Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC VCU TRD 2020.1 - Run and Build Flow

This page describes the detailed run and build flow for all the TRD components.

Table of Contents

1 Overview

For the overview, software tools, system requirements, design files, and board setup follow the link below:


2 Run Flow

This section will describe the flow to run the pre-built images which each design module contains.

Please note that the Windows format option can't be used.

  • Copy all the files from the $TRD_HOME/images/<Path to Design Images>/ to FAT32 formatted SD card directory

  • Power on the board; make sure INIT_B, DONE and all power rail LEDs are lit green

  • After a successful boot, a login prompt would appear as shown below. Enter username and password as root and root respectively to login to the board file system.

PetaLinux 2020.1 zcu106_vcu_trd /dev/ttyPS0 zcu106_vcu_trd login: root Password: root@zcu106_vcu_trd:~#
  • The SD card file system is mounted at /media/card. Optional storage medium SATA and USB are mounted at /media/sata and /media/usb respectively.

2.1 Graphic User Interface

A QT based graphical user interface (GUI) provides control and monitoring interface. GUI will run on DP only.

  • Qt GUI will work on VCU TRD Multi-stream design and VCU Multi-stream Audio design.

  • Make sure the monitor is in DP mode when you run the QT GUI app.

Run the below command to launch GUI on Display port when connected.

$ run_vcu.sh

The GUI is not supported in HDMI-Tx. In HDMI 4kp60 mode, GUI requires an additional ~2GB memory bandwidth. If you invoke the GUI cause memory bandwidth issue. So, HDMI-Tx, use only command line application (vcu_gst_app). The table below provides the supported display interfaces for both GUI and command-line applications.

Display Interface

GUI

Command Line Application

DisplayPort

HDMI

Not supported


The figure below shows the home screen of the GUI when only DP is connected.

GUI only supports single-stream playback. Supported resolutions are 1080p and 4kp. The supported frame rate for 1080p is 60 fps and 30fps for 4K. For all multi-stream use cases and 4kp60 single stream, the user has to run command-line applications.

Qt GUI has the following options for the user to select:

Number of Input
This determines the number of active video sources. Only one input source is supported.

Output
This option allows the user to select a sink for the pipeline. Supported output sink types are display port, record, and stream. For the Display Port, the available Codec options are either enc-dec or Pass-through. For Record and Stream Out, the available Codec option is Enc.

Demo Mode

  • By clicking this button, the button text state changes to stop and the user can play all pipelines(TPG, MIPI, HDMI) with raw and presets configurations.

  • For every 10 seconds, playback preset changes and it plays in a loop till the user clicks on the stop button.

  • If no source connected it displays an error popup.

  • If any error returns in any playback, it skips and continues to play other pipelines.

  • With HDMI Video Capture and HDMI Display with Audio design, To enable audio in a demo mode goto → Input Settings → select Input1: HDMI → Settings → Audio Settings → Enable Audio → true and Click on Demo Mode

Input Settings
The below figure shows the input settings window with configuration options.

Different configuration options available in the QT pop up window are:

Input Source (Input 1)
The following video sources (4K) are available as part of input video selection:

  • HDMI-Rx: To select the HDMI-Rx source as input.

  • File: To select a file source as input.

  • Test Pattern Generator (TPG): To select TPG source as input.

  • MIPI: To select MIPI Camera source as input.

  • Stream-In: To select a streaming pipeline.

Codec
The following options are available as part of Codec functionality

  • Enc-Dec: This option is to select encode and decode in the pipeline.

  • Enc: This option is to select encode only in the pipeline for record or stream out a use case.

  • Pass-through: This option is to display raw video.

Preset
There are six predefined presets. If the user edits any control options preset mode switches to “Custom”.

  • AVC Low Encoder type = H264, bitrate = 10Mbps

  • AVC Medium Encoder type = H264, bitrate = 30Mbps

  • AVC High Encoder type = H264, bitrate = 60Mbps

  • HEVC Low Encoder type = H265, bitrate = 10Mbps

  • HEVC Medium Encoder type = H265, bitrate = 30Mbps

  • HEVC High Encoder type = H265, bitrate = 60Mbps

Profile = Main, Rate Control = CBR, Filler Data = true, QP = Auto, L2 Cache = true, Latency mode = Normal, Low Bandwidth = false, Gop Mode = Basic, B-frame = 0, Slice = 8 and GoP Length = 60 common for all above options.

  • Custom User-specific options

Please refer to the “Supported Encoder Format” section for the supported encoder format in this release.

