Problem in hdl coder

I am not able to set synthesis path for Matlab to hdl workflow. I used the command: hdlsetuptoolpath('ToolName','Xilinx ISE','ToolPath','C:\Xilinx\14.3\ISE_DS\ISE\bin\nt64\ise.exe') but still it shows 'No synthesis tool available on system path'. Please help

[Kaustubha Govind]

Not very familiar with this workflow, but the error message suggests that the software is looking for the tool on the system PATH environment variable. You might need to configure that as well, and restart MATLAB to make the new system PATH is picked.

Answer 1

[Tim McBrayer]

You don't mention which release you are using, but try this process:

1. Close HDL Coder completely, leaving MATLAB open
2. Run hdlsetuptoolpath('ToolName','Xilinx ISE','ToolPath','C:\Xilinx\14.3\ISE_DS\ISE\bin 64\ise.exe')
3. Reopen HDL Coder

If that does not work, this next process will do the trick:

1. Close HDL Coder
2. Close MATLAB
3. Reopen MATLAB
4. Run hdlsetuptoolpath('ToolName','Xilinx ISE','ToolPath','C:\Xilinx\14.3\ISE_DS\ISE\bin 64\ise.exe')
5. Reopen HDL Coder

The process of adding synthesis tools to HDL Coder has become more resilient in newer releases.

[Gaurav]

thanks a ton, the second method really worked.

[Gaurav]

Sir, i have another problem in which when i copy the contents of the files given in hdl coder tutorial in a folder on desktop and provide the files from that folder for code generation, then an error occurs as: Error occurred when running post codegeneration tasks Error: failed to run post code generation tasks: MATLAB:save:varNotFound Variable 'folder' not found.

Answer 2

[MEHDI]

Hi,

I try to use Xilinx to synthesis my model but i recived the following error in matlab 2012ra:

'Warning Downstream Integration: Current version 14.7 of Xilinx ISE tool on system path may not be compatible with HDL Workflow Advisor. The compatible version: Xilinx ISE 13.1. Attempt to continue running Xilinx ISE ... Failed Create Project.'

any hint please?

Answer 3

[MEHDI]

hi, i already did hdlsupport , but irecived erroe below when i want to synthesis:

Warning Downstream Integration: Current version 14.7 of Xilinx ISE tool on system path may not be compatible with HDL Workflow Advisor. The compatible version: Xilinx ISE 13.1. Attempt to continue running Xilinx ISE ... Failed Create Project. help please. I already tried quartus and i recived same error.

[Gaurav]

hi there, the above problem is due to the compatibility issues b/w matlab 2012a nd ISE 14.7. I succesfully worked on matlab 2012a with ISE 14.3. so you must try either advanced versions of matlab or old versions of ISE.