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Where are the Vivado I/O Planning Tools?
This post lists the answer to where the Vivado I/O Planning tools are. The I/O Planning option can be seen in both the Tools menu and the...

A Good Constraint Conversation
This Xilinx community forums link contains some good information on what's actually needed to constrain I/O (embedded in a conversation...

Bare-Metal Application Boot from Flash on the Xilinx Zynq-7000 of the ZC702
This post lists how to create a complete bare-metal application that boots from the Micron Quad SPI and what happens during boot. The...

Xilinx 2016.4 WebPACK Vivado and SDK Install on Windows 7 SP1
This post shows a WebPACK install of the 2016.4 release of Vivado and the SDK. It also lists the features and devices supported in...

Zynq-7000 Boot Process
This post lists the Zynq-7000 boot process as documented in the UltraFast Embedded Design Methodology Guide UG1046 (v2.3) April 20, 2018...

Launching Vivado from Windows and Linux
This post lists how to launch Vivado on Windows and Linux from icons and from the command line. This info is located in Vivado Design...

Detailed Info on How to Use the Vivado Design Suite is in UG892
This post lists the Table of Contents, excepts and links to docs and training from the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Design Flows...

Table of Contents and Doc Links from the Main 2018.2 Vivado Doc
This post lists the table of contents and the document links in the "Release Notes" doc listed at [link] a.k.a. the Vivado Design Suite...

PetaLinux Tools 2018.2 uses Yocto Rocko 2.4.1 / Doc Links
This post lists the links to the Rock 2.4.1 Yocto documents. Yocto Project Reference Manual for 2.4.1 at [link] Yocto Project Mega-Manual...

linux-xlnx won't build in devtool
This post is a summary of an error that I hit when trying to use devtool to rebuild the Linux kernel using PetaLinux 2018.2 from Xilinx:...


Build and Run Xilinx's Vector Addition (CL) OpenCL Example
This post shows all the steps to get, build and run the Vector Addition (CL) OpenCL example from Xilinx. Prerequisites Have a ZCU102...


Xilinx FPGA OpenCL Vector Addition WIP
Warning This post is a work in progress. Everything works until you see: !!!Problem!!! Using SDx 2018.2. Supported Boards This example...


Lab 1 SDSoC Build and Load
This post is my run through of SDSoC Lab 1 Tutorial at [link]. Prerequisites Install SDSoC on Linux using a free 60-day trial and launch...


Try SDSoC for Free on Linux
This post show you how to try SDSoC for free on Linux: install SDSoC 2018.2 on Ubuntu 16.04.3, get a free 60-day license and run SDSoC....

Access PetaLinux Tool Commands, Build Everything and Program U-Boot and the Linux Kernel
This post shows how to get access to PetaLinux Tools commands, build everything and program U-Boot and the Linux kernel onto the ZCU102....

Pictures of SW6 for every ZCU102 Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Boot Mode
This post shows pictures of setting SW6 on the ZCU102 to every boot mode that the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC supports. Files for post at...

Rebuild, Test and Save a Source Code Change to U-Boot in PetaLinux Tools 2018.2 Using devtool
This post shows a way to rebuild, test and save a source code change in U-Boot using PetaLinux Tools 2018.2 using devtool; Prerequisites...

Bug in petalinux-build -h and ug1144-petalinux-tools-reference-guide.pdf
This post lists a bug in the 2018.2 version of PetaLinux Tools petalinux-build and ug1144-petalinux-tools-reference-guide.pdf Instance 1...

Connecting Vivado to Digilent's USB-to-JTAG through VirtualBox
This post shows how to configure VirtualBox to allow Vivado and other Xilinx tools running on Ubuntu 16.04.3 in the VirtualBox managed...

Figure Out PetaLinux Yocto Version (PetaLinux <= 2019.2)
Note: This guide is for PetaLinux version 2019.2 and older. For PetaLinux version 2020.1 and newer, see this newer post. This post shows...

ZC702 BIST Switch and Jumper Setting
This post shows what each switch and jumper should be set to, to correctly run BIST on the ZC702. Default Switch Settings SW10 SW11 SW12...

ZCU102 Digilent USB-to-JTAG Module, Circuit, Pictures and Diagram
This post contains details about the ZCU102's USB-to-JTAG Digilent module, the circuit its used in, a picture of the components on the...

Diagram of the ZCU102 JTAG Chain
This post shows a block diagram of the Xilinx ZCU102 Evaluation Board's JTAG chain. Here is the JTAG chain on rev 1.0 and 1.1 of the...

0 KB ZCU102 Board and Gerber File Archives Sept 8th 2018
As of Sept 8th 2018 I'm seeing 0 length allegro (board) and gerber files at the links posted by Xilinx at [link]:...
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