SCD
Enable or Disable SCD in the pipeline

Settings
A user can control the encoder, record, and stream out configuration from the GUI, Settings option is enabled when the pipeline is in the stop state. The user can control the encoder parameters when the output option is selected as Display port/Record/Stream.

Encoder
This can be either H264 or H265.

Profile
The standard defines a set of capabilities, which are referred to as profiles, targeting specific classes of applications. These are declared as a profile code (profile_idc) and a set of constraints applied in the encoder. This allows a decoder to recognize the requirements to decode that specific stream.
H264 supports baseline, main and high profile. In H265 only the main profile is supported.

QP
Quantization in an encoder is controlled by a quantization parameter. It specifies how to generate the QP per coding unit (CU). Two modes are supported-

  • Uniform: All CUs of the slice using the same QP

  • Auto: VCU encoder changes the QP for each coding unit according to its content.

Rate Control
Constant bitrate (CBR), variable bitrate (VBR), and low-latency are supported. CBR mode generates a constant bit rate that you can predefine. CBR is recommended for limited bandwidth use cases.

Bitrate
Encoding bit rate. In digital multimedia, bit rate often refers to the number of bits used per unit of playback time to represent a continuous medium such as audio or video after source coding (data compression).

B-frame
Short for bi-directional frame, or bi-directional predictive frame, a video compression method used by the MPEG standard. It ranges from 0 to 4.

Slice
The number of slices produced for each frame. Each slice contains one or more complete macroblock/CTU row(s). Slices are distributed over the frame as regularly as possible. If slice-size is defined as well more slices may be produced to fit the slice-size requirement
Range:
4-22 4K resolution with HEVC codec
4-32 4K resolution with AVC codec
4-32 1080p resolution with HEVC codec
4-32 1080p resolution with AVC codec

GoP Length
In video coding, a group of pictures, or GOP structure, specifies the order in which intra and inter-frames are arranged. And GOP-length is a length between two Intra frames. The GOP is a collection of successive pictures within a coded video stream. Each coded video stream consists of successive GOPs, from which the visible frames are generated. Its range is from 1 to 1000.

Filler Data
Filler Data NAL units for CBR rate control to maintain constant bitrate throughout the playback. It can be enabled or disabled. It is applicable to CBR mode only.

L2 Cache
Enable or Disable L2Cache buffer in the encoding process.

Latency Mode
Encoder latency mode. It can be normal or sub_frame mode.

Low Bandwidth
If enabled, decrease the vertical search range used for P-frame motion estimation to reduce the bandwidth.

Gop Mode
Group of Pictures mode. It can be Basic, low_delay_p, or low_delay_b.

Record
When the Output option is selected as Record, A tab will be enabled in settings window through which a user can record the video into the storage medium.

Storage
This option specifies a storage device for the recorded file. The list is dynamically populated based on mounted storage devices. Supported storage devices are SD, USB, and SATA.

Output File Name
Name of the output file. For H264, recorded file get saved as <Source name>_H264_rec_<timestamp>.ts and for H265 it will be <Source name>_H265_rec_<timestamp>.ts

Duration
This option will specify the Recording time duration. It ranges from 1-3 mins.

Stream-out
The stream-out panel allows the user to configure streaming parameters.

Stream-out Prerequisites when zcu106 board is connected to host machine:

  • Host server machine (with GPU) capable of playing 4Kp60 stream.

  • Setup an Ethernet connection between the ZCU106 board and the host machine. Ensure the connection is alive by doing a ping from the board to the host machine.

  • VLC player installed on the host machine.

  • A firewall is turned off on the host machine.

  • Start a VLC player on the host before streaming from GUI.

Sink
Provides sink option for the stream-out. It is set to PS Ethernet.

Host IP
The IP address of a computer or other Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC board in which streaming video will be played on. It is set to 192.168.25.89 by default.

IP
This option will show the IP address of the board if the Ethernet link is up. If no Ethernet link is connected then it will show “Not Connected”.

Port
Port number of the Ethernet link. By default, it is set to 5004.

Steps for Stream Out
Here are the steps to get the ZCU106 TRD to play out to VLC:

  • Make sure that your machine can play 4Kp60 streams and turned off the Firewall.

  • Connect your PC to the ZCU106 board. It is recommended to a direct connection between the ZCU106 board and PC to minimize the network traffic.

  • Set the IP address for the ZCU106 board and PC to use the same subnet (i.e. ZCU106 - ifconfig eth0 192.168.25.90 and PC - 192.168.25.89).

  • Launch VLC on your PC and Click on media -> Open Network Stream and Enter Network URL (rtp://192.168.25.89:5004, rtp://@:5004) and click on Play.

  • Setup output option to “Stream” in the ZCU106 VCU TRD GUI.

