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Upgrading Ultra96-V2 to the passive heatsink - how to

ctammann

My team kind of inherited the original design of the Ultra96 platform. From early on when we started working on the project I started making a checklist of things I wanted to change if the opportunity arose. The first change I wanted to make was to t...
- 23 Oct 2020
Linaro Connect Sept 22-24 features Ultra96-V2

bhfletcher

FREE registration for Linaro Connect Virtual 2020!Linaro Virtual Connect September 22-24, 2020 Avnet's Ultra96-V2 board is part of the Linaro 96Boards consortium. As stated on the About page, 96Boards exists to promote the latest ARM-based proce...
- 8 Sep 2020
Bring AI at the edge with the Ultra96-V2 Development Board

albertabeef

Join me as I give an introductory webinar which describes how to get started with Xilinx AI framework on the Ultra96-V2 development board. Getting Started with the Ultra96-V2 Development Board htt...
- 28 Aug 2020
Vitis-AI 1.1 flow for Avnet Vitis platforms

albertabeef

Avnet recently released Vitis 2019.2 platforms for several of their hardware platforms. These platforms also support the Vitis-AI flow from Xilinx.Vitis-AI 1.1 flow for Avnet Vitis platforms - Part 1 Vitis-AI 1.1 flow for Avne...
- 22 May 2020
Tips for connecting the Ultra96 JTAG/UART Pod

bhfletcher

Questions:I have a fairly new JTAG Pod, it has four UART (TX,RX, GND, Vref) and eight JTAG (POR, TDO,SRST,TDI,TMS,TCK,GND,VCC) pins. How does this compare with the JTAG/UART Pod that I see in photos with three UART and seven JTAG pins? Also, what&#39...
- 5 May 2020
Updated Designed By Avnet BSP & Platforms for 2019.2 Vitis and Vitis AI Enablement 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 2019.2 unless noted. Items that are ...
- 22 Apr 2020
Vitis-AI 1.0 flow for Avnet Vitis platforms

albertabeef

Avnet recently released Vitis 2019.2 platforms for several of their hardware platforms. These platforms also support the Vitis-AI flow from Xilinx.Vitis-AI 1.0 flow for Avnet Vitis platformsThis guide provides detailed instructions for targeting the ...
- 17 Apr 2020
Updated Designed By Avnet BSP and Platforms

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 SDSoC platforms (with examples) for our products! These are all for PetaLinux and SDSoC 2019.1 unless noted. Items that are ...
- 13 Dec 2019
Ultra96-V2 Clocking Architecture

bhfletcher

The clocking architecture on Ultra96-V2 uses a programmable IDT - Integrated Device Technology, Inc. VersaClock®︎ 6E:https://www.idt.com/us/en/products/clocks-timing/clock-generation/programmable-clocks/5p49v6975-programmable-versaclock-clock-generato...
- 2 Dec 2019
UltraZED-EV + IO Carrier Card VCU Design Example (v2018.3) Companion Videos

drozwood90

HI there, Here is a list of the companion videos for using the VCU on an Avnet UltraZed-EV SOM.You can find a blog that points to all of the training source code and other VCU related materials here UltraZed-EV VCU (Video Codec Unit) DesignIf yo...
- 21 Aug 2019
UltraZed-EV VCU (Video Codec Unit) Design Quick Take Videos

drozwood90

Hi all, I wanted to bring these 3 videos to your attention. They are a few minutes long each and I've added their title and a description so as to help you navigate the videos!For more information on the VCU, check out the UltraZed-EV VCU ...
- 21 Aug 2019
UltraZed-EV VCU (Video Codec Unit) Design

drozwood90

Hi everyone! Jason Moss, one of our product specialists recently had some great success in spinning up the VCU that is included in the Avnet UltraZed-EV 7EV based SOM! What is the VCU you might ask? This is an acronym that stands for ...
- 15 Jul 2019
LPDDR4 Memory differences between Ultra96-V1 and Ultra96-V2

bhfletcher

One common question about Ultra96-V2 is regarding the exact differences in the Micron LPDDR4 with Ultra96-V1. The V1 had a dual-die device which is now EOL. The V2 has an updated, single-die device with the exact same capacity and timing parameters. ...
- 13 Jul 2019
UltraZED-EV + IO Carrier Card VCU Design Example (v2018.3)

rjmoss

A VCU-based design example is now available for the UltraZED-EV SOM and Carrier Card. The VCU implementation was ported from the Xilinx v2018.3 ZCU106 VCU TRD design, so this example is setup (architecturally) to be extended to incorporate the o...
- 9 Jul 2019
UltraZed-EV VCU Power Issue

drozwood90

Hi everyone, I wanted to bring an issue to everyone's attention. When the ORIGINAL UltraZed-EV power tree was created it was based on the then power needs. From then, we have been operating with that guidance. At this time...
- 16 Apr 2019
Driving a Laptop LCD using an FPGA

avnrdf

In Path to Programmable Blog 7 - Trying out a PL-only VGA design & Path to Programmable Blog 10 - MiniZed does DVI/HDMI, I used the MiniZed that was sent to the Path to Programmable challengers to generate VGA & DVI/HDMI video. Continuin...
- 4 Mar 2019
[PP-22] Gamma radiation measurement with MiniZed

kk99

1. IntroductionI have a really nice sensor module called GDK101 which allow to measure a gamma radiation in range up to 200 usV/h. This sensor have really simple communication interfaces: I2C or UART. There is also analog output which could be used f...
- 3 Feb 2019