Your ML405 Evaluation Platform is shipped with a number of demonstration designs pre-installed on the Compact Flash card, Platform Flash, and Linear Flash memories. The ML405 Getting Started Tutorial describes how to quickly get started using your ML405. This tutorial also contains a number of hands-on user lab exercises to help you learn to use your ML405. Please download the lab resource files here.
The ML405 example reference systems use the Embedded Development Kit. An IBM CoreConnect infrastructure connects the MicroBlaze™ or PowerPC® CPU to numerous peripherals using Processor Local Bus (PLB), On-Chip Peripheral Bus (OPB), and Device Control Register (DCR) buses to build a complete system. Each reference system contains hardware and software designs. Please refer to the reference design user guide documentation before proceeding with the design:
EDK 8.1 SP1 / ISE 8.1 SP2
ML405 EDK Processor Reference Design User Guide (PDF)
ML405 EDK Embedded MicroBlaze Reference Design (SIP)
ML405 EDK Embedded PowerPC Reference Design (ZIP)
The MPMC2 designs demonstrate high performance embedded systems. The ML405 Evaluation Platform is supported by these reference designs. Please visit the MPMC2 site for more information or to download the designs.
The ML405 board contains a CPLD that can read the contents of Flash memory and program the FPGA. This demonstrates an alternative method of programming Xilinx FPGAs. The CPLD also supports the ability to load one of eight possible bitstream revisions depending on the Configuration Address DIP Switch settings. Click here for the ML405 CPLD Reference Design which includes source files and information on how to rebuild the design.
The ML405 Evaluation Platform includes a USB keyboard demonstration design on the Compact Flash card. Click here for documentation and source files for the USB demonstration design.
The ML405 Evaluation Platform includes high performance RocketIO™ multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs). Click here for a tutorial and design that demonstrates how to use the ChipScope™ Pro Serial IO Toolkit software to exercise the ML405 MGTs.
The files below can be used to restore the CF card, Platform Flash, CPLD, and Linear Flash devices to their default images:
The ML405 Compact Flash (CF) contains a DOS FAT16 filesystem partition and a Linux EXT3 filesystem partition. The DOS filesystem's directory structure is consistent with the requirements of Xilinx System ACE™ CF controller, used to load designs on the ML405.
CF Card Image (DOS Partition) download (ZIP)
CF Card Image (DOS and Linux Partition): download (174MB) (ZIP)
Click here for instructions and tools for re-imaging your CF card that can be applied to ML405. Caution: Read and follow instructions very carefully!
Use XCSC tool to calculate Checksums.
Platform Flash Image download (ZIP)
CPLD Image: download (ZIP)
Linear Flash Image: use program 7 on the CF card to re-program the linear flash.