This course introduces the Versal™ ACAP architecture and design methodology. This is a one-day version of the Designing with the Versal ACAP: Architecture and Methodology OnDemand course available for purchase.
The lab instructions and lab files for this course are available for download here.
1 | Architecture and Overview Provides a high-level overview of the Versal architecture, illustrating the various engines available in the Versal architecture. |
2 | Design Tool Flow Maps the various engines in the Versal architecture to the tools required and describes how to target them for final image assembly. |
3 | Processing System Reviews the Cortex™-A72 processor APU and Cortex-R5 processor RPU that form the Scalar Engine. The platform management controller (PMC), processing system manager (PSM), I/O peripherals, and PS-PL interfaces are also covered. |
4 | NoC Introduction and Concepts Perform the "NoC Introduction and Concepts" lab after completing this module. |
5 | AI Engine Discusses the AI Engine array architecture, terminology, and AIE interfaces. |
6 | SelectIO Resources Describes the I/O bank, SelectIO™ interface, and I/O delay features. |
7 | System Simulation Perform the "System Simulation" lab after completing this module. |
8 | Application Partitioning Covers what application partitioning is and how the mapping of resources based on the models of computation can be performed. |