Some of Xilinx ISE aliases include 'Xilinx - ISE', 'Xilinx ISE 6'. The following versions: 10.1, 9.2 and 9.1 are the most frequently downloaded ones by the program users. This free PC program works with '.npl', '.sgp' and '.ise' files. Xilinx ISE is developed for Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 environment, 32 and 64-bit versions. Installing ISE ISE is a program created by Xilinx to support their FPGAs. It includes a bunch of other tools that will be useful for creating your projects. ISE is required to do any work because it is what actually synthesizes your designs into bit files that can be loaded onto the Mojo.
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ISE is a program from Xilinx that is a program suite to synthesize FPGA firmware. Algorithms can be written with VHDL or/and Verilog language which are converted to a file which can be loaded to a FPGA using ISE. ISE supports Windows XP and Windows 7. It also supports Linux.
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So, I plan to explain how to install ISE 14.7 on CentOS 6.5.
How to install and run Xilinx ISE 14.71. Installing Linux Xilinx ISE 14.7
1. Go to http://www.xilinx.com/ and download Linux ISE.
If you do not want to install using the root account, you can make the /opt/Xilinx folder and change the permission to your account and then install as bellow.
At the last part of the installation, it asks if you want to install the Xilinx driver. But it will fail, so just skip this step.
If you are using a network license key, you will not be able to set it in the installation. Please looks a the setting environment below if you are using a network license key.
![]() 2. Installing Xilinx driver
I had a lot of trouble installing the driver. I followed a few steps on this site to get it to work.
https://www.wrbishop.com/fpga/how-to-configure-xilinx-fpga-design-suite-13-3-under-rhelcentos-6-x-fedora-15/
fxload is in the atrpms repository, so set the atrpms-repo and then install fxload.
2. Make /etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules
3. Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules.
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4. Install CentOS Development Tools to install Linux kernel source and gcc.
5. There is a bug in the Xilinx install_drivers script. So it needs to be edited. Due to the bug the Linux kernel version is not set correctly. To fix the bug, a line containing 2.4 should be changed to 2/.4
Change line 369 of /opt/Xilinx/14.7/ISE_DS/ISE/bin/lin64/install_script/install_drivers/install_drivers from 2.4 to 2.4.
7. Change the permission of the driver so that a normal user can use it.
3. Setting the ISE environment
Several things should be done to set the ISE environment.
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1. Due to selinux, every time the computer reboots, the permission of /dev/windrvr6 gets reset so that it needs to be set again. If the permission is not set then the computer will not be able to communicate with the FPGA.
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2. The ISE program needs several environment variables which can be set using the below script.
3. If you are using a network license key, set the environment variable as below.
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Write the network license key in <location>.
4. Running ISEXilinx Ise Windows 105. Convenience script
If setting the environment every time is tiresome, make a script as below and set a launcher to it. At the last part of the script, it uses zenity which makes it possible to make an error message GUI. Please install zenity if you want to use it.
If you want to run another programs other than ISE, then edit the /opt/Xilinx/14.7/ISE_DS/ISE/bin/lin64/ise line.
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