AD FMCDAQ2 Platform Build HDL

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Introduction

This section describes how to download the HDL design from the iWave github repository. The designs can be built by using make in a shell (Nios II™ command shell is preferred, as it is installed with the Quartus® download, and has access to its environment). The following steps describe how to do this. A specific example would be

$ make daq2.iwg24d

This will build the Platform Designer™ (formerly called QSys™) and Quartus® projects, and then generate and compile them. This approach guarantees quality of results for anyone initially working with these designs.

Building A Cloned HDL Project

Follow these steps to...

• launch a shell
• obtain a clone of the iWave HDL repository
• execute the build

1 - Launch a Shell

• Open the NIOS II Command Shell.

The shell will look something like this:

2 - Clone the iWave HDL repository

• create and navigate to a selected directory where the project will be stored

    $ cd <path to AD-FMCDAQ2 project location on your machine>
    $ mkdir <AD-FMCDAQ2 projectname>
    $ cd <AD-FMCDAQ2 projectname>  
  

• exec the clone command

  Note: Cloning the HDL project on a Windows PC requires a "git" command. If the NIOS II Command Shell does not recognize the "git" command, add "C:\Program Files\Git\cmd" to the PATH environment variable.

    $ git clone https://github.com/ArrowElectronics/hdl.git
    $ cd hdl
  

• then do the following to update the files in the working tree for the Legacy 1.1 carrier ...

    $ git checkout R18.0_IW_LC_1.1
  

• or do the following to update the files in the working tree for the Legacy 2.0 carrier ...

    $ git checkout R18.0_IW_LC_2.0
  

• or do the following to update the files in the working tree for the Custom 2.0 carrier ...

    $ git checkout R18.0_IW_CC_2.0
  

3 - Execute the build

    $ make daq2.iwg24d  

The build can take a significant period of time to complete. Open and regularly refresh the daq2_iwg24d_quartus.log file in a text editor to monitor progress. This is located in the hdl/projects/daq2/iwg24d subdirectory.

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