This two-day course is structured to provide software developers with a catalog of OS implementation options, including hypervisors, various Linux implementations, booting and configuring a system, and power management for the Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC family.
Release Date
January 2018
Level
Embedded Software 3
Training Duration
2 days
Who Should Attend?
Software developers interested in understanding the OS and other capabilities of the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC device.
Prerequisites
General understanding of embedded and real-time operating systems
Familiarity with issues related to implementing a complex embedded system
Skills Gained
After completing this comprehensive training, you will know how to:
Distinguish between asymmetric multi-processing (AMP) and symmetric multi-processing (SMP) environments
Identify situations when the ARM® TrustZone technology and/or a hypervisor should be used
Effectively use power management strategies and leverage the capabilities of the platform management unit (PMU)
Define the boot sequences appropriate to the needs of the system
Define the underlying implementation of the application processing unit (APU) and real-time processing unit (RPU) to make best use of their capabilities
Course Outline
Day 1
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Application Processing Unit {Lecture, Demo}
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Real-Time Processing Unit {Lecture, Demo, Lab}
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC PMU Development and Debugging {Lecture, Lab}
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Power Management {Lecture, Demo}
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Boot and Configuration {Lecture, Lab}
Topic Descriptions
Day 1
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.
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Real-Time Processing Unit – Introduction to the various elements within the RPU and different modes of configuration.
ARM TrustZone Technology – Illustrates the use of the ARM® TrustZone technology.
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.
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC HW-SW Virtualization – Covers the hardware and software elements of virtualization. The lab demonstrates how hypervisors can be used.
Introduction to the Xen Hypervisor – Description of generic hypervisors and discussion of some of the details of implementing a hypervisor using Xen.
OpenAMP – Introduction to the concept of OpenAMP.
Symmetric Multi-Processing Linux – Discussion and examples showing how to configure Linux to manage multiple processors.
Day 2
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")
Open Source Library/PetaLinux Tools – Introduction to open-source Linux and the effort and risk-reducing PetaLinux tools.
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC FreeRTOS – Overview of FreeRTOS with examples of how it can be used.
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Software Stack – Introduction to what a software stack is and a number of stacks used with the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC.
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC PMU Development and Debugging – Investigation into the the tools and techniques for debugging a Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC device.
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Power Management – Overview of the PMU and the power-saving features of the device.
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Boot and Configuration – How to implement the embedded system, including the boot process and boot image creation.
