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Avnet Ultra96V2: Re-Building Linux image from pre-built BSP 2023.2

nataliya

Instructive writing describing a specific use case Table of Contents Audience The use case Refresher on BSP building 1. Getting BSP and creating PetaLinux project 2. Adjustments to the Project 2.1 Start 2.2 Parameter KEEP_WORK 2.3 Parameter BOOT_M...
- 10 Sep 2024
Benchmarking Edge Impulse on Avnet's MaaXBoard

fononye

Introduction This will walk you through setting up your MaaXBoard with the hardware and software you must have, direct you through changes to make on an Edge impulse project and additional package installation steps, and result in r...
- 19 Jan 2024
ZUBoard Chronicles

narrucmot

ZUBoard Blogs ZUBoard 1CG #1 – Defining a Product in Today’s Market ZUBoard 1CG #2 – How to Begin System Architecture The ZUBoard 1CG at Embedded Vision Summit, Embedded World, and Sensors Converge ZUBoard 1CG #3 - Getting Started ...
- 31 Aug 2022
ZUBoard 1CG #3 - Getting Started with Schematic Capture

jafoste4

Beginning Schematic Capture Challenges of Schematic Capture Defining Variants within Altium, reasoning behind defining different builds Finalizing Schematics, Review process ect. Schematic Capture can be considered a daunting task especially whe...
- 29 Jun 2022
The ZUBoard 1CG at Embedded Vision Summit, Embedded World, and Sensors Converge

jafoste4

The ZUBoard 1CG at Embedded Vision Summit, Embedded World, and Sensors Converge I wanted to discuss with everyone the ZUBoard 1CG and showcase some of the amazing work being done around it. In particular I wanted to dig into what this board is along ...
- 28 Jun 2022
ZUBoard 1CG #2 – How to Begin System Architecture

jafoste4

How to begin, system architecture Pin Mapping of a Xilinx Device Defining Chip Sets used What meets your system Architecture design Todays Chip Challenges, putting this as a top priority Order Now! When beginning your system archite...
- 28 Jun 2022
ZUBoard -- A New Xilinx Board to Upgrade Your MiniZed

bhfletcher

ZUBoard 1CG Announced Avnet announced the ZUBoard 1CG in May and went on to show the prototypes at the Embedded Vision Summit. The prototypes will be demonstrated at Embedded World in Germany next week as well and Sensors Converge later this month. h...
- 16 Jun 2022
ZUBoard 1CG #1 – Defining a Product in Today’s Market

jafoste4

Hello all! With the ZUBoard 1CG now being released I wanted to take some time and bring you through a blog series highlighting what went into the creation of the ZUBoard 1CG development kit. In particular we are going to discuss everything from defin...
- 1 Jun 2022
MiniZed Technical Training Course on Xilinx 2021.1 Vitis and Vivado Tools now Released

c_chil

If you have been a long-time follower of Element 14 community, The Avnet Board community, and our FPGA forum then you know there has not been a new release of the MiniZed Technical Training Courses (TTC) since 2019. Well, the long awaited update has ...
- 26 May 2022
You better cool it with that Kria K26 SOM - Thermal Management Solution for K26

ctammann

AMD-Xilinx (gonna take me a while to get used to that name) released their own system on module (SOM) solution with the introduction of the Kria K26 family. These were originally released along with vision AI starter kit to help developers get starte...
- 25 May 2022
Update for Linaro Connect event for 96Boards

bhfletcher

The Ultra96 boards are part of the Linaro 96Boards consortium. Ultra96 follows the 96Boards Consumer Edition Specification. As stated on the 96Boards About page, "96Boards is a range of hardware specifications created by Linaro to make the lates...
- 29 Dec 2021
UltraZed EG and EV cold start issue (-40C), fix and ECN info

ctammann

I mentioned in a previous post that we were investigating a cold start issue on some Avnet products related to a spec change to the IRPS5401 PMIC from Infineon. To learn more about the issue please check out my previous blog - /technologies/power-man...
- 22 Dec 2021
Summer of FPGA: Using the Mikroe LCD Mini Click on the Ultra96-V2 - Part Two

