Hardware design toolXilinx ISE ( Integrated Synthesis Environment) is a software tool produced by for synthesis and analysis of designs, enabling the developer to ('compile') their designs, perform, examine diagrams, simulate a design's reaction to different stimuli, and configure the target device with the.Xilinx ISE is a design environment for FPGA products from Xilinx, and is tightly-coupled to the architecture of such chips, and cannot be used with FPGA products from other vendors. The Xilinx ISE is primarily used for circuit synthesis and design, while ISIM or the logic simulator is used for system-level testing.
Other components shipped with the Xilinx ISE include the Embedded Development Kit (EDK), a Software Development Kit (SDK) and ChipScope Pro.Since 2012, Xilinx ISE has been discontinued in favor of, that serves the same roles as ISE with additional features for development. Xilinx released the last version of ISE in October 2013 (version 14.7), and states that 'ISE has moved into the sustaining phase of its product life cycle, and there are no more planned ISE releases.' Contents.User Interface The primary user interface of the ISE is the Project Navigator, which includes the design hierarchy (Sources), a editor (Workplace), an output console (Transcript), and a processes tree (Processes).The Design hierarchy consists of design files (modules), whose dependencies are interpreted by the ISE and displayed as a. For single-chip designs there may be one main module, with other modules included by the main module, similar to the main subroutine in programs. Vspace ncomputing software. Design constraints are specified in modules, which include pin configuration and mapping.The Processes hierarchy describes the operations that the ISE will perform on the currently active module. The hierarchy includes compilation functions, their dependency functions, and other utilities. The window also denotes issues or errors that arise with each function.The Transcript window provides status of currently running operations, and informs engineers on design issues.
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