To build the project for hardware emulation confirm that the target option
of the V++ link command is target=hw_emu. Next, the v++
--package command generates the launch_hw_emu.sh script as part of the process for packaging the
system. This script launches the emulation environment for the AI Engine application for test and debug purposes.
Hardware emulation runs the AI Engine simulator
for the graph application, runs the Vivado
logic simulator for the PL kernels, and runs QEMU for the PS host application.
Use the following command to launch hardware emulation from the command line.
./launch_hw_emu.sh --graphic-xsim--graphic-xsim switch is optional and launches the
Vivado logic simulator window where you
can specify what signals from the design you want to view. It does not include
internal AI Engine signals. Here, you must
click the Run All button in the window to
continue execution.The launch_hw_emu.sh script launches QEMU in system mode, and loads and runs the AI Engine application, running the PL kernels in the Vivado simulator. If the emulation flow completes successfully, at the end of the emulation you should see something like the following:
[LAUNCH_EMULATOR] INFO: 09:44:09 : PS-QEMU exited
[LAUNCH_EMULATOR] INFO: 09:44:09 : PMU/PMC-QEMU exited
[LAUNCH_EMULATOR] INFO: 09:44:09 : Simulation exited
pmu_path /scratch/aie_test1/hw_emu_pmu.log
pl-sim_dir /scratch/aie_test1/sim/behav_waveform/xsim
Please refer PS /simulate logs at /scratch/aie_test1 for more details.
DONE!
INFO: Emulation ran successfullyWhen launching hardware emulation, you can specify options for the
AI Engine simulator that runs the graph
application. The options can be specified from the launch_hw_emu.sh script using the -aie-sim-options as described in Reusing AI Engine Simulator Options.
When the emulation is fully booted and the Linux prompt is up, make sure to set the following environment variables in the QEMU environment.
export XILINX_XRT=/usr
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/mnt/sd*1:
export XCL_EMULATION_MODE=hw_emuThis ensures that the host application works. Note that this also must be done when running on hardware.