Use both Cores

Question

Basically I bought the MicroZed because I thought it would be a good environment to some real time ASM development. I have been searching for a couple of days now trying to figure out how to build a bit stream with both cores available. I understand it isn't easy, between searches I have been trying to get a version to synthesize and have failed.

I know I am missing something, probably way more then I understand about the MicroZed. There are downloadable bit streams for other boards but nothing for the MicroZed. I can't really use a downloadable bit file anyway because I need to use the fpga.

Where does one look to figure this out?

Former Member · Accepted Answer

You are going to have to give us a little more information on what you are trying to accomplish. You should also detail your development environment: Vivado tool version, host pc OS, links to the reference designs you want to use, etc.

If I do understand you want to use both ARM cores. They are always there and can be used regardless of the bitstream. Do you want to run 'bare metal' applications on each core, an OS on one and 'bare metal' on the other, or an OS on both cores. Most Linux implementations take advantage of both cores already. If you want a quick primer on using both ARM cores you might want to take a look at Adam Taylor's MicroZed Chronicles blog: http://zedboard.org/content/microzed-chronicles

There are some posts on using both cores starting with issue 47.

There are also several Xilinx application notes depending on how you want to use the cores.

-Gary