Vitis for Versal ACAP Workshop - 2021.1

 Workshop Description

This workshop demonstrates how Vitis is used to program all the features of the Versal ACAP platform.   That includes the high performance Scalar Engines ( Arm A72 and R5F), the traditional FPGA Programmable Logic (via HLS) and the AI Engines ( via the dedicated AI Engine compiler).   Vitis supports the development and verification of each functional sub-section, and then necessary system level integration and debug.  

The emphasis of this course is on:

• Creating Hardware Acceleration Kernels within Vitis (HLS)
• Reviewing the basics of using the Vitis platform
• Coding applications for A72 and R5F processor cores
• Developing hardware kernels that target the AI Engines

Workshop Outline

• Vitis Project structure / Designer Productivity  
• Using Vitis for Hardware Acceleration 
• Overview of Embedded Software Development
• 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}

• 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}

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}