Andrew J

I want to build on the design created in Workshop 4 of the Summer of FPGA series with the Ultra96-V2. That workshop created a design to use the UART click board and a PWM IP to drive the backlight on a LCD Mini Click board. The foundation...
- 20 Sep 2021
Summer of FPGA: Using the Mikroe LCD Click Mini on the Ultra96-V2 - Part One

Andrew J

I want to build on the design created in Workshop 4 of the Summer of FPGA series with the Ultra96-V2. That workshop created a design to use the UART click board and a PWM IP to drive the backlight on a LCD Mini Click board. The foundation...
- 3 Sep 2021
Ultra96-V2 Workshop Homework: Peripherals Test

bhfletcher

During Ultra96-V2 Workshop: Session 3: Hello World on a Cortex-A53 and R5 Processor , one of the homework assignments was to create and run the Peripherals Test from the Example Templates. I also mentioned that you may run into an issue during the ru...
- 1 Sep 2021
Summer of FPGA: Installing Vitis/Vivado on Ubuntu.

Andrew J

EDIT: improved the instructions for creating desktop icons.EDIT: 11/08/21 added some additional steps.EDIT: 12/08/21 added information for tidying up log filesEDIT: 17/08/21 Updated title to reflect Vitis and Vivado and added info re Vitis and Firefo...
- 7 Aug 2021
Updated Designed By Avnet BSP & Platforms for v2020.2 tools, the clutter reduction edition!

drozwood90

Hi all! I am making this post to let you know that we here at Avnet have generated and posted quite a few PetaLinux BSPs and Vitis platforms (with examples) for our products! That is 33 images! These are all for Vivado, PetaLinux and Vitis 2020.2. A...
- 4 May 2021
Developing Simple Applications in Xilinx Vitis for Ultra96-V2

bhfletcher

My colleagues at Avnet have published a lot of really sophisticated, powerful scripts and applications that you can run on Ultra96-V2. This includes scripted hardware, PetaLinux, Vitis, and Vitis AI builds that you can find on the Avnet GitHub. narru...
- 28 Apr 2021
UltraZed-EV PCN and BOM updates are here!

drozwood90

Hi everyone, Just a quick note to help get the word out.Recently, Micron did a die shrink on their memory. The new part is form-fit-function the same and the package has not changed either! This is good news! The original part i...
- 23 Mar 2021
Updating PMIC on UltraZed EV through the 2020.1 BSP!

ctammann

We have now released the 2020.1 BSP for both Ultra96-V2 and UltraZed EV with the PMIC programming utility built in! For the purposes of this blog, I am going to provide instruction on how to simply download the 2020.1 BSP as an SDcard image. You will...
- 4 Feb 2021
MicroZed Support Extended with Rev H

bhfletcher

MicroZed is a System-on-Module (SOM) developed, manufactured, and supported by Avnet. This SOM is based on the Xilinx Zynq-7000 device family, including device sizes of 7010 and 7020 as well as both commercial and industrial temperature grades. This ...
- 30 Dec 2020
2020.1 Update to Ultra96-V2 Out-of-Box Image

bhfletcher

The Out-of-Box image for Ultra96-V2 has been updated to 2020.1. This is based on a Vivado 2020.1 hardware platform with PetaLinux 2020.1 operating system. The details on where to get the new image, instructions, and how to use the image are included ...
- 19 Dec 2020
Updated Designed By Avnet BSP & Platforms for v2020.1 tools, the 1 command to rule them all edition!

drozwood90

Hi all! I am making this post to let you know that we here at Avnet have generated and posted quite a few PetaLinux BSPs and Vitis platforms (with examples) for our products! These are all for PetaLinux and Vitis 2020.1 unless noted. Items that are ...
- 14 Dec 2020
New UltraZed-EV SOM Errata

drozwood90

Hi all, I wanted to let you know that we have posted a new Errata for the UltraZed-EV SOM. This is specific to the I-grade SOM. It does not affect the UltraZed-EV non-I-grade.We do not have a solution at this time, but due to the nat...
- 9 Dec 2020
PYNQ v2.6 on Ultra96v2

ralphjy

Last week I saw an announcement that PYNQ v2.6 is available for the Ultra96v1 and Ultra96v2 https://discuss.pynq.io/t/pynq-v2-6-is-avialable-for-ultra96-v1-and-v2/1951 . PYNQ v2.6 is compatible with Xilinx tools version 2020.1. DPU-PYNQ fo...
- 3 Nov 2020