Software Tools needed to develop Xilinx FPGA solution

I am trying to figure out which software toolboxes are needed necessary to develop the Xilinx FPGA solutions using Matlab-Simulink:

1. Mathworks Products a) HDL Coder b) HDL Vefifier c) Filter Design HDL Coder d) Fixed Point Designer

2. Xilinx and other EDA Products/plug-ins a) Xilinx ISE b) Mentor Graphics ModelSim c) Xilinx plug-in System Generator for Matlab

Please advice. Thanks much.

Answer 1

[Tim McBrayer]

Very briefly, these are the capabilities offered by the MathWorks tools you mention.

1. HDL Coder--HDL code generation from Simulink models and untimed MATLAB code
2. HDL Verifier--cosimulation between 3rd party HDL simulators and Simulink; Simulink FPGA-in-loop simulation
3. Filter Design HDL Coder--HDL code generation from the Filter Design toolbox
4. Fixed Point Designer--semi-automatic floating point to fixed-point conversion

As far as 3rd party tools go, from Xilinx you can use ISE or Viviado, depending on your target chip. Altera Quartus is also well supported. You can simulate with any HDL simulator; HDL Verifier supports Modelsim and Incisive. You only need Xilix Sysgen should you want to use Xilinx custom IP.