SoC Builder: 'loading existing binaries' workflow fails with error: "Selected folder does not contain project information files"

Hello,

I am struggling to make this example work https://de.mathworks.com/help/supportpkg/xilinxsoc/ug/transmitandreceivetoneusingRFSoCdevicegenerate.html

I am using the ZCU216 board.

I created a new project and copied the soc_rfsoc_IQ_datacapture_top and the binary manually and added both of the to the project. However, starting the SoC builder and selecting "load existing binaries", choosing the project folder gives the error message "Selected folder does not contain project information files". Any suggestions? I am quite new to Simulink...

Best regards

Dennis

Answer 1

[Stefanie Schwarz]

Even if you would like to use the pregenerated bitstream, you need to follow all the steps in the example. This means that you have to run SoC Builder with the Build Model option first.

After clicking the 'Build' button in SoC Builder (step 6), your SoC project folder will be populated to look like this:

(Notice the socsysinfo.mat file. This is the "project information file" mentioned in your error message. If your project folder does not contain this file, SoC Builder will not recognize this folder als SoC project folder.)

The idea now is that during step 6, you can abort the synthesis process running in the external shell, and instead copy the pregenerated bitstream into the project folder above and load it onto the hardware using the 'Load and Run' button in the last window of the SoC Builder.

Now that you have run the SoC Builder once with the 'Build Model' option, you should be able to use the SoC Builder in the future with 'Load existing binaries' and the existing project folder. The SoC Builder will then jump directly to the 'Connect Hardware' window.