A user seeking support for the legacy Xilinx ML310 (Virtex-II Pro) development board inquired about obtaining original CD resources and reference designs. The discussion clarifies that while the hardware is no longer supported in modern Vivado software, it remains accessible through legacy ISE versions.
Recommendations include using the board-aware features in ISE to automatically configure pinouts and generate example designs for the PowerPC core and PCI interfaces.
- The Virtex-II Pro architecture is not supported in Vivado and requires legacy ISE software.
- Users can request access to older software versions like ISE 7.1 through Xilinx official support channels.
- Documentation for the board (UG068) is still available online for pinout and hardware specifications.
- ISE allows users to select the ML310 board directly to generate specific example designs and reference cores.
Is there anybody out there that might have a copy of the CD that came with the board?
Thanks in advance!!
Robert
Hi Robert,
I guess you have already found that?
https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/boards_and_kits/ug068.pdf
Regarding the tools, you could possibly sign up and do a download request as it's mentioned in that forum post https://forums.xilinx.com/t5/Installation-and-Licensing/ISE-Foundation-7-1-download/td-p/742167
The Virtex-II family are no longer supported in Vivado.
Hope this helps :)
cheers,
Núria
Hello Núria,
I did find the ug068.pdf.
But as you suggested, I have filled in the request form and hopefully something will turn up.
I still have an ancient ISE that does support the Virtex-II family (on a even old PC.... :-)
If anything turns up I'll post the result here.
Thanks for the tip!
Hi Robert,
if you already have the ISE, you should be able to select and configure your project for that specific development board (instead of selecting the virtex part). That is useful for pinout selection process (although you can find that on the ug086.pdf as well).
What else do you need that you can't find on the documentation?
cheers
Núria
I was hoping to find some examples and reference designs for the board. I'm especially interested in the Power PC core and the PCI connection on the board.
Best Regards,
Robert
If you generate the cores you are interested in and create the example design, that will create the example design for that specific board. You just need to select the board that you want to design with eg. ML310 :)
That is a functionality in Vivado, and I'm pretty sure that already existed in ISE. But I may be mistaken... It's been a long time that I don't use ISE :(
Núria