  • Configure the Stream out settings and make sure that the ZCU106 VCU TRD GUI is pointing to the IP address of your PC.

  • Select the HDMI-Rx/MIPI or the TPG as an input.

  • Press play in VLC on your PC. (The Client must start first, but VLC times out if you wait too long before starting the ZCU106 VCU TRD Stream).

  • Press play on the ZCU106 VCU TRD GUI

Audio Settings
The Audio Settings panel allows the user to configure audio parameters.

Enable Audio
Enable or Disable audio in a pipeline. It is set to false by default.

Source 
It can be HDMI or I2S

Render
It can be DP or I2S

Format
The format of the audio. It is set to S24_32LE by default.

Channel
The number of audio channels. It is set to 2 by default.

Sampling Rate
To set the audio sampling rate. It is set to 48000 by default.

Volume
To set the volume level. It is set to 2.0 by default.

Stream-In
Stream-In panel allows the user to enter a network URL.

Stream-In Prerequisites when two ZCU106 boards are connected:

  • Setup an Ethernet connection between two ZCU106 boards. Ensure the connection is alive by doing a ping from one board to another board.

Uri
It provides the network URL to receive the network stream. As an e.g. udp://192.168.25.89:5004/.

Steps for Stream Out from one board and Stream In from another board

  • Connect the ZCU106 board to another ZCU106 board. It is recommended a direct connection between 2 ZCU106 boards to minimize the network traffic.

  • Set the IP address for both ZCU106 board such that both boards are in the same subnet (i.e. ZCU106 1st board - ifconfig eth0 192.168.25.90, ZCU106 2nd board - ifconfig eth0 192.168.25.89).

  • Make sure both boards are connected by ping command.

  • Setup output option to “Stream” in the 1st ZCU106 board from VCU TRD GUI.

  • Configure the Stream out settings in the 1st ZCU106 board from VCU TRD GUI and make sure that it is pointing to the IP address (192.168.25.89) of the 2nd board.

  • Setup an input option to “Stream In” in the 2nd ZCU106 board from VCU TRD GUI.

  • Enter the network URL (udp://192.168.25.89:5004/) in Stream In settings in the 2nd ZCU106 board from VCU TRD GUI

  • Press play on both the ZCU106 board from VCU TRD GUI.

2.2 GStreamer Application (vcu_gst_app)

The vcu_gst_app is a command-line multi-threaded Linux application that uses the vcu_gst_lib interface similar to vcu_qt. The command-line application requires an input configuration file (input.cfg) to be provided in the plain text. Refer to the Appendix A - Input Configuration File (input.cfg) for the file format and description.

Before the execution of vcu_gst_app, we need to check the HDMI-Rx or SDI-Rx link status depending on the design. Refer to Appendix B for HDMI-Rx or SDI-Rx link-up issue.
Before the execution of vcu_gst_app, we need to check the HDMI-Tx or SDI-Tx link and CRTC configurations depending on the design. Refer to Appendix B for the HDMI-Tx or SDI-Tx link-up issue.

Execution of the application is shown below:

$ vcu_gst_app <path to *.cfg file>

Example:

4kp60 HEVC_HIGH 60Mbps Display Pipeline execution

4kp60 HEVC_HIGH 60Mbps Record Pipeline execution

4kp60 HEVC_HIGH 60Mbps Stream-out Pipeline execution

4kp60 HEVC_HIGH 60Mbps Stream-in Pipeline execution

To measure the latency of the pipeline, run the below command. The latency data is huge, so dump it to a file.

2.2.1 Multi-stream

When the number of input is more than one in the command line application, it is a multi-stream use case. The command-line application supports multi-streaming, multi-recording, or multi-display. The input source type can be HDMI, TPG and MIPI. The table below lists the multi-stream features supported in various designs.

