Designing with the Versal ACAP: Power and Board Design

 Course Description

This course provides a system-level understanding of power and thermal issues related to designing with the Versal™ ACAP.

The emphasis of this course is on:

• Estimating power using power analysis
• Managing thermal design
• Understanding Versal device packaging
• Using the Versal PCB Schematic Checklist for accelerating PCB design

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

• Design an efficient power distribution network for a Versal ACAP design
• Leverage the Vivado Design Suite XPE tool for power estimation
• Dynamically manage power consumption

Course Outline

Day 1

• Versal ACAP Architecture Overview for Existing Xilinx Users

Introduces to students that already have familiarity with Xilinx architectures the new and updated features found in the Versal ACAP devices. {Lecture}

• Power and Thermal Solutions Overview

Introduces key power and thermal concepts and explores some of capabilities of the Versal ACAP devices and introduces the power distribution network flow. {Lecture, Lab, Demo}

• Packaging and Power Integrity

Describes key elements when modeling a PDN and dives deeper into packaging considerations. {Lecture}

• Power Management

Discusses power domains and how they can be controlled along with basic techniques used to lower overall power consumption. {Lecture}

• Power Supply Backgrounder

Reviews linear and switching power supplies and common terms used to specify power supply characteristics. {Lecture}

• Designing the Power Supply

Consolidates the thermal management concepts of the course for achieving a successful design. {Lecture}

• PCB Design Verification – Versal ACAP Schematic Checklist

Reviews PCB design verification using the Schematic Checklist. {Lecture, Lab}