Online Help

Context-sensitive online help is available for Foundation applications. In addition, Foundation includes an “umbrella” help system called the Xilinx Foundation Series On-Line Help System. The umbrella help contains topics covering all of the design entry and implementation tools provided in the product plus additional information. It also contains in-depth information essential for designing with FPGAs and CPLDs, including the following topics:

• CPLD design techniques
  
  
• FPGA design techniques
  
  
• Application notes
  
  
• Several tutorials
  
  
• Reference information on the HDL languages, CPLD schematic library and attributes, and Foundation configurations
  
  

You can invoke the “umbrella” help system (shown in the following figure) by selecting Help Foundation Help Contents from the Project Manager menu bar.

Figure 1.1 The Online “Umbrella” Help System