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6.1.2 Software Experimental Setup

In this chapter, we propose to immediately generate a cryptographic application as a
co-processor (Hardware part) that will be added to a MicroBlaze using FSL
interface (Software part). EDK tool will be used to perform the integration of both
Hardware and Software in our architecture design. To implement Virtex-5
embedded applications, we use CoDevelopper TM tool to generate co-processors or
IPs (HLS methodology) and Xilinx Project Studio (XPS) to con gure the FPGA

including one MicroBlaze soft-core.

EDK Development Kit

The Xilinx EDK contains both an integrated development environment (IDE)
named Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS) to create the Microprocessor Hardware
Speci file and the Software Design Kit (EDK) to create a Micro-

processor Software Speci

cation (MHS)

cation (MSS) file. The MHS le de nes the embedded

system processor, architecture and peripherals. The MSS nes the library

customization parameters for peripherals, the processor customization parameters,
the standard I/O devices, the interrupt handler routines, etc.

le de

CoDeveloper TM

CoDeveloper is a commercialized by Impulse Accelerated Technologies in the

CAD market. It allows designers to compile C applications directly into optimized
logic ready for use with Xilinx FPGAs, in few times. ImpulseC code, the input
language of CoDeveloper

™

, can be written and debugged in any ANSI standard C
environment. The implemented algorithm can use both

™

floating-point data
point types. Impulse C is a library of functions and related data types that give a
programming environment, and a programming model, for parallel applications
targeting FPGA-based platforms. It has been optimized for mixed software/hard-
ware targets, with the goal of abstracting details of inter-process communication
and can allow relatively platform-independent application design. CoDeveloper

xed and fl

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includes the Impulse C libraries and associated software tools that help designers
use standard C language for the design of highly parallel applications targeting
FPGAs.