HDL to AIE - 2022.1 English - UG1483

Vitis Model Composer User Guide (UG1483)
Document ID
UG1483
Release Date
2022-05-26
Version
2022.1 English
This block is used to connect the HDL domain to the AI Engine domain using the AXI4-Stream protocol.

Library

Utilities/Connectors

Description

This block provides an interface between the HDL and AI Engine blocks.
  • Input to the HDL to AIE block is tdata which is the primary input for the data. The tvalid signal indicates that the producer has valid data.
  • Output from the HDL to AIE block is a variable size signal (data) to AI Engine blocks along with the tready signal which indicates that the HDL to AIE block can accept a transfer. A transfer takes place when both tvalid and tready are set to TRUE(1).

Topology

The following figure depicts the connection between the HDL to AI Engine domains using the HDL to AIE block.
Note: The bitwidth of the tdata input signal to the HDL to AIE block must match the PLIO bitwidth.
Figure 1. HDL to AI Engine domains using the HDL to AIE block

Parameters

Output Data Type
The following table shows the Output data types that are supported by the HDL to AIE blocks and the corresponding input data type to the block.
Output Data Type Input to HDL to AIE block
int8 uint32, ufix64, ufix128
uint8 uint32, ufix64, ufix128
int16 uint32, ufix64, ufix128
uint16 uint32, ufix64, ufix128
cint16 uint32, ufix64, ufix128
int32 int32, ufix64, ufix128
uint32 uint32, ufix64, ufix128
cint32 ufix64, ufix128
int64 sfix64
uint64 ufix64, ufix128
float uint32, ufix64, ufix128
float(c) ufix64, ufix128
Output Sample Time
Set the Output Sample Time to:

Note: For more information on setting this block and examples, refer to GitHub.
Samples per output frame
This determines the number of samples to be queued in the buffer before the block updates the frame. The size of the output frame should generally match the input size of the consuming AI Engine block.