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In this project we are going to walk through how to install Vivado and Vitis, this is project is going to be part of the supporting information for an upcoming webinar on Motor Control with the Avnet ZUBoard. However, it also forms a good reference project for anyone which to get started with Vivado and Vitis.
The first thing we need to do is download the web installer which can be accessed at the link below.
https://www.xilinx.com/support/download.html
Once the web page opens select the desired operating systems installer either Windows or Linux. I will be using Windows in this example however the steps for the Linux based installer are identical.
Once you have selected your version of installer and clicked on the link you need to sign in with your AMD account. If you do not have one you will need to create one at this point.
Signing in will take you to the export compliance verification page where you will be able to download the installer.
Once the installer has downloaded, run the executable
The first page of the installer will provide an introduction to the installer, the operating systems supported and recommend disabling any anti virus software.
Click on next and you will again need to again provide user authentication, select download and install now option
Click next and select the Vitis installation, this will install both Vitis and Vivado Design Suite.
Click on next, we are then able to customise the installation for an optimal installation size. To keep the installation size low I have disabled installation of everything apart from Zynq-7000 and Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC devices. This will require about 80 GB of disk space when completed.
Click next and agree with the license agreements.
Click next and agree to the installation directory
Click next and the installation summary will be shown.
Clicking install will start the installation process, this will take a little time
Once the installation is completed, open Vivado 2023.1
Select create new project and click next
Enter a project name and the project location
Select RTL project and do not specify sources at this time
Select Refresh and if you are connected to the internet this will download several new boards into Vivado.
Once this is completed select Avnet as the vendor and scroll down to the ZuBoard 1GC development board. We need to click on the download button to install the board
Once the board is installed, you will see an image of the ZUBoard select it and click on next
This will show a summary of the project click finish
This will open the project
Click on Create Block Design
When the block diagram opens, click on the + symbol and add in a Zynq UltraScale MPSoC block
Click on the block automation
Click OK - This will configure the Zynq PS processing system for use with the ZUBoard.
Once the the automation has been completed, connect the PL CLK to the ACLK
On the sources tab select create HDL wrapper
Let Vivado manage the block diagram
Once this is completed, click generate bit stream
Select the number of jobs (processors used)
Click OK and wait for the bit stream to be generated, once the bitstream is successful click cancel
We need to export the XSA for use in Vitis, from the file menu select export hardware
Click on next
Select include bitstream
Leave the paths as default
Click on Finish
From the tools menu select launch Vitis
before Vitis will open we need to specify the workspace this is where all the SW elements will be kept.
Once Vitis is open we need to create a application project
When the dialog opens click on next
Select the XSA which you exported from Vivado
Enter a name for the project and leave everything else the same
Leave the domain unchanged
Select the Hello World application and click finish
This will open the project
Build the project by clicking on the hammer
Connect the ZUBoard to your development machine and power it on and from the assistant select launch hardware.
This will download the application to the board and halt the program execution at the first executable line
Click in the Vitis Serial terminal and select the com port connected to the ZUBoard. Click OK
Click on the resume icon and you will see the application run and complete showing the hello world message.
This shows we have successfully installed the Vivado and Vitis and can run it on the ZUBoard.
Wrap UpIn this project we have seen how to install Vivado and Vitis along with creating a simple hello world program to pipe clean the process. This gets us ready for creating more advanced applications.
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