Course Description
Learn how to implement an AMD PCI Express® core in custom applications to improve time to market with the PCIe® core design.
The focus is on:
▪ Constructing an AMD PCI Express system within the customer education reference design
▪ Enumerating various AMD PCI Express core products
▪ Identifying the advanced capabilities of the PCIe specification
This course also focuses on the AXI Streaming interconnect.
Level – Connectivity 3
Course Details
▪ 2 days ILT/19
Course Part Number – CONN-PCIE
Who Should Attend?
▪ Hardware designers who want to create applications using AMD IP cores for PCI Express
▪ Software engineers who want to understand the deeper workings of the AMD PCI Express solution
▪ System architects who want to leverage key AMD advantages related to performance, latency, and bandwidth in PCI Express applications
Prerequisites
▪ Experience with PCIe specification protocol
▪ Knowledge of VHDL or Verilog
▪ Some experience with AMD implementation tools
▪ Some experience with a simulation tool, preferably the Vivado™ simulator
▪ Moderate digital design experience
Software Tools
▪ Vivado Design Suite 2023.2
Hardware
▪ Architecture: UltraScale™ and UltraScale+™ FPGAs
▪ Demo board: Kintex® UltraScale FPGA KCU105 board
* This course focuses on the UltraScale and UltraScale+ architectures.
Check with your local Authorized Training Provider for specifics or other customizations.
After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:
▪ Construct a basic PCIe system by:
▪ Selecting the appropriate core for your application
▪ Specifying requirements of an endpoint application
▪ Connecting this endpoint with the core
▪ Utilizing FPGA resources to support the core
▪ Simulating the design
▪ Identify the advanced capabilities of the PCIe specification protocol and feature set
Day 1
▪ Course Introduction
▪ AMD PCI Express Solutions
▪ Connecting Logic to the Core
▪ PCIe Core Customization
▪ Lab 1: Constructing the PCIe Core
▪ Packet Formatting Details
▪ Simulating a PCIe System Design
▪ Lab 2: Simulating the PCIe Core
▪ Endpoint Application Considerations
▪ PCI Express in Embedded Systems
▪ Lab 3: Using the PCI Express Core in IP Integrator
Day 2
▪ Application Focus: DMA
▪ Lab 4: Exploring XDMA
▪ Design Implementation and PCIe Configuration
▪ Lab 5: Implementing the PCIe Design
▪ Root Port Applications
▪ Debugging and Compliance
▪ Lab 6: Debugging the PCIe Design
▪ Interrupts and Error Management
▪ Course Summary
Lab Descriptions
▪ Lab 1: Constructing the PCIe Core – This lab familiarizes you with the necessary flow for generating an Integrated PCI Express
Endpoint core from the IP catalog. You will select appropriate parameters and create the PCIe core used throughout the labs.
▪ Lab 2: Simulating the PCIe Core – This lab demonstrates the timing and behavior of a typical link negotiation using the Vivado
simulator. You will observe and capture transaction layer packets.
▪ Lab 3: Using the PCI Express Core in IP Integrator – This lab familiarizes you with all the necessary steps and recommended
settings to use the PCIe solutions in an IP integrator block design.
▪ Lab 4: Exploring XDMA – This lab familiarizes you with all the necessary steps to set up and perform DMA transfers.
▪ Lab 5: Implementing the PCIe Design – This lab familiarizes you with all the necessary steps and recommended settings to turn
the HDL source to a bitstream by using the Tandem configuration mode.
▪ Lab 6: Debugging the PCIe Design – This lab illustrates how to use the Vivado logic analyzer to monitor the behavior of the core
and a small endpoint application for proper operation.
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