Getting Started

Download and install the SDAccel™ Tool Suite according to the directions provided in the SDAccel Environment Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing Guide (UG1238).

You can find details on downloading and working with design examples from GitHub in Getting Started with Examples. In addition, you can find detailed instructions and hands-on tutorials to introduce the primary work flows for project creation, specifying functions to run in programmable logic, system compilation, debugging, and performance estimation in the SDAccel Environment Getting Started Tutorial (UG1021).

Note: The SDx™ tool suite includes the entire tool stack to create a bitstream, object code, and executables. If you have installed the Xilinx® Vivado Design Suite and the Software Development Kit (SDK) tools independently, you should not attempt to combine these installations with the SDx tools. Ensure that your tools are derived from an SDx installation (which includes the Vivado Design Suite and SDK tools).

IMPORTANT: The SDAccel application runs only on the Linux operating system. See the SDAccel Environment Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing Guide (UG1238) for a description of the software requirements for the SDAccel environment.