• DSP Design Using System Generator

DSP-SYSGEN-ILT

Course Description

Explore the System Generator tool and gain the expertise needed to develop advanced, low-cost DSP designs.
This course focuses on:
▪ Implementing DSP functions using System Generator for DSP
▪ Utilizing design implementation tools
▪ Verifying through hardware co-simulation
What's New for 2020.2
 Added Vitis™ HLS tool support for System Generator integration

Level: DSP 3
Course Duration: 2 days
Price: $1600 or 16 Xilinx Training Credits
Course Part Number: DSP-SYSGEN-ILT 

Who Should Attend?: – – System engineers, system designers, logic
designers, and experienced hardware engineers who are implementing
DSP algorithms using the MathWorks MATLAB® and Simulink®
software and want to use Xilinx System Generator for DSP design

Prerequisites

  • ▪ Experience with the MATLAB and Simulink software
    ▪ Basic understanding of sampling theory
    Software Tools
    ▪ Vivado® Design Suite System Edition 2020.2
    ▪ Model Composer
    Vitis HLS tool 2020.2
  • Vitis unified software platform 2020.2
    ▪ MATLAB with Simulink software R2018a, R2018b, R2019a, R2019b
    Hardware
    ▪ Architecture: 7 series and UltraScale™ FPGAs
     Demo board: Kintex® UltraScale™ FPGA KCU105 board and
    Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC ZCU104 board*

* Check with your local Authorized Training Provider for the specifics of
the in-class lab board or other customizations. The ZCU104 board is
required for the "AXI4-Lite Interface Synthesis" lab.
After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the
necessary skills to:
▪ Describe the System Generator design flow for implementing DSP functions
▪ Identify Xilinx FPGA capabilities and how to implement a design from algorithm concept to hardware simulation
▪ List various low-level and high-level functional blocks available in
System Generator
▪ Run hardware co-simulation
▪ Identify the high-level blocks available for FIR and FFT designs
▪ Implement multi-rate systems in System Generator
▪ Integrate System Generator models into the Vivado IDE
▪ Design a processor-controllable interface using System Generator for DSP
▪ Generate IPs from C-based design sources using the Vitis HLS tool for use in the System Generator environment
▪ Create and simulate designs using Model Composer

 

Course Outline

Day 1

 

  • Introduction to System Generator 
  • Simulink Software Basics 
  • Lab 1: Using the Simulink Software 
  • Basic Xilinx Design Capture 
  • Demo: System Generator Gateway Blocks 
  • Lab 2: Getting Started with Xilinx System Generator 
  • Signal Routing 
  • Lab 3: Signal Routing 
  • Implementing System Control 
  • Lab 4: Implementing System Control 

 

Day 2

 

  • Multi-Rate Systems 
  • Lab 5: Designing a MAC-Based FIR 
  • Filter Design 
  • Lab 6: Designing a FIR Filter Using the FIR Compiler Block 
  • System Generator, Vivado Design Suite, and Vivado HLS Integration 
  • Lab 7: System Generator and Vivado IDE Integration 
  • Kintex-7 FPGA DSP Platforms 
  • Lab 8: System Generator and Vivado HLS Tool Integration 
  • Lab 9: AXI4-Lite Interface Synthesis 
  • Introduction to Model Composer

 

 Lab Descriptions

 

  • Lab 1: Using the Simulink Software – Learn how to use the toolbox blocks in the Simulink software and design a system. Understand the effect sampling rate.
  •  Lab 2: Getting Started with Xilinx System Generator – Illustrates a DSP48-based design. Perform hardware co-simulation verification targeting a Xilinx evaluation board. 
  • Lab 3: Signal Routing – Design padding and unpadding logic by using signal routing blocks. 
  • Lab 4: Implementing System Control – Design an address generator circuit by using blocks and Mcode. 
  • Lab 5: Designing a MAC-Based FIR – Using a bottom-up approach, design a MAC-based bandpass FIR filter and verify through hardware co-simulation by using a Xilinx evaluation board. 
  • Lab 6: Designing a FIR Filter Using the FIR Compiler Block – Design a bandpass FIR filter by using the FIR Compiler block to demonstrate increased productivity. Verify the design through hardware co-simulation by using a Xilinx evaluation board.
  • Lab 7: System Generator and Vivado IDE Integration – Embed System Generator models into the Vivado IDE.
  • Lab 8: System Generator and Vivado HLS Tool Integration – Generate IP from a C-based design to use with System Generator. 
  • Lab 9: AXI4-Lite Interface Synthesis – Package a System Generator for DSP design with an AXI4-Lite interface and integrate this packaged IP into a Zynq All Programmable SoC processor system.
  • Lab 10: Model Composer and Vivado IDE Integration - Embed a Model Composer model into the Vivado IDE.

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