Embedded System Design with Xilinx Microblaze and SDK

Unlock the Power of FPGAs with Microblaze and Xilinx Drivers

Explore the essential software skills needed to maximize the potential of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). This course dives into the fundamentals of popular Xilinx drivers, empowering you to build robust and efficient FPGA-based systems.

Key Topics Covered:

• Essential Xilinx Drivers: Master the use of critical drivers including:
  • UART: For serial communication.
  • AXI Timers: Precise timing control for your designs.
  • UART16550: A widely used UART interface.
  • AXI GPIO: General Purpose Input/Output control.
  • AXI BRAM: Efficient memory management.
• AXI Interrupt Controller: Learn how to effectively handle interrupts for responsive system design.
• Custom AXI Peripherals: Gain practical experience building custom AXI peripherals to integrate hardware accelerators with Microblaze designs.
• Microblaze Soft Processor: Understand the capabilities of the Microblaze, a powerful FPGA-based soft processor capable of single instruction per cycle execution. Learn how to configure its interconnect for optimal performance.
• Microblaze Interconnect: Discover how to reconfigure the Microblaze interconnect to seamlessly communicate with a wide range of peripherals, tailoring it to meet the demands of medium-scale applications. Configure cache size, pipeline depth, peripherals, memory management unit, and bus interface.
• Software and Hardware Debugging & Profiling: Develop skills in debugging and profiling your Microblaze applications to optimize performance. Learn fundamental techniques for performance measurement.

Why Microblaze?

As system complexity increases, the Microblaze soft processor is becoming increasingly vital. It serves as a central component in non-Zynq FPGA families and provides a lightweight, high-performance alternative when working alongside the Zynq hard processor in Zynq and Ultrascale FPGA families. This course equips you with the knowledge to leverage Microblaze for a wide variety of FPGA applications.