The FPGA emulation image is a fast-running compile that can help you achieve functionally correct code. For detailed information, refer to Types of FPGA Compilation in the Intel® oneAPI Programming Guide. You can compile a basic FPGA sample to the FPGA emulator target by performing the following:

1. Under the FPGA > Tutorials section, hover over the Compile Flow sample and click + to create a project.

   
   

   
   
   

   You are promoted to select a folder to save the project.

2. Save the project. A new VS Code session is now open with the Compile Flow sample.
3. Open a terminal in VS Code.
4. Run the cd command to move to the top-level directory of the newly created project.
5. Run the following command to create a directory named build:

   mkdir build

6. Run the cd command to move to the newly created build directory.
7. Run the following command to build the sample. The project build files are written into the build directory.

   cmake ..

8. Run the following command to select the emulation build target:

   make fpga_emu

   NOTE:

   Refer to the FPGA code sample README file to find the right make target.

   You should now observe an executable named compile_flow.fpga_emu in your directory. Use this file as the emulator executable for the design.

9. Execute the following command to run the emulator executable:

   ./compile_flow.fpga_emu