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Embedded Systems Software Design

Embedded systems software training showing you how to use Xilinx SDK for software design & development for Zynq SoC devices.

This course introduces the concepts, tools, and techniques required for software design and development for the Zynq® System on a Chip (SoC) and Zynq UltraScale+™ MPSoC using the Vitis™ unified software platform.

The focus is on:
  • Reviewing the basics of Vitis tool use
  • Customizing board support packages (BSPs) for resource access and management of the Xilinx Standalone library
  • Utilizing device drivers effectively
  • Developing software applications for the ARM® Cortex™-A9 processors
  • Debugging and integrating user applications
  • Employing best practices to enable good design decisions

Release date

May 2015

Level

Embedded Software 3

Training duration

2 days

Price

USD 1600 or 16 Training Credits

Course Part Number

EMBD-SW

Who Should Attend?

Software design engineers interested in system design and implementation and software application development and debugging using the Xilinx Standalone library.

Prerequisites

  • C or C++ programming experience, including general debugging techniques
  • Conceptual understanding of embedded processing systems including device drivers, interrupt routines, writing / modifying scripts, user applications, and boot loader operation.

Software Tools

  • Vitis unified software platform 2020.1
  • Vivado Design or System Edition 2020.1

Hardware

  • Architectures: Zynq-7000 SoC (Cortex-A9 processor), and Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC (Cortex-A53 and Cortex-R5 processor)
  • Demo board: Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC ZCU104 board (optional)

Skills gained

After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:
  • Implement an effective software design environment for a Xilinx embedded system using the Xilinx software development tools
  • Write a basic user application (under Standalone or Linux) using the Vitis unified software platform and run it on an embedded system
  • Use Xilinx debugger tools to troubleshoot user applications
  • Apply software techniques to improve operability
  • Maintain and update software projects with changing hardware

Course Outline

  • Overview of Embedded Software Development - Overview of the process for building a user application. {Lecture}
  • Embedded UltraFast Design Methodology - Outlines the different elements that comprise the Embedded Design Methodology. {Lecture, Demo}
  • Zynq-7000 SoC Architecture Overview - Overview of the Zynq-7000 SoC architecture. {Lecture, Lab, Demo}
  • Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Architecture Overview - Overview of the Zynq UltraScale+™ MPSoC architecture {Lecture, Lab, Demo}
  • Driving the Vitis Software Development Tool - Introduces the basic behaviors required to drive the Vitis tool to generate a debuggable C/C++ application. {Lecture, Lab, Demo}
  • System Debugger - Describes the basics of actually running a debugger and illustrates the most commonly used debugging commands. {Lecture, Lab}
  • Standalone Software Platform Development and Coding Support - Covers the various software components, or layers, supplied by Xilinx that aid in the creation of low-level software and includes a discussion on drivers, domains, operating systems, and libraries. Also covers the basic services (libraries) available when coding in the Standalone environment. {Lecture, Lab, Demo}
  • FAT File System for Standalone - Introduces the FAT file system (FFS) from the Standalone/Bare-metal library. The FFS provides drivers and utilities for effectively converting a region of memory into a file system {Lecture, Lab}
  • Using Linker Scripts - Overview of the purpose and typical use of a linker script. {Lecture, Lab}
  • Migrating from SDK to the Vitis Platform - Overview of migrating existing Xilinx SDK projects to Vitis software development projects. {Lecture, Demo}
  • Introduction to Interrupts - Introduces the concept of interrupts, basic terminology, and generic implementation. {Lecture}
  • Software Interrupts: Writing - Describes many of the considerations that a software coder must take into account when supporting interrupts. {Lecture, Lab}
  • Operating Systems: Introduction and Concepts - Introduces the concept of the operating system and provides a simplified view into the generic way that operating systems work. {Lecture}
  • Linux: A High-Level Introduction - Introduces the Linux operating system, a brief history, and how to use it. {Lecture}
  • Linux Software Application Development Overview - Highlights important parts of the underlying Linux system as it pertains to applications. {Lecture, Lab, Demo}
  • Driving the PetaLinux Tool - Introduces the basic concepts required to build an application using the PetaLinux tool. {Lab}
  • Building a Linux Application in the Vitis IDE - Provides an introduction to using the Xilinx Vitis IDE tool for Linux software development. {Lecture, Demo}
  • Booting Overview - Describes the main points to how booting a processor is handled for Zynq SoC devices and MicroBlaze processors. {Lecture, Lab}
  • Software Profiling Overview - Introduces the purpose and techniques for profiling a user application {Lecture, Lab, Demo}
  • Understanding Device Drivers - Explains the concept of a device driver and how it is used by embedded systems. {Lecture, Demo}
  • Custom Device Drivers - Describes how to successfully write a custom device driver. {Lecture, Lab}

Special Comments

Please download the respective PDF of your course: *

  • Embedded_Systems_Software_Design_embd-sw_2020-1_ilt_H.pdf

* The course version can be found in the training registration form
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