Xilinx Vivado & ISE License creating and modification

Xilinx Vivado & ISE License creating and modification

Recently I am given a Xilinx FPGA board left by my senior. Since the license was installed in his PC which has been formatted, I can only download free license from Xilinx. This blog is about how to create a free license and modify a license key file.

- If you only need a free license with limited function:

Xilinx provides users free licenses to run simulation but for synthesis, implementation and programming, you need to have a full license. The Create License tab on the Product Download and Licensing Site is the starting point for license key file generation. First please go to xilinx.com/getlicense.

• selecting Products
  select the product licensing account you wish to administ