Question:
Do you provide a software tool to generate the FPGA program? Can we create the FPGA program with VisualDSP?
Answer:
The FPGA program should be written using the Xilinx ISE Tools, as VisualDSP++ is not able to produce output which is directly writable to the FPGA.
For more information, please refer to the below link.
FPGA and Processors Compatible Reference Designs | Analog Devices
Note that we provide an Image Converter Tool, which allows the user to create ASCII images using the Xilinx tools and then convert them to a format that is easy to add to a VisualDSP project.
This is located at "<installation path>\Analog Devices\VisualDSP++ x.x.x\Blackfin\Examples\FPGA EZ-EXTENDER\FPGAImageConverter".
The FPGA Programmer Driver, for writing an FPGA image to your FPGA Extender using the VisualDSP++ Flash Programmer Utility, can be found in
"<installation path>\Analog Devices\VisualDSP++ x.x.x\Blackfin\Examples\FPGA EZ-EXTENDER\".
Please take a look at the examples - and, particularly, the 'FPGA Extender Readme.txt' - for the FPGA EZ-Extender. This explains how to convert the output from the xilinx tools for programming through VisualDSP++.