SW Lab 6 - Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Boot Process
SW lab 6 & 7 are about the boot process for Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC devices. It is the most complicated boot process I have encountered so far. The following two screenshots show the complete boot flow including both secure and non-secure boot. Both labs only involves non-secure boot. Maybe later when I get some time, I'll try secure boot option (usually we need to separately request device's security reference manual from its vendor).
One thing worth to mention when create SD boot image is the list sequence of included input files:
1. FSBL
2. PMU Firmware
3. Hardware Bitstream
4. Application Software
SW Lab 7 - The Release Version of Test_Peripheral Application Doesn't Work.
Please see my other blog about this problem - Do Not Hide the Problem - A Correct SW Lab 7 Solution.
SW Lab 8 - Import & Export SDK Workspace Content
SW Lab 8 is about import and export the content in a SDK workspace. Anyone familiar with Eclipse import & export should be able to complete this lab even without reading the detailed instructions.
SW Lab 9 - LED Light Control
SW Lab 9 application code is very similar to HW Lab 8, please see my blog HW Lab 8 - Walk Around without Mezzanine Board.
SW Lab 10 - File System Library
In SW Lab 10, we create a new BSP which includes a file system library called xilffs. Based on the library's API names, it looks like xilffs is a variant of FatFs. If you have worked on embedded file system before, you may be already familiar with FatFs. As usual, the lab instruction is very detailed and one should have no issue to follow it. The lab reads values from system monitor channels and write them to an excel file on SD card.
SW Lab 11 - Access SPI Device
In SW Lab 10, we will create an application accessing SPI devices. The lab instruction will guide you to set up a project accessing LMS6DSL 6 degrees of freedom sensor through a Click Mezzanine board. Since I don't have that sensor, I will create a project accessing a SPI DataFlash device after I receive the Click Mezzanine board.