Course Description
This course introduces the concepts, tools, and techniques required for software design and development for the Zynq® System on a Chip (SoC), Zynq UltraScale+™ MPSoC, and the Versal® ACAP architectures using the Vitis™ unified software platform.
The focus is on:
▪ Reviewing the basics of Vitis Unified IDE
▪ Customizing board support packages (BSPs) for resource access and management of the AMD Xilinx Standalone library
▪ Utilizing device drivers effectively
▪ Developing software applications for the available processors
▪ Debugging and integrating user applications
▪ Employing best practices to enable good design decisions
Level – Embedded Software 3
Course Details ▪ 3 days ILT/28
Course Part Number – EMBD-SW
Who Should Attend? Software design engineers interested in system design and implementation and software application development and debugging using the AMD Standalone library
Prerequisites
▪ C or C++ programming experience, including general debugging techniques
▪ Conceptual understanding of embedded processing systems, including device drivers, interrupt routines, writing and modifying scripts, user applications, and boot loader operation Software Tools
▪ Vitis unified IDE 2023.2
▪ Vivado® Design Suite 2023.2
Hardware
▪ Architectures: Zynq-7000 SoC (Cortex-A9 processor) and Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC (Cortex-A53 and Cortex-R5 processor)
▪ Demo board: Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC ZCU104 or Versal adaptive SoC VCK190 board
* This course focuses on the Zynq-7000 SoC and the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC architectures. Check with your local Authorized Training Provider for the specifics of the in-class lab board or other customizations.
After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:
▪ Implement an effective software design environment for an AMD embedded system using the AMD software development tools
▪ Write a basic user application (under Standalone or Linux) using the Vitis unified software platform and run it on an embedded system
▪ Use AMD debugger tools to troubleshoot user applications
▪ Apply software techniques to improve operability
▪ Maintain and update software projects with changing hardware
Course Outline
Day 1
▪ Overview of Embedded Software Development
Overview of the process for building a user application. {Lecture}
▪ Embedded UltraFast Design Methodology
Outlines the different elements that comprise the Embedded Design Methodology. {Lecture, Demo}
▪ Zynq 7000 SoC Architecture Overview
Overview of the Zynq 7000 SoC architecture. {Lecture, Demo,Lab}
▪ Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Architecture Overview
Overview of the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC architecture. {Lecture, Demo, Lab}
▪ Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Software Environments
Describes the software development environments for Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs. {Lecture}
▪ Driving the AMD Vitis Unified IDE
Introduces the terminology and features of the Vitis Unified IDE and talks about the basic behaviors required to drive the Vitis
Unified IDE to generate a C/C++ application. {Lecture, Lab}
▪ Debugging Using the AMD Vitis Unified IDE
Describes the basics of actually running the Vitis Unified IDE system debugger and illustrates the debugging process. {Lecture,
Lab}
Day 2
▪ Bare-metal Application Development
Covers the various software components, or layers, supplied by AMD that aid in the creation of low-level software. The basic baremetal application development flow is also discussed. {Lecture, Demo, Lab}
▪ FAT File System for Standalone
Introduces the FAT file system (FFS) from the Standalone/Baremetal library. The FFS provides drivers and utilities for effectively
converting a region of memory into a file system. {Lecture, Lab}
▪ Using Linker Scripts
Overview of the purpose and typical use of a linker script.{Lecture}
▪ Introduction to Interrupts
Introduces the concept of interrupts, basic terminology, and generic implementation. {Lecture}
▪ Software Interrupts: Writing
Describes many of the considerations that a software coder must take into account when supporting interrupts. {Lecture, Lab}
Day 3
Operating Systems: Introduction and Concepts
Introduces the concept of the operating system and provides a simplified view into the generic way that operating systems work.
{Lecture}
▪ Linux: A High-Level Introduction
Introduces the Linux operating system, a brief history, and how to use it. {Lecture}
▪ Linux Software Application Development
Highlights important parts of the underlying Linux system as it pertains to applications. {Lecture, Demo, Lab}
▪ Driving the PetaLinux Tool
Introduces the basic concepts required to build an application using the PetaLinux tool. {Lab}
▪ Booting Overview
Describes the main points to how booting a processor is handled for Zynq SoC devices and MicroBlaze processors. {Lecture, Lab}
▪ Software Profiling Overview
Introduces the purpose and techniques for profiling a user application. {Lecture, Demo, Lab}
▪ Understanding Device Drivers
Explains the concept of a device driver and how it is used by embedded systems. {Lecture}
▪ Custom Device Drivers
Describes how to successfully write a custom device driver. {Lecture}
▪ Debugging Using Cross-Triggering
Illustrates how hardware-software cross-triggering techniques can uncover issues. {Lecture, Lab}
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