Embedded Systems Design

EMBD-HW-ILT

Course Description

This course is designed to bring FPGA designers up to speed on developing embedded systems using the Vivado® Design Suite. The features and capabilities of both the Zynq® All Programmable System on a Chip (SoC), Zynq UltraScale+™ MPSoC, and the MicroBlaze™ soft processor are covered in lectures, demonstrations, and labs, along with general embedded concepts, tools, and techniques. The hands-on labs provide students with experience designing, expanding, and modifying an embedded system, including adding and simulating a custom AXI-based peripheral. 

Level: Embedded Hardware 3
Course Duration: 2 days
Price: $1600 or 16 Xilinx Training Credits
Course Part Number: EMBD-HW-ILT
Who Should Attend?: Engineers who are interested in developing embedded systems with the Xilinx Zynq All Programmable SoC, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, and/or MicroBlaze soft processor core 
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Prerequisites

 

  • FPGA design experience 
  • Completion of the Essentials of FPGA Design course or equivalent knowledge of Xilinx Vivado® software implementation tools 
  • Basic understanding of C programming
  • Basic understanding of microprocessors 
  • Some HDL modeling experience 

Software Tools

  • Vivado Design or System Edition 2021.2

Hardware

  • Architectures: Zynq-7000 SoC (Cortex™-A9 processor), Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC (Cortex-A53 and Cortex-R5 processors), and MicroBlaze processor* 
  • Demo board: Zynq-7000 SoC ZC702 or ZedBoard* 

 

 

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

 

  • Describe the various tools that encompass a Xilinx embedded design 
  • Rapidly architect an embedded system containing a CortexA9/A53/R5 or MicroBlaze processor using the Vivado IP integrator and Customization Wizard 
  • Develop software applications utilizing the Eclipse-based Software Development Kit (SDK) 
  • Create and integrate an IP-based processing system component in the Vivado Design Suite
  • Design and add a custom AXI interface-based peripheral to the embedded processing system
  • Simulate a custom AXI interface-based peripheral using VIP 

 
Course Outline 2021.2

Day 1

  • Embedded UltraFast Design Methodology {Lecture, Demo} 
  • Overview of Embedded Hardware Development {Lecture, Demo} 
  • Driving the IP Integrator Tool {Lecture, Lab} 
  • Overview of Embedded Software Development {Lecture} 
  • Driving the SDK Tool {Lecture, Lab} 
  • AXI: Introduction {Lecture} 
  • AXI: Variations {Lecture} 
  • AXI: Transactions {Lecture, Lab, Demo} 
  • Introduction to Interrupts {Lecture} 
  • Interrupts: Hardware Architecture and Support {Lecture}

Day 2

  • AXI: Connecting AXI IP {Lecture, Demo} 
  • Creating a New AXI IP with the Wizard {Lecture, Lab} 
  • AXI: BFM Simulation Using Verification IP (Lecture, Lab}
  • MicroBlaze Processor Architecture Overview {Lecture, Lab} 
  • MicroBlaze Processor Block Memory Usage {Lecture} 
  • Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC Architecture Overview {Lecture, Lab, Demo} 
  • Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Architecture Overview {Lecture, Lab, Demo} 

 

Lab Descriptions

Day 1 

  • Embedded UltraFast Design Methodology – Outlines the different elements that comprise the Embedded Design Methodology. 
  • Overview of Embedded Hardware Development – Overview of the embedded hardware development flow. 
  • Driving the IP Integrator Tool – Describes how to access and effectively use the IPI tool. 
  • Overview of Embedded Software Development – Reviews the process of building a user application. 
  • ▪ Driving the SDK Tool – Introduces the basic behaviors required to drive the SDK tool to generate a debuggable C/C++ application. 
  • AXI: Introduction – Introduces the AXI protocol. 
  • AXI: Variations – Describes the differences and similarities among the three primary AXI variations. 
  • AXI: Transactions – Describes different types of AXI transactions. 
  • Introduction to Interrupts – Introduces the concept of interrupts, basic terminology, and generic implementation. 
  • Interrupts: Hardware Architecture and Support – Reviews the hardware that is typically available to help implement and manage interrupts. 

 Day 2 

  

  • AXI: Connecting AXI IP – Describes the relationships between different types of AXI interfaces and how they can be connected to form hierarchies. 
  • Using the Create and Import Wizard to Create a New AXI IP – Explains how to use the Create and Import Wizard to create and package an AXI IP. 
  • AXI: BFM Simulation Using Verification IP – Describes how to perform BFM simulation using the Verification IP. 
  • MicroBlaze Processor Architecture Overview – Overview of the MicroBlaze microprocessor architecture. 
  • MicroBlaze Processor Block Memory Usage – Highlights how block RAM can be used with the MicroBlaze processor. 
  • Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC Architecture Overview – Overview of the Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC architecture. 
  • Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Architecture Overview – Overview of the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC 

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