ELEC4200 Digital System Design Introduction to ISE & ModelSim (Lab0) Professor: Charles E. Stroud Tutorial by: Gefu Xu

Step 1: Creating a New Project 1) Launch ISE by clicking the Project Navigator in All Programs -> ECE -> Xilinx ISE Design Suite 12.1 -> Project Navigator 2) After ISE is launched, we will create a new project. In this example, we have created a new project under directory E:\ \Lab0 and this new project is named Lab0 but you can establish a directory and project name that best suites your needs. For lab sessions it is highly recommended that the project directory be on a flash drive (and not your H: drive) to maximize performance during synthesis and simulation. Upon completion of the lab session, you can copy your files (ie, VHDL source code) to your H: drive for safe keeping for future lab sessions and your lab report. The Spartan 3 Starter Kit PCB board uses a Xilinx Spartan3 XC3S200 FPGA chip which is packaged in a flat thin 256-pin (FT256) Ball Grid Array. Therefore, we must set the following device properties for correct final implementation. The next page displays a summary of the new project.