When you open the Vivado IDE, the Getting Started Page appears as shown in the following figure.
Note: To open the Getting Started Page, all open projects must be closed.
Figure 1.
Vivado IDE Getting Started
Page
The Vivado IDE Getting Started Page assists you with creating and opening projects, running Vivado IDE commands, and viewing documentation as follows:
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Quick Start
- Create Project
- Opens the New Project wizard to guide you through creating various supported project types. You can also use the wizard to import previously created projects from the Synplify tool.
- Open Project
- Opens a browser that enables you to open any Vivado IDE project file (.xpr extension).
- Open Example Project
- Opens the Open Example Project wizard to guide you through creating a project. Following is an example project, including specifying a project name and location, and choosing from a list of valid parts:
Tip: Click Refresh to update the installed designs or download the latest AMD example designs. -
Tasks
- Manage IP
- Opens or creates an IP project for customizing and managing IP. The Vivado IP catalog displays AMD, third-party, or user-created IP, which can be customized to create IP cores for a specified device. You can also view or re-customize existing IP cores and generate output products, including a netlist of the IP standalone.
- Open Hardware Manager
- Opens the Vivado Design Suite hardware manager to connect to a target JTAG cable or board, which enables you to program your design into a device. The Vivado logic analyzer and Vivado serial I/O analyzer features of the tool enable you to debug your design.
- Vivado Store
- The Vivado store, shown in the
following figure, consolidates Tcl apps, board files and configurable
example designs into a single location. A catalog file maintains the
list of all items available in the stores. To update the catalog, click
the refresh button for the respective store in the lower left-hand
corner. Individual items can be installed or removed. AMD delivers a set of board files and example designs
and installs, which cannot be uninstalled. This is because if customers
are inside a firewall or do not have access to the internet, they should
have access to the board files of AMD Proprietary Boards.
- Tcl Apps
- An open source repository of Tcl code designed primarily for use with the Vivado Design Suite. The Tcl Store provides access to multiple scripts and utilities contributed from different sources, which solve various issues and improve productivity. For more information, see the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using Tcl Scripting (UG894).
- Boards
- A GitHub repository for AMD and third-party hosted board files. Using a board file with Vivado can simplify design creation by integrating board level resources into the design environment. For more information about contributing boards, refer to https://github.com/Xilinx/XilinxBoardStore.
- Example Designs
- A GitHub repository comprised of AMD and third-party configurable example designs. These designs are intended to demonstrate specific capabilities of the tool and provide a baseline design. For more information about contributing example designs, refer to https://github.com/Xilinx/XilinxCEDStore.
Figure 2.
Vivado Store