Zynq UltraScale MPSoC Base TRD 2016.4 - Design Module 2

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Zynq UltraScale MPSoC Base TRD 2016.4 - Design Module 2

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Design Overview


This design module demonstrates the FreeRTOS and application running on RPU-0, where:
  • FreeRTOS boots on RPU-0
  • FreeRTOS application "heartbeat" prints periodic messages on UART-1




Design Components


  • pmu_fw
  • petalinux_bsp
    • zynqmp_fsbl
  • heartbeat.elf


Build Flow Tutorials


PMU Firmware


Please refer to design module 1 - PMU firmware for instructions or skip this step if you have built the PMU firmware in a previous module.

Heartbeat Application


The heartbeat application is a FreeRTOS application that executes on RPU-0 after the FSBL has finished. This application is a simple dual task application that demonstrates communication between the two tasks by printing messages to the UART1 console.

  • Create a new XSDK workspace.

    % cd $TRD_HOME/rpu0/heartbeat
% xsdk -workspace . &&
  • Click 'Import Project' from the welcome screen, browse to the current working directory and make sure the heartbeat, heartbeat_bsp, and zcu102_base_trd_wrapper_hw_platform_0 projects are selected. Click Finish.
  • Right-click on the heartbeat project and select 'Build Project'.

  • Copy the generated heartbeat executable into the PetaLinux BSP.

    cp heartbeat/Debug/heartbeat.elf $TRD_HOME/apu/petalinux_bsp/images/linux

PetaLinux BSP


This tutorial shows how to build the first stage bootloader (FSBL) and boot image using the PetaLinux build tool.

  • The petalinux-config step can be skipped if this was already done in a previous module.

    % cd $TRD_HOME/apu/petalinux_bsp
% petalinux-config --get-hw-description=./hw-description --oldconfig

  • Build the FSBL. This step can be skipped if this was already done in a previous module.

    petalinux-build -c bootloader

  • Create a boot image.

    % cd images/linux
% petalinux-package --boot --bif=dm2.bif --force

  • Copy the generated boot image to the dm2 SD card directory.

    % mkdir -p $TRD_HOME/images/dm2
% cp BOOT.BIN $TRD_HOME/images/dm2


Run Flow Tutorial


  • See here for board setup instructions.
  • Copy all the files from the $TRD_HOME/images/dm2 SD card directory to a FAT formatted SD card.
  • Power on the board to boot the images; make sure all power rail LEDs are lit green.
  • The user can now see FSBL and PMU-firmware prints on UART-0 and prints from heartbeat application can be viewed on UART-1 which is shown in the following picture:

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