For each module of this tutorial, Vitis can be run via the GUI or at the command line (more efficient in the context of this tutorial):
Click to expand! (Vitis GUI instructions)
Using Vitis via the GUI
TIP: when following the links below, use right-click “open in another tab” to avoid losing the context for these instructions…
Open a terminal
Setup and launch Vitis
“File” menu -> “Import…” (image)
Accept the default of the Vitis project exported zip file and click “Next” (image)
Click “Browse” on the next window and navigate to the ./docs/module1_baseline/project directory (image)
Select the vitis_export_archive.ide.zip and click “Okay” (image)
Next window click “Finish” (image)
Setting up the Platform
On the center window pane, click on the triple dot icon
[…]right after the platform link (image)Navigate to specify the platform accessible from your system
Building and Emulating the Design
Notice the “Assistant” window pane with its 3 main flow steps
Emulation-SW: to validate the design at the functional levelEmulation-HW: compile the kernel into a cycle accurate representation to better gauge metricsHardware: to launch the full compilation and generate a bitstream
Run the software emulation (takes a couple of minutes)…
Run the hardware emulation (takes between 10 to 20 minutes)
Once hardware emulation has completed, go to the Vitis Analyzer section below…
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