Navigating Content by Design Process¶

AMD documentation is organized around a set of standard design processes to help you find relevant content for your current development task. This document covers the following design processes:

• System and Solution Planning: Identifying the components, performance, I/O, and data transfer requirements at a system level. Includes application mapping for the solution to PS, PL, and AI Engine.

  • NoC (and DDR) IP Core Configuration

  • System Design Example using Scalar Engine and Adaptable Engine

• Embedded Software Development: Creating the software platform from the hardware platform and developing the application code using the embedded CPU. Also covers XRT and Graph APIs.

  • Running a Bare-Metal Hello World Application

  • Running Applications in the JTAG Mode using the System Debugger in the Vitis Software Platform

  • Running a Bare-Metal Hello World Application on DDR Memory

• Hardware, IP, and Platform Development: Creating the PL IP blocks for the hardware platform, creating PL kernels, subsystem functional simulation, and evaluating the AMD Vivado™ timing, resource use, and power closure. Also involves developing the hardware platform for system integration. Topics in this document that apply to this design process include:

  • Versal CIPS and NoC (DDR) IP Core Configuration

  • NoC (and DDR) IP Core Configuration

  • Design Example: Using AXI GPIO

• System Integration and Validation: Integrating and validating the system functional performance, including timing, resource use, and power closure. Topics in this document that apply to this design process include:

  • Boot and Configuration

  • Example Project: FreeRTOS AXI UARTLITE Application Project with RPU

  • Example Project: Creating Linux Images Using PetaLinux

Hardware Requirements¶

This tutorial targets the AMD Versal™ VCK190, VMK180, and VPK180 evaluation boards. To use this guide, you need the following hardware items. These are included with the evaluation board. Ensure that the required tools are installed properly and your environments match the requirements.

The evaluation board kit includes:

• VCK190/VMK180/VPK180 Production board

• AC power adapter (12 VDC)

• USB Type-A to USB Micro cable (for UART communications)

• USB Micro cable for programming and debugging via USB-Micro JTAG connection

• SD-MMC flash card for Linux booting

Installation Requirements¶

Prerequisites¶

• 8 GB RAM (recommended minimum for AMD tools)

• 2 GHz CPU clock or equivalent (minimum of eight cores)

• 100 GB free HDD space

$ mkdir -p /opt/pkg/petalinux/<petalinux-version>
$ ./petalinux-v<petalinux-version>-final-installer.run --dir /opt/pkg/petalinux/<petalinux-version>

Software Licensing¶

AMD software uses FLEXnet licensing. When the software is first run, it performs a license verification process. If the license verification does not find a valid license, the license wizard guides you through the process of obtaining a license and ensuring that the license can be used with the tools installed. If you do not need the full version of the software, you can use an evaluation license. For installation instructions and information, see the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing (UG973).

Tutorial Design Files¶

The reference design files for Production Silicon are provided in the ref_files directory.