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Getting up and running with the K24 SoM
Readers of the blog will know I am a huge advocate of System on Modules (SoM) like the K26, MicroZed, PicoZed, UltraZed and of course the...
Jan 24, 20244 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Creating a Versal AI Edge Design
A couple of weeks ago we looked at the Trenz TE0950 development board which contains a Versal AI Edge XCVE2302 device in ES1. This means...
Jan 17, 20244 min read


MicroZed Alveo Edition: Creating a base design.
When we develop an Alveo solution using the Vivado flow, unlike with Vitis flow we do not get a dynamic and static element. Instead we...
Jan 15, 20244 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Getting started with FPGAs
One of the questions people often ask me is how to get started on the journey of learning about FPGAs. Of course, everyone’s journey is...
Jan 10, 20243 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Versal AI Edge and TE0950
In the 2024 MicroZed Chronicles, we are going to examine Versal in depth with a particular focus on the AI Edge series. We’ve looked at...
Jan 3, 20244 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Consulting Advice – IT Infrastructure/Tools Etc.
Over the last few months, I have written several blogs which examine the key aspects of setting up and running your own...
Dec 27, 20234 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: ePaper Testing and Integration
In our last blog we discussed an E Ink / ePaper driver that I had designed. Today we are going to discuss how to integrate it with a Zynq...
Dec 20, 20234 min read


MicroZed Alveo Edition: Selecting the right Alveo Card
One of the biggest challenges you might face if you want to start working with Alveo either on premises or in the cloud is to identify...
Dec 15, 20234 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: ePaper Interface
The great thing about FPGAs is that they allow us to create very efficient interfaces for a range of applications. I recently came across...
Dec 13, 20234 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Five FPGA Design Techniques
Developing FPGA solutions can be a challenge and as a consultant, I often see designs which are facing difficulties late in the...
Dec 6, 20235 min read


MicroZed Alveo Edition: Introduction
I remember being sat in the crowd at Xilinx Developer Forum 2018 (XDF18) when Xilinx CEO, Victor Peng announced upcoming Alveo PCIe based...
Dec 1, 20234 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Leonidas Board
Learning how to develop FPGAs and embedded systems can be a challenge so I like to think that this blog has provided significant support...
Nov 29, 20234 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: PREEMPT_RT PetaLinux
We’ve looked at using PetaLinux on our SoCs and MicroBlaze several times throughout our journey. Embedded Linux, however, does not always...
Nov 22, 20234 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Vivado Board Definitions
We will be releasing a new open source development board in a few weeks and will eventually be offering a free training course for it,...
Nov 15, 20235 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Introducing Vitis Unified IDE
If you’ve been working with Vitis 2023.1, you’ll already be aware that a new Vitis Unified Integrated Design Environment (IDE) was...
Nov 1, 20236 min read


MicroZed Chronicles : Hackster Projects
Over the last five years, I have been writing some very in-depth projects on Hackster in addition to my weekly blogs. These projects have...
Oct 25, 20234 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: 7 Series Bit Stream Encryption
After what may seem like ages on many projects, our FPGA designs are ready to be deployed in the field. Of course, by this time, our...
Oct 18, 20234 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Five key considerations when growing your business
A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog about the lessons I have learned setting up my own engineering business. This original blog...
Oct 11, 20235 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC PMU Fault Handling
We’ve looked at the platform management unit (PMU) on the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC several times before and especially for inter-process...
Oct 4, 20234 min read


MicroZed Chronicles: Outputting Clocks
We all know that if we want to get the best performance, we should place input clocks to our FPGAs on clock capable or dedicated clock...
Sep 27, 20233 min read
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