Path Programmable III Tool Installation Query - Minized Board

Hello!

I am interested to use the Minized board and looking at the training sessions, they're on Vivado 2021.1. Currently, I have 2020.1 version installed(both Vivado and Vitis) and would this be suitable enough to follow through all the training modules?

I had a quick look at the product page and do not see any new support additions as far as ZYNQ is concerned. But I am still doubtful about this and if anyone has tried it out or knows about this, please do suggest.

Thank you - good luck to all!

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manihatn over 1 year ago +2

Hi navadeepganeshu , I would suggest updating the tools to 2021.1 version if possible as the tutorials are based around it. Newer tools would actually have some improvements and bugfixes. I would suggest…

manihatn over 1 year ago

Hi navadeepganeshu , I would suggest updating the tools to 2021.1 version if possible as the tutorials are based around it. Newer tools would actually have some improvements and bugfixes. I would suggest you look at the release log of Vivado and Vitis for 2021.1 version to be confident that there is nothing changed from 2020.1 for zynq devices. From my experience with Zynq Ultrascale+ devices, the hw_handoff file system.bd inside <prj>/<prj>.gen/sources_1/bd/system/hw_handoff was changed to system.hwh (so hardware .xsa files might be affected when you do hw export) and the way you patch u-boot in petalinux also changed when transitioning from 2020.2 to 2021.2 tools. The changes might also apply to Zynq devices, but I haven't tested it. So it would make things easy for you when you start the training sessions with the officially supported tools .
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navadeepganeshu over 1 year ago in reply to manihatn

Well alright. That makes sense - I'll go with updating the tool.

Thanks manihatn
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abhishek2018 over 1 year ago in reply to navadeepganeshu
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rscasny over 1 year ago in reply to navadeepganeshu

I would update to the most current version. I believe the Minized training has been updated.

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saadtiwana_int over 1 year ago in reply to manihatn

I have the opposite situation. I currenty have Vitis/Vivado 2022.2 installed for some work. The Ultra96-v2 training is designed around 2021.2. Would my upgraded vesion work just fine with the trainings or would I need to downgrade to 2021.2?
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