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Create a new SoC Blockset project named SampleSoCApplication. Creating a new project automatically creates a new project folder with the same name. For more information on creating projects, see Create a New Project From a Folder.

Open a new Simulink model. Save the model as soc_hwsw_top.slx into the project folder.

In MATLAB^®, on the Project tab, in the Tools section, select Run Checks > Add Files and add the soc_hwsw_top.slx model file to the project.

In Simulink, configure the soc_hwsw_top.slx model to as an SoC application. On the Apps tab, under Setup to Run on Hardware, click System on Chip (SoC).

In the System on Chip (SoC) pop-up window, select Hardware Board > Xilinx Zynq ZC706 evaluation kit. Click Finish.

On the System on Chip tab, click Hardware Settings. On the Configuration Parameters dialog box, in the Solver tab, set Solver selection > Type to Variable-step. Click OK.

Create three box areas and label them as FPGA, Memory, and Processor. For more information on creating box areas, see Box and Label Areas of a Model. In the following sections, these areas are populated for various aspects of your SoC application.

Create a new MATLAB function to initialize variables used throughout the project.

function soc_hwsw_init
% Initialize the model wide variables and set them in base workspace. 

SourceSTime = 1e-7; 

FrameSize = 1000;
ProcSTime = SourceSTime*FrameSize;
FPGASTime = SourceSTime;
FPGAFrameSize = 1;

assignin('base','ProcSTime',ProcSTime);
assignin('base','FPGASTime',FPGASTime);
assignin('base','SourceSTime',SourceSTime);
assignin('base','FPGAFrameSize',FPGAFrameSize);
assignin('base','FrameSize',FrameSize);

end

In the project folder, save the file as soc_hwsw_init.m in a new subfolder, utilities and add the file to project.