Migrating to the Vitis Embedded Software Development IDE Workshop

• Reviewing the basics of using the Vitis platform
• Migrating existing SDK projects to the Vitis platform
• Developing software applications using the Vitis platform

Who Should Attend?

Prerequisites

• C or C++ programming experience, including general debugging techniques
• Conceptual understanding of embedded processing systems as it relates to the Xilinx ecosystem (specifically writing and modifying scripts, user applications, and boot loader operation)

Skills gained

• Develop and deploy an application on a Xilinx embedded system using the Vitis unified software platform
• Migrate an existing SDK project to the Vitis platform

Course Outline

• Overview of Embedded Software Development - Overview of the process for building a user application. {Lecture}
• 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}
• Migrating from SDK to the Vitis Platform - Overview of migrating existing Xilinx SDK projects to Vitis software development projects {Lecture, Demo}
• 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. Also the basic services (libraries) available. {Lecture, Lab}
• Linux Software Application Development Overview - Highlights important parts of the underlying Linux system as it pertains to applications. {Lecture, Lab}
• Building a Linux Application in the Vitis IDE - Reviews the use of the Vitis tool for Linux software development. {Lecture}
• System Debugger - Describes the basics of actually running a debugger and illustrates the most commonly used debugging commands. {Lecture, Lab}
• Software Profiling Overview - Introduces the purpose and techniques for profiling a user application. {Lecture, Lab}