- Choose a platform:
- In the Vitis Model Composer Hub block, select the Hardware Selection tab.
- Click the button to the right of the Select Hardware field. See the
following figure for reference.
- Select the Platform tab in the Device Chooser.
- In the Platform drop-down menu, you can select a base
platform included in your Vitis installation, or select
Specify Platform and use the
Browse button to select a base
platform.
- Select the subsystem to validate on hardware,
then open the Validate on Hardware
tab.
- From here, choose between baremetal and Linux. For each selection, you can
choose between hardware or hardware emulation using the Target drop-down menu.
Note: Linux applications require further information (see the following figure). This is a one-time action. Use the following steps to obtain the necessary information.
- Click here to download the Versal common image. Unzip the download and specify the directory in the Common SW Dir field.
- Switch to bash shell and source sdk.sh in the common image directory. This prompts for a target directory path for the SDK. Extracting the SDK takes about ten minutes. Specify the SDK directory in the Target SDK Dir field.
- Click Validate.
Depending on your settings and the complexity of your design, hardware image generation can take up to one hour. Subsequent generation can be much faster if changes to the design do not cause a change in the PL. For example if you simply increase the simulation time in Simulink (to collect more data), change the data source, or make modifications to the AI Engine kernel, subsequent image generations are faster.