................15
Instantiating Xilinx Blocks within a Simulink Model ...................................................16
The Block Parameters Dialog Box ............................................................................16
The Nature of Signals in the Xilinx Blockset .............................................................16
Use of Xilinx Smart-IP Cores by the System Generator ...........................................18
Licensed Cores ....................................................................................................18
Xilinx LogiCORE Versions ...................................................................................19
Common Options in Block Parameters Dialog Box ..................................................19
Arithmetic Type ....................................................................................................20
Implement with Xilinx Smart-IP Core (if possible) ...............................................20
Generate Core .....................................................................................................20
Latency ................................................................................................................20
Precision ..............................................................................................................21
Number of Bits .....................................................................................................21
Overflow and Quantization ..................................................................................21
Override with Doubles .........................................................................................21
Sample Period .....................................................................................................22
Chapter 3 Xilinx Blocks
Basic Elements .........................................................................................................23
System Generator ...............................................................................................23
Addressable Shift Register ..................................................................................26
Black Box .............................................................................................................28