Xilinx ML501 Getting Started Tutorial

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ML501 Getting Started Tutorial www.xilinx.com 13UG228 (v1.0) August 30, 2006ML501 Demonstrations in System ACE CFRVirtex-5 Slide ShowLocationSystem ACE configuration address 1.From the Bootloader menu, select option 1 to start the Virtex™-5 Slide Showdemonstration.DescriptionThis demonstration displays a sequence of picture files stored on the CF card accompaniedby audio playback of a music file stored on the CF card. Pressing the East/West (E/W)buttons on the board manually switches to the previous/next slide. The North/South(N/S) buttons on the board change the volume. The center (C) button toggles betweenpausing and continuing the slide show.Note: This demonstration requires a DVI monitor or a VGA monitor with a DVI-to-VGA adapterconnected to the DVI port. It also requires a headphone or external speaker connected to the audiojacks.In this program, the processor reads the CF file system through the System ACE MPU portand loads the audio/video data into DDR2 SDRAM. The processor then controls the flowof data to the VGA controller and audio controller connected to the internal CoreConnectbus.SetupTo change or customize the side show, follow these instructions:1. Place the picture files in the root directory.2. Name the picture files image<XX>.bmp where <XX> is a numerical sequence startingfrom 01 and counting up.The program reads the picture files through the System ACE MPU interface startingfrom image01.bmp then counts upward. A maximum of 16 images can be read. TheBMP files must be sized as 640 x 480 pixels with 24-bit color.3. Give the sound file the name sound.wav and encode it as a 44.1 KHz, 16-bit stereowave file (CD format). The sound file cannot be greater than 32 MB in size.Note: When adding additional images or larger sound files, it might be necessary to use a highercapacity System ACE CF card than the one shipped with the ML501 board.Try to add your own slides and music. For example, in Microsoft PowerPoint, you canexport a presentation to HTML for a 640 x 480 screen. You can then convert the JPG or GIFslides to BMP format using Microsoft Photo Editor that is installed on many computers.Rename the BMP files to image<XX>.bmp and copy to the System ACE CF card. Now youcan run your own customized slide show. For audio, try to extract a song from a CD into aWAV file. Copy the WAV file into the System ACE CF card and name it sound.wav.www.BDTIC.com/XILINX