SDK Cheat Sheet Tutorials


The cheat sheets in SDK guide you through steps for performing common tasks in SDK. To open the cheat sheets, select Help > Cheat Sheets and open the Xilinx Software Development Kit Tutorials folder.

The following tutorials are available in SDK.

How to Create a Board Support Package (BSP)

This tutorial guides you through the process of creating a new board support package (BSP) for third-party OS or external tools. You will download the necessary files from the third-party website and generate the BSP for Linux. This tutorial assumes that you have internet access to obtain the necessary files.

How to Create a New Software Application

This tutorial guides you through the process of creating a new software application. You will specify a hardware platform specification file that you exported from XPS, create a default board support package for SDK (if none exists in the SDK workspace), and create a new software application for a Xilinx® processor system.

How to Debug a Software Application

This tutorial guides you through the process of debugging a software application on a hardware target. You will learn how to start debugging an application and perform basic debug operations such as setting breakpoints, stepping and running through the code, and observing the variables, registers, and memory contents. This tutorial assumes that you have created a software application in the Xilinx® SDK workspace.

How to Profile a Software Application

This tutorial guides you through the process of profiling a software application on a hardware target. You will compile the application for profiling, profile the application on a hardware target, and read the profile output in the profile perspective. This tutorial assumes that you have a Software Application created in the Xilinx® SDK workspace.

How to Run a Software Application

This tutorial guides you through the process of running a software application on a hardware target. This tutorial assumes that you have created a software application in the Xilinx® EDK SDK workspace. You will learn how to run an application.

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