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MicroZed Chronicles: Custom K26 Kria Board Design and Bring Up
One of the projects we’ve been working on recently is the development of a custom K26 carrier board. This project is interesting because...
Apr 24, 20245 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Alinx VD100
One of the nice things about writing this blog is that I get to take a look at many new FPGA and SoC boards. A few weeks ago, I received...
Apr 17, 20243 min read


MicroZed Chronicles : Alveo Edition High Speed Interfacing.
So far on this journey of exploring how we can use Alveo cards outside of the traditional flow we have examined creating the reference...
Apr 15, 20245 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Using Python to Extract ILA Data
As we look at how to debug our systems, one commonly used approach is to implement an ILA within the design for system observation in the...
Apr 10, 20244 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Linear Feedback Shift Register
As a follow on from last week, one of the techniques I like to use to stimulate or capture data in our FPGA designs is a Linear Feedback...
Apr 3, 20245 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Debugging with Analog Discovery & Python
One of the things I want to take a look at over the next few blogs is how we can use test equipment and ILAs in more advanced use cases...
Mar 27, 20244 min read


MicroZed Chronicles : Model Composer, AI Engines and Signal Processing.
Regular readers of this blog will know I am big fan of working with higher levels of abstract to develop our programmable logic designs....
Mar 25, 20245 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Alveo Edition PYNQ
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a big fan of PYNQ, it is one of the easiest to use frameworks, which opens up the...
Mar 22, 20243 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: TE0950, DDRMC and NoC
One of the pivotal architectural enhancements in the Versal family of devices was the introduction of the Network on Chip. Within the...
Mar 20, 20244 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: The CORDIC Algorithm
In last weeks blog, we looked at one of the most important algorithms ever developed: the FFT. In this week’s blog, we’ll be discussing...
Mar 13, 20246 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Alveo Edition OpenNIC
Over several weeks we have examined how we can use Alveo cards using a Vivado based design flow coupled with examining the XMDA drivers....
Mar 8, 20243 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: The Frequency Domain
Recently, I have posted a few blogs and projects which looked at signal processing or filters. I thought it would be a good idea to go...
Mar 6, 20248 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Spartan 7 and AXI over UART
One of the things I’ve been doing recently is working with the Leonidas development board which we developed back in 2023. This board...
Feb 28, 20243 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Alveo Edition SW Development
Having learned in our previous blog about how the Base Address Registers work for transfers in the Alveo system, we are now able to start...
Feb 23, 20244 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Ultra96V2 and BLDC Motor Control.
I recently ran a build along with Hackster.io where we walked through how to get a simple BLDC motor up and running using the Avnet...
Feb 21, 20244 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Versal Debug
A few weeks ago, we looked at how to create a simple Versal system targeting the Trenz TE0950 development board which used the NOC to...
Feb 14, 20243 min read


MicroZed Alveo Edition: Understanding Base Address Registers (BARs) for Alveo Application Development
In our previous blog post, we detailed the successful installation of the XDMA driver and its subsequent testing on the Alveo U55C CMS...
Feb 9, 20244 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: IP Integrator HDL
As we develop programmable logic-based solutions. We have two choices when doing this, either create a full IP XACT IP or just add the...
Feb 7, 20243 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: PetaLinux Auto Run at Start Up
There are many occasions when we want to automatically run an application directly following the boot of our embedded Linux solution....
Jan 31, 20244 min read


MicroZed Alveo Edition: Installing XDMA Drivers.
So far in this series, we have introduced the range of Alveo cards and created our first application, based on the standard card...
Jan 26, 20243 min read
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