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[[Category: FPGA]]
[[Category: Xilinx]]

== Introduction ==

Vivado is the new FPGA design tool from Xilinx. It replaces ISE and XPS tools for new Xilinx's products. By default no Armadeus board has a new FPGA supported by Vivado, but, with the APF6, we can use Artix7 on a daughter board (or with Xilinx dev-kit), thanks to PCIe, and enjoy this new Xilinx tool.
This page is a tutorial on how to install Vivado on Debian Linux host computer.

{{Note| Vivado can't be used with Spartan products, it starts with the "7" FPGA serie (artix7, virtex7, zynq, kintex7, ...)}}

== Installation ==

=== Requirements ===

* unsure that Bash is the default shell:
<pre class="host">
$ ls -al /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 févr. 10 14:49 /bin/sh -> bash
</pre>
* otherwise:
<pre class="host">
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash
</pre>

=== Download ===

* Download the file on xilinx website, note that you will need an account (free) to do that.
<pre class="config">
 Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2014.4_1119_1_Lin64.bin
</pre>

=== Launch install ===

* To launch install simply type :
<pre class="host">
$ chmod 777 Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2014.4_1119_1_Lin64.bin
$ ./Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2014.4_1119_1_Lin64.bin
</pre>

* Fill forms then wait for about 20 minutes

== Launching Vivado ==

* Go to the installed directory:
<pre class="host">
$ cd /opt/Xilinx/Vivado/2014.4
</pre>

* Source the architecture shell file:
<pre class="host">
/opt/Xilinx/Vivado/2014.4$ source settings64.sh
</pre>

* Then launch it:
<pre class="host">
/opt/Xilinx/Vivado/2014.4$ ./bin/vivado
</pre>

== Links ==

* [http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/Installation-and-Licensing/Run-Vivado-2013-4-on-Debian/td-p/407359 Run Vivado 2013.4 on Debian]