System on Programmable Chip

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System on Programmable Chip
ECE 652 Spring 06

• Using Xilinx EDK and the XUP-V2P Development
  System

Karthikeyan Subramanian
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering University of Tennessee,
Knoxville
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XUP V2P Development System
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Components of the Xilinx EDK toolset

• Xilinx Platform Studio ( XPS )
• - Integrated Environment for
  hardware and software specification flow for an
  embedded system.
• Base System Builder
• - Build a system targeted to a
  specific board.
• Create/Import IP Wizards
• - Create or Import user specified
  peripherals
• Platform Generator
• - Uses an MHS file to create an
  implementation netlist of a bus-based subsystem

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Components of the Xilinx EDK toolset

• Simulation Model Generator
• Uses the MHS file to generate a simulation
  environment with simulation models, scripts and
  HDL wrappers.
• Library Generator
• Uses the MHS and MSS files, software libraries
  and source files to create an executable image
• GNU Compiler Tools
• Compiler tools for the code on PowerPC
  and Microblaze systems.

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Tool Architecture
? Multiple tools based on a common framework.
Tools are required to manage the
? Hardware Component
? Software Component
? Verification/Simulation Component
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Typical Embedded System Design

• Hardware platform creation
• 2. Verification of h/w platform by simulation
• 3. Software platform
• 4. Software application
• 5. Verification of software by debugging

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Hardware Platform creation
? Uses Base System Builder Wizard

• MHS file Microprocessor Hardware Specification
  defines system arch, peripherals etc

• ? PlatGen generates h/w platform using MHS file .
  Result Netlist in standard formats, support
  files for downstream tools, HDL wrappers

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Verification Platform Creation

• Simgen processes MHS file to create simulation
  files
• ? Also generates command files for standard
  simulators ( that are supported by the tool )

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Software Platform Creation

• Software Platform defined by MSS file
• MSS Microprocessor Software Specification
• MSS file defines driver and library parameters
  for peripherals, i/o devices etc

? Libgen ( Library Generator ) uses MSS file to
customize drivers, libraries and interrupt
handlers.
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Software app and verification

• s/w Application The code that runs on the
  platform.
• Written in C / C /Assembly Language

? GNU Compilers for PowerPC and MicroBlaze or any
compiler that supports these processors are used
? XMD ( Xilinx Microprocessor Debugger ) works
with GNU Debugger to debug.
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EDK Flow
Taken from XUP-V2P Tutorial - Chin-Heong Khor ,
Project in Lieu of Thesis, University of Tennessee
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Homework for 652

• To be able to run through the flow for a simple
  example and implement it on the V2P board
• To be able to take any application and port it to
  the V2P board with suitable options/customizations
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Available Resources

• XUP-V2P Tutorial by Chen-Heong Khor, Project in
  lieu of thesis.
• Material from the Xilinx Workshop in Fall 05 at
  UT.

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Reference

• Xilinx University Program Workshop at University
  of Tennessee, Knoxville http//vlsi1.engr.utk.edu/
  ece/bouldin_courses/private_html/xup.html (
  Restricted Website )
• XUP-V2P Tutorial , Chin-Heong Khor , Project in
  Lieu of Thesis, University of Tennessee,
  Knoxville
• Xilinx webpage for EDK support http//www.xilinx.c
  om/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm