Migrating to the Vitis Embedded Software Development IDE Workshop

Learn how to migrate your existing SDK projects to the new Xilinx Vitis platform.

This workshop demonstrates the tools and techniques required for software design and development using the Vitis™ unified software platform.

The emphasis of this course is on:

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

Release date

April 2020

Level

Embedded Software 3

Training duration

1 day

Price

USD 900 or 9 Training Credits

Course Part Number

EMBD VITIS

Who Should Attend?

Existing embedded developers using Xilinx SDK tools for software development

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)

Software Tools

Vitis unified software platform 2020.1

Hardware

Architecture: Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC
Demo board: Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC ZCU104 board*

Skills gained

After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:

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}
Profiling Overview - Introduces the purpose and techniques for profiling a user application. {Lecture, Lab}

Special Comments

*Demo board is optional for this course.

Please download the respective PDF of your course: *

Migrating_to_the_Vitis_Software_Development_IDE_Workshop_embd-vitis_2020-1_ilt_H.pdf

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