Digilent Arty tutorial problems

[AlGee]

Please can anyone help me?

Following this tutorial:
https://reference.digilentinc.com/vivado/getting-started-with-ipi/start
I get stuck at step 6. Launch Vivado SDK

I've successfully done: Tutorial: "In the File drop-down, select Export then Export Hardware"

... I don't have 'launch SDK' option:
Tutorial: "Just below Export in the File drop-down, select Launch SDK."
No launch SDK anywhere?

Tried: 'launch_sdk' from Tcl window but got this:
    WARNING: [Common 17-210] 'launch_sdk' is deprecated.
    INFO: [Vivado 12-393] Launching SDK...
    INFO: [Vivado 12-417] Running xsdk
    ERROR: [Common 17-70] Application Exception: Not found in path: xsdk

I'm totally stuck?

I'm running Vivado 2019.2

 

[vicentiu]

It's possible you didn't install the SDK when you installed Vivado.

Run the Vivado installer again and make sure the SDK is also checked for installation.

[asmi]

11 hours ago, vicentiu said:

It's possible you didn't install the SDK when you installed Vivado.

Run the Vivado installer again and make sure the SDK is also checked for installation.

Starting from 2019.2, SDK isn't included with Vivado anymore, but it's now a part of "Vitis Unified Software Platform".

[artvvb]

Hi @asmi

You can launch Vitis through the Tools > Launch Vitis menu option in Vivado. I briefly cover the steps required to create a new application project in this other thread.

Edit (link didn't work): Go to developer.xilinx.com, click on Documents, search for "create a sample application", and click the first link.

Thanks,

Arthur

[AlGee]

Thanks everyone. I've tried a few things out

I got an error with the Tools > Launch Vitis menu option in Vivado. I reinstalled Vitis with no luck, installed 2019.1 - no luck so uninstalled all Xilinx stuff and deleted the Xilinx directory.

I then installed 2018.3 and now have the 'File drop-down select Launch SDK' option. I'm now able to continue with the tutorial - problem solved.

Thanks again,

Alistair