1. Run the following command:

   source <hls_installdir>/init_hls.sh

   Where hls_installdir is the path to your Intel^® HLS Compiler. The default installation location for Intel^® HLS Compiler Standard Edition is /home/<username>/intelFPGA/19.1/hls.

2. Set the CPATH and LIBRARY_PATH environment variables as follows:

   export "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=<hls_installdir>/include"
   export "LIBRARY_PATH=<hls_installdir>/host/linux64/lib"

3. In the same terminal session, start your Eclipse* IDE.

   If you have an HLS project that you have compiled before, you are ready to run and debug your HLS component, and you can skip the next step.

4. Create and configure an Eclipse* project for your HLS component:
   1. Create a new C++ project in Eclipse (File > New > C++ Project).
   2. Select a C++ Managed Build template for the project and select the following properties:
      • Project type: Executable > Empty Project
      • Toolchains: Linux GCC

      
      

      

      
      

   3. Click Finish to finish creating your project.
   4. Import or create your HLS source files.
   5. If there are problems with the header files, rebuild the index.

      To rebuild the index, right-click your project in the Project Explorer view and select Index > Rebuild.

   6. Set the libraries call properties for the project:
      1. In the Project Explorer view, right-click your project and select Properties.
      2. In the Properties window for you project, go to C/C++ Build > Settings.
      3. On the Tool Settings tab, go to GCC C++ Linker > Libraries and add the hls_emul library to the list of libraries.

         
         

         
         
         

You can use your Eclipse* IDE to debug executable files that are produced by compiling your component with the i++ command by creating and using a debug configuration for the executable.

To debug an executable file produced by the i++ command:

1. Open Debug Configurations and create a new debug configuration for the executable:

   

   

2. Load the executable file produced by the i++ command and disable auto build:

   

3. Debug your executable by selecting your new debug configuration and clicking the debug button:

   
   

   

   
   

   
   

   

   
   

1. Start a Visual Studio x64 Native Tools Command Prompt session.
   For example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\amd64\vcvars64.bat.
2. In your command prompt session, run the following command:

   <hls_installdir>\init_hls.bat

   Where <hls_installdir> is the path to your Intel^® HLS Compiler installation. For example, C:\intelFPGA_standard\19.1\hls.

3. Set additional environment variables and settings required:

   set "INCLUDE=%INSTALLROOT%include;%INCLUDE%"
   set "LIB=%INSTALLROOT%host\windows64\lib;%LIB%"
   set "CL=/MDd -D_ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL=0"
   set "_LINK=hls_emul.lib"
   set "_IsNativeEnvironment=true"

4. Start your Visual Studio* IDE:

   devenv /useenv

   If you have an HLS project that you have compiled before, you are ready to run and debug your HLS component, and you can skip the next step.

5. Create and configure a Visual Studio* project for your HLS component:
   1. Create a new project:

      
      

      

      
      

   2. Add a 64-bit configuration to your project:

      
      

      

      
      

      
      

      

      
      

      
      

      

      
      

      
      

      

      
      

   3. Add your sources:

      
      

      

      
      

You can now develop, run, and debug your HLS component using your Microsoft* Visual Studio* IDE.

To run your component in Visual Studio*, choose the 64-bit target:

After you have confirmed the functional correctness of your component, you can start to optimize your HLS component by using the information in the Intel^® HLS Compiler High-Level Design Reports. These reports are generated when you compile your component with the i++ command.

With Intel^® HLS Compiler Standard Edition, you cannot use Microsoft* Visual Studio* to debug executables created the i++ command.