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 Add Files and add the soc_hwsw_top.slx model file to the project.

In Simulink, configure the soc_hwsw_top.slx model 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 Visually Organize Models Using Area Annotations. 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.