System Design Flow on Zynq using Vivado

Skills Gained

After completing this workshop, you will be able to:

• Use AMD Design Constraints to communicate performance
• Rapidly architect an embedded system targeting the ARM processor of Zynq located on ZedBoard using Vivado and IP Integrator
• Extend the hardware system with AMD provided peripherals
• Create a custom peripheral and add it to the system
• Debug a design using Vivado hardware analyzer
• Use Vivado HLS to generate an IP-XACT compliant hardware accelerator

Course Overview

Day 1:

• 7-Series Architecture Overview
  
  
• Vivado Design Flow
  
  
• Lab 1: Creating an HDL Design
  • Use Vivado IDE to create a simple HDL design. Simulate the design using the XSIM HDL simulator available in Vivado design suite. Generate the bitstream and verify in hardware.
     
• AMD Design Constraints
  
  
• Lab 2: AMD Design Constraints
  • Create a project with I/O Planning type, enter pin locations, and export it to the rtl. Then create the timing constraints and perform the timing analysis.
     
• IP Integrator and Embedded System Design Flow
  
  
• Lab 3: Create a Processor System using IP Integrator
  • Create a simple ARM Cortex-A9 based processor design targeting the ZedBoard using IP Integrator.

Day 2:

• Embedded System Design with Custom IP
  
  
• Lab 4: Creating and Adding Your Own Custom IP
  • Use the Manage IP feature of Vivado to create a custom IP and extend the system with the custom peripheral. Write a basic C application to access the peripherals.
     
• System Debugging using Vivado Logic Analyzer and SDK
  
  
• Lab 5: Debugging using Vivado Logic Analyzer cores
  • Insert various Vivado Logic Analyzer cores to debug/analyze system behavior.
     
• Profiling and Performance Improvement
  
  
• Introduction to High-Level Synthesis with Vivado HLS
  
  
• Improving Performance and Resource Utilization
  
  
• Creating an Accelerator
  
  
• Lab 6: Creating a Processor System using Accelerator
  • Profile an application performing a function both in software and hardware. Create an accelerator in Vivado HLS. Use the generated accelerator to build a complete system.