No board support for Digilent Zedboard in Vivado 2018.1

[botondkirei]

Hello!

Vivado 2018.1 has no board support files for Digilent's Zedboard. How can one add the board support files to Vivado?

Regards,

Botond

[ashishd]

Hello @botondkirei,

What is the output at console when you type : get_board_parts -latest_file_version *zed*

Board files for Zedboard should be installed with installation of Vivado 2018.1 at location : C:\Xilinx\Vivado\2018.1\data\boards\board_files\zed

[dpaul24 · Accepted solution]

@botondkirei,

Get your board files from here: https://github.com/Digilent/vivado-boards/tree/master/new/board_files

Diligent says that as long as the board files are from the above repo. they are the correct and valid. So download these. Then extract these to C:\Xilinx\Vivado\2018.1\data\boards\board_files folder.

You'll then want to restart Vivado (if you have it open) to make sure it sees it.

[botondkirei]

Dear dpaul24!

Followed your instructions, the Digilent ZedBoard is recognized by Vivado 2018.1. I think I got confused as in the default list appears "ZedBoard Zync Evaluation and Development Kit" from em.avnet.com. Now I see that it is the same as the Digilent Zedboard.

Thank you!

Regards,

Botond