Course Description

This course will provide a comprehensive coverage of both the hardware and software design of the Ultrascale+ MPSoC

Training Duration

Who Should Attend?

Hardware and software engineers interested in gaining an understanding of the Ultrascale+ MPSoC, peripherals, interfacing, tools, software configuration, and performance enhancements.

Prerequisites

Basic familiarity with embedded software development using C (to support testing of specific architectural elements)

Hardware

BLT employs the QEMU processor emulator to host this Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC device oriented course.

Skills Gained

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

• Employ MPSoC Peripherals, their features, and how they help both HW/SW users
• Understand MPSoC Plumbing: How to move data around peripherals and I/O
• Exploit MPSoC Processing Subsystems: ARM big.LITTLE CPUs for both application and real-time SW performance
• Build SW applications for big/little CPUs using common SW stacks for bare metal, RTOS, and Linux environments

Course Outline

Day 1

1. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Application Processing Unit
2. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC HW-SW Virtualization
3. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Real-Time Processing Unit
4. Introduction to QEMU
5. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Boot and Configuration
6. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC System Protection
7. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Clocks and Resets
8. Introduction to AXI
9. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC PMU Hardware Perspective
10. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Real-Time Processing Unit

Day2

1. ARM TrustZone Technology
2. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC HW-SW Virtualization
3. Introduction to the Xen Hypervisor (pairs with OpenAMP, but not SMP)
4. OpenAMP (pairs with the Xen Hypervisor, but not SMP)
5. Symmetric Multi-Processing Linux
6. Yocto and PetaLinux
7. Open Source Library/PetaLinux Tools
8. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC FreeRTOS
9. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Software Stack

Day3

1. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC PMU Development and Debugging
2. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Power Management
3. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Boot and Configuration
4. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Application Processing Unit - Introduction to the members of the APU, specifically the Cortex™-A53 processor and how the cluster is configured and managed.
5. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Real-Time Processing Unit - Introduction to the various elements within the RPU and different modes of configuration.
6. ARM TrustZone Technology - Illustrates the use of the ARM® TrustZone technology.
7. Introduction to QEMU - Introduction to the Quick Emulator, which is the tool used to run software for the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC device when hardware is not available.
8. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC HW-SW Virtualization - Covers the hardware and software elements of virtualization. The lab demonstrates how hypervisors can be used.
9. Introduction to the Xen Hypervisor - Description of generic hypervisors and discussion of some of the details of implementing a hypervisor using Xen.

Day4

1. OpenAMP - Introduction to the concept of OpenAMP.
2. Symmetric Multi-Processing Linux - Discussion and examples showing how to configure Linux to manage multiple processors.
3. Yocto and PetaLinux - Compares and contrasts the kernel building methods between a "pure" Yocto build and the PetaLinux build (which uses Yocto "under-the-hood")
4. Open Source Library/PetaLinux Tools - Introduction to open-source Linux and the effort and risk-reducing PetaLinux tools.
5. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC FreeRTOS - Overview of FreeRTOS with examples of how it can be used.
6. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Software Stack - Introduction to what a software stack is and a number of stacks used with the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC.
7. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC PMU Development and Debugging - Investigation into the the tools and techniques for debugging a Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC device.
8. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Power Management - Overview of the PMU and the power-saving features of the device.
9. Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Boot and Configuration - How to implement the embedded system, including the boot process and boot image creation.

Scheduled Classes

Education Investment Options

• To qualify for the Advanced Registration Price,
  full payment must be received 21 days prior to the first day of class.
• Basic follow-on coaching includes 2 hours (max 2 calls)
• Comprehensive follow-on coaching includes 10 hours (max 5 calls).
• Follow-on Coaching must be purchased at time of registration.