MicroBlaze Training Material

        MicroBlaze System Implementation
             Xilinx - October 2002

Contents

Introduction                                           1-1
What is the MicroBlaze Soft Processor Core             1-4
Toolset Needed to Develop a MicroBlaze System          1-8
MicroBlaze PSF                                         1-12
How to Use the EDK Tools to Build a MicroBlaze System  1-16
Summary                                                1-36

MicroBlaze Architecture                                2-1
MicroBlaze Core Architecture                           2-6
MicroBlaze Core Configurations                         2-18
Exceptions an Interrupts                               2-32
Summary                                                2-40
Appendix A: Instruction Set                            2-41

Lab 1: Building a MicroBlaze System Using the EDK      3-1

Introduction to MicroBlaze Peripherals                 4-1
MicroBlaze Peripherals                                 4-4
Peripheral Definition                                  4-12
Common Libraries                                       4-24
Summary                                                4-27

Lab 2: MicroBlaze Custom Peripheral                    5-1

MicroBlaze Buses                                       6-1
The Local Memory Bus                                   6-4
The On-Chip Peripheral Bus                             6-8
The Arbiter                                            6-15
Summary                                                6-17

Libgen: The Library Generator                          7-1
Introduction                                           7-4
MSS Structure & Parameters                             7-7
Using Libgen                                           7-15
Xilinx Libraries                                       7-22
Summary                                                7-26

Platgen: The Platgen Generator                         8-1
Introduction                                           8-4
MHS Structure & Attributes                             8-7
Using Platgen                                          8-13
Summary                                                8-20

MB-GCC: The MicroBlaze GNU C Compiler                  9-1
What is MB-GCC and How is It Made Up?                  9-6
MicroBlaze Application Binary Interface                9-12
Optimization & Debugging Options                       9-16
Runtime Routines & The Object File                     9-22
Interrupt Handling                                     9-35
Summary                                                9-40

MicroBlaze Hardware Simulation                         10-1
Hardware vs. Software Simulation                       10-4
Simgen / MVS Flow                                      10-7
ModelSim Microprocessor Simulation                     10-12
Summary                                                10-16

Debugging Software                                     11-1
Introduction                                           11-4
Using the Debugger                                     11-11
Intrusive Debugging                                    11-15
Instruction Set Simulation                             11-21
Summary                                                11-26

User-Defined Peripherals                               12-1
Reasoning                                              12-4
Building a Custom Peripheral                           12-10
Interfacing with EDK                                   12-19
Summary                                                12-20

Appendix
Xilinx Courses an Descriptions                         A-1
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