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Install Digilent's Board Files
Digilent provides board files for each FPGA development board. These files make it easy to select the correct part when creating a new project and allow for automated configuration of several complicated components (including the Zynq Processing System and Memory Interface Generator) used in many designs.
Download the most recent Master Branch ZIP Archive of Digilent's vivado-boards Github repository and extract it.
Important! At the time of writing, if using a Spartan or Artix-based board for Microblaze designs, it is recommended to use an alternate version of the board files which better support the DDR memory present on some boards. This version of the board files can be downloaded via this link: Microblaze-MIG.zip. To install these files, follow the process found in the installation guide, linked above.
Open the folder extracted from the archive and navigate to its 'new/board_files' directory. Select all folders within this directory and copy them.
Note: When installing Vivado versions 2014.4 or older, use the files found in 'old/board_files' instead.
Open the folder that Vivado was installed into - 'C:/Xilinx/Vivado' or '/opt/Xilinx/Vivado' by default. Under this folder, navigate to its '<version>/data/boards/board_files' directory, then paste the board files into this directory.
