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VMK180 is the first Versal™ Prime series evaluation kit, enabling designers to develop solutions targeting a broad range of applications requiring both performance and flexibility such as storage acceleration, optical networking, and 5G xHaul. The VMK180 kit features the VM1802 Versal Prime series ACAPAdaptive SoC, which provides a diverse set of compute engines, next generation I/O, and integrated DDR controllers enabling low latency acceleration across a wide range of workloads.
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You will need a terminal interface like Tera Term or Putty PuTTY to interface to the UART to boot the VMK180 board. Please download your choice before getting started.
The next step is to down the the PetaLinux BSP at <insert the link on Xilinx.com>. from the Linux Prebuilt Images wiki page. The PetaLinux BSP will give you a pre-build image that will allow you to boot Linux and interact via a terminal to run some examples.
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Set up a terminal session between a PC COM port and the serial port on the evaluation board. See below. Determine which COM to use to access the USB serial port on the VMK180 board. Make sure that the VMK180 board is powered on and a micro micro USB cable is connected between VMK180 board and host PC. This ensures that the USB-to-serial bridge is enumerated by the PC host. Using Teraterm Tera Term connect to the first Serial Connection, below is an example  Click OK and and the teraterm Tera Term window will pop up. In the Setup change the serial port speed to 115200, this will match the speed of the UART on the VMK180.  Power up the board you will see the boot messages from the Versal ACAP Adaptive SoC 1910.2 and you will see a Linux Prompt in the Terminal Window. Log in with root as the user and the password. |
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Versal Example Designs
Listing and links to the many available example designs showcasing particular IP, Silicon features or tool flows targeting Versal Adaptive SoC devices.
Versal Targeted Reference Designs(TRDs)
Listing and links to the many available Targeted Reference Designs (TRDs) which are built to demonstrate various aspects of the Versal architecture and its functionality on the VMK180 evaluation board interfaces.
References
Prebuilt Images and PetaLinux BSPs are provided for production boards.
Pre Built Images
The VMK180 prebuilt images are at:
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on the Linux Prebuilt Images wiki page.
PetaLinux Board Support Packages (BSP)
PetaLinux Board Support Packages (BSP) includes pre built images, a design and all the necessary instructions to rebuild the pre-built images from scratch. With PetaLinux, developers can have their Xilinx-based hardware booted and running within about 5 minutes after installation; ready for application, library and driver development. The base design that is include can be used as a starting point for hardware developers while the instructions on how to rebuild the Linux image can be used as a starting point by the embedded software engineering to create a custom Linux image. The links to them take you back to the PetaLinux Download page at Xilinx.com to get the PetaLinux BSP. Please note that you will need a Xilinx.com login to download these files.
PetaLinux BSP can be download Linux Prebuilt Images wiki page.
Board evaluation and management (BEAM) tool
The Board evaluation and management (BEAM) tool is the main menu of the System Controller. It primarily serves as a launcher for demos and designs, running the board interface test and to set/change/read board parameters. Make sure that you have the pre-programmed micro SD card plugged into the SD slot (SysCtrl) before running any test or set/change/read board parameters.
The BEAM tool is currently in OPEN BETA, please follow the instructions provided in the link below to proceed with the tool.
BEAM Tool for VMK180 Evaluation Kit
Xilinx Tools
The Xilinx tools provide all required tool chains to compile and link applications for Xilinx supported platforms, create and configure hardware designs, and create bitstreams.
Related Links
Product Page - https://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/vmk180.html
Product Specification https://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/vmk180.html#specifications
Master Answer Record - https://xilinx.sharepoint.com/sites/xkb/SitePages/ArticleViewer.aspx?articleNumber=72739
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