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With the release of the 2020.x tool chains, PetaLinux was updated to support Distro Boot. If you are not familiar with Distro Boot, its...

A few weeks ago, Xilinx released Vitis AI 1.4. This was around the same time I was working on a project with the Kria SOM for a client on...

Over the years, several blogs and projects have leveraged the Vivado and Vitis ability to generate example projects. One of the most...

The first-ever MPSoC I received to work and create blogs with was an engineering sample of the UltraZed-EG in red. It worked well, but...

If I’m being honest, my university classes on control engineering were not my favorite. However, working as an engineer – and especially...

Back on the 29th September 2013, I sat down and wrote what would become the first blog in this series. It was a simple look at how to...

Last week we examined several techniques for generating non-integer clock divisions in our FPGA if no PLL was available or we couldn’t...

Modern FPGA devices really spoil us. They include PLLs, DCM, DSP etc. and a range of interfaces that significantly ease our developments....

Over the last two months, I have had several clients approach me for help regarding DDR3 / DDR3L interfaces that they have connected to...

As a consultant, correctly estimating the time it will take to develop an FPGA or module can mean the difference between making a profit...

One aspect of FPGA design that we haven’t really examined is multi-gigabit transceivers (MGT). These transceivers are available in many...

One of the big advantages of the Kria SoM is the ease with which new applications can be created, either around the existing applications...

One of the most common requests I get via my consultancy is about the RFSoC and how its capabilities can be leveraged. If you haven’t...

A couple of weeks ago I was working to bring up the sensors connected to the I2C and SPI interfaces on the custom SensorsThink Smart...

I use PYNQ a lot and one of the things I have been meaning to blog about is how it interacts with hardware. Whether it’s a custom overlay...

First look at the Xilinx Kria SoM portfolio, including features and pricing. Watch my exclusive interview with Xilinx on the new products.

I recently hosted two webinars for Crowd Supply on how to create a fun, breakout Pong-type game on the Basys3 board. The class was not...

The sensors on the smart sensor IoT development board are connected to the programmable logic element of the Zynq-7020 device that is...

The smart sensor IOT board we developed contains several interfaces that really require the use of an operating system to get them up...

With the Vivado application completed, we can export the XSA with the BIT file into a Vitis project.