There multiple ways to create a System Project in the Vitis IDE. The following steps describe a recommended approach.
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With the Vitis IDE opened, from the main menu click .
Tip: You can also click the Create System Project command from the Welcome page.This opens the Name and Location page of the Create System Project wizard as shown below.
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Enter a Component name and Component location and click Next. This opens the Platform page of the wizard as shown below.
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Specify a platform to use for the System Project and click Next. If you click an embedded platform, this opens the Embedded Components Path page of the wizard (see below). If you click an AMD Alveo™ Data Center accelerator card, the Summary view is displayed.
The embedded component paths specify the kernel mage file, the Root FS, and the Sysroot that the embedded system uses for compiling embedded applications. The embedded system also uses these paths for booting and configuring the embedded systems. You can populate the paths in the Preferences view or manually enter them when creating the System Project.
Tip: The Update Workspace Preference checkbox lets you specify that any manually entered paths overrides and updates the preferences view. -
Click Next to display the summary page.
The summary page displays the choices you made on the previous pages. Review the summary and click Finish to create the System Project.
When the you create the System Project, the vitis-sys.json file for the system opens in the central editor window. The System Project becomes active in the Flow Navigator. You can see from the red text and the red dot next in the Component Explorer that the System Project is missing key components. Provide the missing components in the next steps.