Creating the HLS Component - 2023.2 English

Use the File > New Component > HLS to create a new HLS component. This opens the Create HLS Component wizard to the Name and Location page.

1. For the Component name field specify vadd

2. For the Component location specify the workspace which is the default value

3. Click Next to open the Configuration File page

The Configuration File lets you specify commands for building and running the HLS component as described in HLS Config File Commands. You can specify a new empty file, an existing config file, or generate a config file from an existing HLS project as described in Creating an HLS Component.

1. Select Empty File and click Next.

This opens the Source Files page.

1. Select the Add Files icon to open a file browser, navigate to <tutorial_path>/Getting_Started/Vitis/example/src/vadd.cpp and select Open to add the file.

After adding the file you can see fields for adding CFLAGS and CSIMFLAGS for all source files, or specific to each file. Add these to your design if needed.

1. Under the Top Function browse and select the vadd function and click OK.

TIP: There are no Test bench files for the vadd kernel, but you will test the kernel later using the software emulation flow of the System project.

1. Click Next to open the the Select Part page.

2. Set the radio button to Platform, select the xilinx_zcu102_base_202320_1 platform and click Next to open the Settings page.

3. On the Settings page specify 8ns for the clock, and 12% for the clock_uncertainty to override the default values.

4. For flow_target select the Vitis Kernel Flow

5. For package.output.format specify Generate a Vitis XO to create .xo output`.

The default clock uncertainty, when it is not specified, is 27% of the clock period. For more information, refer to Specifying the Clock Frequency

1. Click Next to open the Summary page. Review the Summary page and click Finish to create the defined HLS component.

The HLS component is created and opened as shown in the figure below.

In the Vitis Components Explorer you can see the vadd component created, with the vitis-comp.json file opened in the center editor. You can see the hls-config.cfg file which is where the build directives will be placed to control the simulation and synthesis process.

The Flow Navigator displays the vadd component as the active component, and shows the flow for designing the HLS component including C Simulation, C Synthesis, C/RTL Co-simuation, and Implementation.

One advantage of the unified Vitis IDE is the ability to work from the bottom-up, building your HLS or AIE components and then integrating them into a higher-level system project.