AN 812: Platform Designer System Design Tutorial

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Date 4/02/2018
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Add a Processor Subsystem to the Top-Level

Using subsystems helps maintain design hierarchy. You can add a subsystem in Platform Designer and easily implement it.
  1. Right-click in the System Contents tab and click Add New Subsystem to Current System.
    Figure 5. Add a New Subsystem to the Current System
  2. In the Confirm New System Filename dialog box, click the sysA subsystem and rename it by typing cpu_subsystem.qsys.
  3. Click OK.
    Figure 6. Confirm New System Filename Dialog Box
  4. To rename the instance from sysA_0 to cpu_subsystem, right-click the name of the new subsystem in System Contents and click Rename. Type cpu_subsystem.
  5. To implement the cpu_subsystem component, right-click the name and click Drill into Subsystem. Alternatively, you can double-click cpu_subsystem in the Subsystems folder in the Hierarchy list.
    Figure 7. Drill into Subsystem Command to Modify a New Subsystem
    This opens cpu_subsystem.qsys as a new Platform Designer project where you can add components.