Entries by David Kirchner

WFP020 – Simulation

Let us talk about simulations and their benefits for your FPGA development projects.

Content of this Episode:
* Simulations in general
* Simulations in FPGA development
* Benefits for your FPGA development projects
* How to start with simulations
* What are the boundaries of simulation
* Simulate a hole design or only modules

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WFP019 – 2023 Review and Outlook

We are looking back on 2023 and then we try an outlook into 2024.

Content of this Episode:
* Happy New Year and all the best for 2024
* Review of 2023
* some private facts
* Business
* Outlook into 2024
* Business
* Private things
* Next webinar in February 2024

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WFP018 – Debugging an ARM

In addition to the last episode we will now have a look into the process of debugging an ARM core software.

Content of this Episode:
* Debugging an ARM (in a SoC)
* Use UART and printf
* Debug your bare metal application in Vitis
* Debug your Linux application in Vitis

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WFP017 – Debugging an FPGA

Let’s dive deeper into the debugging stuff. There are different ways of debugging an FPGA and the logic inside.

Content of this Episode:
* Debugging an FPGA
* Observe signal outputs
* Bring some internal signals to outer world
* Using a debug core
* Special case for ILA

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WFP016 – FPGA Conference 2023

It was time for a little trip again. This time I went to Munich to the three-day FPGA conference of PLC2 and the Vogel Verlag.

Content of this Episode
* 3 day FPGA Conference in Munich
* A little insight
* My attended lectures
* Sessions on the first day
* Linux Build Methodologies: PetaLinux vs. Yocto Flow
* Coverage (aka Requirement Coverage)
* Using property descriptions to formally verify FPGA design code
* Synthesizing a Vivado Project on GitLab-CI and Deploying to an FPGA Board
* Secure method of enabling multiple design in FPGA
* Constraining Multiple Clock Domains
* AMD-Xilinx: Dynamic Function Exchange with Device Tree Overlay
* GDBServer in Hardware for VexRiscv Processing Systems
* Next Generation of High-Speed Interfaces for Vision Applications
* Sessions on the second day
* Demystify a Vitis Embedded Acceleration Platform
* MicroBlaze – A most flexible processor for FPGAs and MPSoCs
* Self organizing administration tool to control FPGA designs
* Fundamentals of Timing Analysis and Why No FPGA Design Can Do Without It
* How to crash 100+ AWS FPGA instances and how to insert Trojans into bitstreams
* Demonstration Setup for HashCache
* Sessions on the third day
* Do FPGA designers and hardware designers need to talk? A practical approach to shortening the project timeline
* How your FPGA design decisions affect PCB board performance
* Agilex SoC Architecture
* Turning your FPGA into a fast multichannel ADC
* PCIe, MIPI CSI-2, HDMI and DDR memory across platforms from an Open Source perspective
* Constant On-Time (COT) Control for FPGA High-Current Power Supplies
* Hardware attacks on FPGA: An overview of threats and security mechanisms

Next FPGA conference is from July 2nd to 4th, 2024

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WFP015 – Bootloader

To start up a Xilinx Zynq SoC many steps are required. To get an overview we will talk today about bootloader.

Content of this Episode
* Stage-0 Boot (also known as BootROM)
* First Stage Bootloader (FSBL)
* Second Stage Bootloader
* Linux Kernel
* Init

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WFP Meetup 2023

Special Episode of the World of FPGA Podcast.

I want to make a meetup of members of my audience and this will happen in Munich while the FPGA Conference 2023.

On the 5th of July 2023 at 7:30 pm we can meet near to the conference hotel in a restaurant.

I will reserve some spots, so please send me an email if you want to participate: info@world-of-fpga.com

Important note: Everyone pay their own bill.

WFP014 – Debugging an SoC

Writing software and debugging go hand in hand while you develop a new system. Today we want to debug an SoC.

Content of this Episode
* How to debug an SoC
* Remember the workflow
* Now we can debug

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WFP013 – Embedded Systems

You can run different kinds of applications or operating systems on an SoC.
To get an overview we will dive into embedded systems with connection to FPGA SoC.

Content of this Episode
* FPGA development
* Petalinux
* Workflow
* Create and configure the system
* Using BitBake files to modify
* Booting a system
* Some additional ideas
* Access to PL

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WFP012 – Design workflow

To design an SoC is quite different from designing only a single device like a microcontroller, a processor or an FPGA. The high-level workflow is the topic of this episode.

Content of this Episode
* Workflow
* FPGA project
* Controller project
* Combination

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