Versal Embedded Design Tutorial

Please ensure that you have correctly installed the required tools and that your environment meets the requirements.

Hardware Requirements

This tutorial corresponds to the Versal ACAP VCK190 and VMK 180 evaluation boards. The examples in this tutorial have been tested using the VCK190 ES1 evaluation board. To use this tutorial, you will need the following hardware items, all of which are included with the evaluation board:

  1. VCK 190/VMK 180 ES1 evaluation board

  2. AC power adapter (12 VDC)

  3. USB Type-A to Micro USB cable (for UART communication)

  4. Micro USB cable for programming and debugging via USB-Micro JTAG connection

  5. SD-MMC flash card for booting Linux

  6. QSPI daughter card X_EBM-01 REV_A01

  7. OSPI daughter card X-EBM-03 REV_A02

Installation Requirements

Vitis Integrated Design Environment and Vivado Design Suite

Please ensure that you have installed the Vitis 2020.2 software development platform. The Vitis IDE is Xilinx’s unified tool that comes packaged with all hardware and software. When you install the Vitis IDE, you will automatically obtain the Vivado Design Suite and Vitis IDE. You do not need to make any other selections in the installer.

Note: Please visit https://china.xilinx.com/support/download.html to confirm that your tools are up to date.

For more information on installing the Vivado Design Suite, please refer to the “Vitis Unified Software Platform Documentation: Embedded Software Development” (UG1400).

PetaLinux Tools

Install the PetaLinux tools to run these tools in the Linux section of this tool. The PetaLinux tools run on a Linux host system, which can be any of the following versions:

Red Hat Enterprise Workstation/Server 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8 (64-bit)

CentOS Workstation/Server 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8 (64-bit)

Ubuntu Linux Workstation/Server 16.04.5, 16.04.6, 18.04.1, 18.04.02, 18.04.3, 18.04.4 (64-bit)

You can use a dedicated Linux host or a virtual machine running any of the above Linux operating systems on a Windows development platform.

When installing the PetaLinux tools on your chosen system, you must perform the following:

  • Download the PetaLinux 2020.2 software from the Xilinx website.

  • Download the corresponding BSP; for details, refer to the project example: Creating a Linux Image with PetaLinux.

  • Add common system packages and libraries to your workstation or virtual machine. For more information, refer to the “PetaLinux Tools Documentation: Reference Guide” (UG1144) under “Installation Requirements” and PetaLinux Release Notes: 2020.2.

Requirements

8 GB RAM (minimum recommended by Xilinx tools)

2 GHz CPU clock or equivalent frequency (at least 8 cores).

100 GB available HDD space

Extracting PetaLinux Packages

The PetaLinux tools use a direct installation method. The PetaLinux tools will be installed directly into the current working directory, with no additional options. Alternatively, you can specify the installation path.

For example, to install the PetaLinux tools to /opt/pkg/petalinux/, execute the following:

$ mkdir -p /opt/pkg/petalinux/$ ./petalinux-v-final-installer.run –dir /opt/pkg/petalinux/

Note: Do not change the installation directory permissions to CHMOD 775, as this will cause BitBake errors. This will install the PetaLinux tools into the /opt/pkg/petalinux/ directory.

For more information, please refer to the “PetaLinux Tools Documentation: Reference Guide” (UG1144).

Software License

Xilinx software uses FLEXnet licensing. When you first run the software, it will perform a license verification process. If the license verification does not find a valid license, the “License” Wizard will guide you through the process to obtain a license and ensure that the license is available for the installed tools. If you do not need the full version of the software, you can use an evaluation license. For installation instructions and information, please refer to the “Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing” (UG973).

Tutorial Design Files

  1. Download the reference design files from the Xilinx website.

  2. Extract the contents of the ZIP file to any location where you have write permissions.

To view the contents of the ZIP file, download the ZIP file and extract its contents to C:\edt. The design files include XSA files, source code, and pre-built images for all parts.

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