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Event

Title: 
Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC-Software Developer
Start date: 
April 30
End date: 
- May 01
Start time: 
09:00 am
End time: 
05:00 pm
Location: 
Online
Registration: 
Register online in our secure store
Description:


This two-day course is structured to provide software designers with a catalog of OS implementation options including hypervisors, various Linux implementations, booting and configurating a system, and power management for the Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC family.

Who Should Attend? Software developers interested in understanding the OS and other capabilities of the Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC device.

Prerequisites 

  • General understanding of embedded and real-time operating systems
  • Familiarity with issues related to implementing a complex embedded system

Software Tools 

  • Vivado Design Suite 2018.3
  • May require special Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC family license

Hardware Emulation Environment 

  • VirtualBox
  • QEMU
  • Ubantu desktop
  • PetaLinux

 

The course focuses on the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC architecture. The 2017.3 version of this class does not use a physical board, but rather a local emulation environment and the Vivado Design Suite.

After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to: 

  • Distinguish between asymmetric multi-processing (AMP) and symmetric multi-processing (SMP) environments
  • Identify situations when the ARM TrustZone technology and/or a hypervisor should be used
  • Effectively use power management strategies and leverage the capabilities of the platform management unit (PMU)
  • Define the boot sequences appropriate to the needs of the system
  • Define the underlying implementation of the application processing unit (APU) and real-time processing unit (RPU) to make best use of their capabilities


Course Outline

Day 1

  • Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC Application Processing Unit (Lecture)
  • Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC Real-Time Processing Unit (Lecture,Demo,Lab)
  • ARM TrustZone Technology (Lecture)
  • QEMU (Lecture, Demo, Lab)
  • Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC HW-SW Virtualization (Lecture, Demo, Lab)
  • MultiProcessor Software Architecture (Lecture)
  • Hypervisors (Lecture, Demo, Lab) (pairs with OpenAMP, but not SMP)
  • OpenAMP Lecture,Lab)(pairs with the Xen Hypervisor, but not SMP)
  • Linux (Lecture, Demo)

Day 2

  • Yocto (Lecture, Demo,Lab)
  • Open Source Library (Linux) (Lecture, Demo,Lab)
  • FreeRTOS (Lecture, Demo,Lab)
  • Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC Software Stack (Lecture,Demo)
  • Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC PMU (Lecture,Demo,Lab)
  • Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Power Management (Lecture,lab)
  • Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC Booting (Lecture,Lab)

Topic Descriptions

  • Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoc Application Processing Unit- Introduction to the members of the APU,specifically the Cortex A53 processor and how the cluster is configured and managed.
  • Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Real-Time Processing Unit-Introduction of the various elements with the RPU and different modes of configuration.
  • ARM TrustZone Technology-Illustrates the use of the ARM TrustZone technology.
  • QEMU-Introduction to the Quick Emulator, which is the tool used to run software for the Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC device when hardware is not available.
  • Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC HW-SW Virtualization - Covers the hardware and software elements of virtualization. The lab demonstates how hypervisors can be used.
  • MultiProcessors Software Architecture - Introduces several potential architectures and illustrate the strengthen of each.
  • Hypervisors - Description of generic hypervisors and discussion of some of the details of implementing a hypervisor using Xen.
  • OpenAMO-Introduction to the concept of OpenAMP.
  • Linux - Discussion and examples of showing how to configure Linux to manage multiple processors.

Day2

  • Yocto - Compares and contrasts the kernel building methods between a "pure" Yocto build and the PetaLinux build (which uses Yocto "under-the-hood").
  • Open Source Library - Introduction to open-source Linux and the effort and risk-reducing. PetaLinux tools.
  • FreeRTOS - Overview of FreeRTOS with examples of how it can be used.
  • Zynq UltraScale +MPSoC Software Stack-Introduction to what a software stack is and a number of stacks used with the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC.
  • Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC PMU - Investigation into the tools and techniques for debugging a Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC device.
  • Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC Power Management-Overview of the PMU and the power-saving features of the device.
  • Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC Booting -How to implement the embedded system, including the boot process and boot image creation. Also how to detect a failed boot.

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Registration for this course is available through our Online Store.