Versal Table of Contents

This page lists all Versal-related articles on the Centennial Software Solutions website.

Posts which don’t have a link are coming soon.

• Versal product lineup & series overview

• Versal glossary: abbreviations, TLAs, and other terms

• Installing dev tools

  • Installing Vivado & Vitis in Ubuntu

  • Install Petalinux in Ubuntu

  • Set up LXC for Vitis, Vivado, and Petalinux development

  • Set up WSL for Vitis, Vivado, and Petalinux development

• Boot & security

  • Versal ACAP boot process and comparison to UltraScale+

  • Versal reliable boot features

  • Versal secure boot features

• Baremetal application build, emulate, and debug

  • Create a Versal PLM with Vitis

  • Create a Versal PSMFW with Vitis

  • Create a baremetal Hello World application for Versal ARM cores with Vitis

  • Debug a Versal baremetal ARM application in QEMU with Vitis

  • Debug a Versal baremetal ARM application(s) and/or PLM and/or PSMFW in QEMU with gdb

  • Debug a Versal baremetal ARM application(s) and/or PLM and/or PSMFW in QEMU with VS Code

• Linux

  • Create a Petalinux project for Versal and simulate it in QEMU

• AI

  • What is the Versal AI engine and how do you use it?

  • Versal AIE vs AIE-ML

  • Create a Versal AI kernel and simulating it in x86 sim

  • Create a Versal AI ADF graph and simulating it in x86 sim

  • Use aiesimulator to simulate a Versal AI kernel or ADF

• Miscellaneous

  • Versal GIC-500 / GICv3 is not fully backwards compatible with UltraScale+ GIC-400 / GICv2

Reference

Versal chip image from https://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/acap/versal-ai-core.html#video