Sabanci University

CS303 / Fall 2011-2012

Software Installation
Guide for Windows 7

by
Duygu Karaolan & Gksu Uur
Teaching Assistant
{duyguk, goksugur}@sabanciuniv.edu

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OUTLINE

Xilinx 13.2 ............................................................................................................................................. 3

Adept 2.8.1 ........................................................................................................................................... 8
Adding The Corresponding Plugins ................................................................................................ 11

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XILINX 13.2
Press the Start button, select Run and write
\\software.sabanciuniv.edu\acedemic\Spartan\Xilinx_ISE_13.2_for_Windows
into the text box. To start the installation of Xilinx double click on the xsetup.exe file.
a. Click on the Next button.

b. Check the I accept the terms of this software license. box and click on the
Next button.

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c. Check the I accept the terms of this software license. and click on the Next
button.

d. Select ISE WebPACK as the edition to install and click on the Next button.

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e. Uncheck Install WinPCap for Ethernet Hardware Co-simulation and then click
on the Next button.

f. Select the directory where you want the software to be installed and click on
the Next button.

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g. Click on the Install button.

h. Roughly to the end of the installation, there should appear the Xilinx License
Configuration Manager. Select Get Free ISE WebPACK License and click on the
Next button.

i.

Click on the Connect Now button and create an account for yourself.

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j. After your account is ready, a new webpage will appear. In that page, select the
Manage Licenses tab from the top bar, select ISE Design Suite: WebPACK
License from the products listed at the lower end of the page and click on the
e-mail button for your license to be sent to your e-mail address.

k. On the Xilinx License Configuration Manager, go to the tab Manage Xilinx

Licenses, click on the Copy License button and select the corresponding
license file that you got by e-mail.

l.

You can then close the Xilinx License Configuration Manager and finish the
Installation.

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ADEPT 2.8.1
Press the Start button, select Run and write
\\software.sabanciuniv.edu\acedemic\Spartan\Digilent-Adept
into the text box. To start the installation of Adept double click on the file named

DAS(x86)2-1-0.exe.
a. Click on the Next button.

b. Check the I accept the terms of this software license. box and click on the
Next button.

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c. Click on the Next button.

d. Click on the Next button.

e. Click on the Install button.

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f. Click on the Finish button.

g. Click on the Install button.

h. Click on the Finish button

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ADDING THE CORRESPONDING PLUGINS

Finally, you need to add a plugin that allows Xilinx software tools to directly use the
Digilent cable-board configuration circuitry.

Press the Start button, select Run and write

\\software.sabanciuniv.edu\acedemic\Spartan\Digilent\plugin\nt\plugins
into the text box.

Depending on the operating system (32-bit/64-bit) you have, copy the folder named as
"plugin\nt(64)\plugins\Digilent" under "C:\Xilinx\12.3\ISE_DS\ISE\lib\nt\plugins".

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