Build and Simulate in the Vitis IDE - 2025.1 English - XD100

Once the Vitis IDE is opened and the system project is created manually, select the AI Engine Component from the left-side pane, and expand to locate and select the aiecompiler.cfg file to open the compiler configuration settings.

Select the Module-Specific settings and click Add item under the Pre-processor setting.

Add -O0 to the Pre-processor option. This improves the debug visibility.

Now, in the Flow navigator window, select the Build option under X86 SIMULATION. This builds the AI Engine component for x86simulation target. Once the build completes, you see the Compilation Complete and Build Finished Successfully messages in the console. Also a green tick mark as highlighted below.

In the Flow navigator window, under X86SIMULATION, select the Run option. If there is no existing launch configuration, you need to create one by clicking on Create Configuration -> New Launch Configuration -> x86sim.

You can change the Launch Config Name and click Run button to start simulation for x86simulation target. When the simulation complete, you see the following output in the console.