Design

Input Source

Format

Resolution

Full-fledged VCU TRD

HDMI-Rx, MIPI, TPG

NV12

4kp60, 2-4kp30, 4-1080p60, 8-1080p30

PL DDR HDMI Video Capture and HDMI Display

HDMI-Rx

XV20

4kp60, 2-4kp30, 4-1080p60

Xilinx Low Latency PS DDR NV12 HDMI Audio Video Capture and HDMI Display

HDMI-Rx

NV12

4kp60, 2-4kp30, 4-1080p60 for encoder and 2-1080p60 for decoder

Xilinx Low Latency PL DDR NV16 HDMI Video Capture and HDMI Display

HDMI-Rx

NV16

4kp60, 2-4kp30, 4-1080p60 for encoder and 2-1080p60 for decoder

Xilinx Low Latency PL DDR XV20 HDMI Video Capture and HDMI Display

HDMI-Rx

XV20

4kp60, 2-4kp30, 4-1080p60 for encoder and 2-1080p60 for decoder

Multi-Stream Audio Design

HDMI-Rx, MIPI

NV12

4kp60, 2-4kp30, 2-1080p60

Example:
2-4kp30 HEVC_MEDIUM 30Mbps Display Pipeline execution

4-1080p60 HEVC_15Mbps Display Pipeline execution


8-1080p30 HEVC_7.5Mbps Display Pipeline execution

2.2.2 Streaming

Streaming Prerequisites when 2 ZCU106 boards are connected

  • Setup an Ethernet connection between 2 ZCU106 boards. Ensure the connection is alive by doing a ping from one board to another board.

Steps for Streaming

  • Connect the ZCU106 board to another ZCU106 board. It is recommended a direct connection between 2 ZCU106 boards to minimize the network traffic.

  • Set the IP address for both ZCU106 board such that both boards are in the same subnet. i.e.

    • ZCU106 1st board - ifconfig eth0 192.168.25.90

    • ZCU106 2nd board -ifconfig eth0 192.168.25.89

  • Make sure both boards are connected by ping command.

  • Configure the Stream out (server) settings in input.cfg for the 1st board and make sure that it is pointing to the IP address of 2nd board (client) and Run vcu_gst_app for Stream out (server) pipeline.

  • Configure the Stream in (client) settings in input.cfg for 2nd board and Run vcu_gst_app for Stream in (client) pipeline.

Streaming Prerequisites when ZCU106 board is connected to host machine:

  • A host machine (with GPU) capable of playing 4Kp60 stream.

  • Setup an Ethernet connection between the ZCU106 board and the host machine. Ensure the connection is alive by doing a ping from the board to the host machine.

  • VLC player installed on the host machine.

  • A firewall is turned off on the host machine.

  • Start VLC player on the host before streaming.

Steps for Streaming

  • Make sure that your machine can play 4Kp60/4Kp30 streams and turned off the Firewall.

  • Connect your PC to the ZCU106 board. It is recommended to a direct connection between the ZCU106 board and PC to minimize the network traffic.

  • Set the IP address for the ZCU106 board and PC to use the same subnet (i.e. ZCU106 - ifconfig eth0 192.168.25.90 and PC - 192.168.25.89).

  • Make sure the ZCU106 board and host machine are connected by ping command.

  • Launch VLC on your PC and Click on media → Open Network Stream and Enter Network URL (rtp://192.168.25.89:5004, rtp://@:5004) and click on Play.

  • Configure the Stream out (server) settings in input.cfg in the ZCU106 board and make sure that it is pointing to the IP address of the host machine (client) and Run vcu_gst_app for Stream out (server) pipeline.

  • Press the VLC player play button on your PC. (The Client must start first, but VLC times out if you wait too long before starting the ZCU106 TRD Stream).

2.3 QoS

Below PS DDR QoS configurations are set for all the VCU TRD designs as a default configuration using the configure_qos.sh script which will run automatically after bootup. It will set best effort i.e 0x3 QoS settings for all the AXI HP ports(HP0, HP1, HP2, HP3) that interface VCU, Capture, and Display module with PS DDR. It will also set outstanding transaction count to maximum i.e 0xF for AFI ports.


3 Build Flow

The following tutorials assume that the $TRD_HOME environment variable is set as given below.

3.1 Hardware Design

Refer to the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using the Vivado IDE, UG893, for setting up the Vivado environment.

On Linux:

  1. Open a Linux terminal

  2. Change directory to $TRD_HOME/pl

  3. Run the following command in Vivado shell to create the Vivado IPI project and invoke the GUI.

The table below lists the available hardware designs and the script used to generate a hardware project. These can be found in the scripts folder in a package under "pl/designs".

Design

Project

hardware design name

VCU TRD

VCU TRD

zcu106_trd

Multistream Audio Video Design

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + Audio
MIPI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-TX + Audio
I2S-Rx + I2s-Tx

zc106_audio

SDI Capture and Display with PL DDR

SDI-Rx + VCU + SDI-Tx + Audio + PL DDR

zcu106_picxo_plddr_sdi

PL DDR HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + PL DDR

zcu106_plddr_hdmi

VCU PCIe

VCU PCIe

zcu106_pcie

VCU 10g

 VCU 10g

zcu106_10g

HDMI Capture

 HDMI-Rx + VCU

zcu106_hdmirx

HDMI Display

 VCU + HDMI-Tx

zcu106_hdmitx

SDI Capture

 SDI Rx + VCU

zcu106_sdirx

SDI Display

 VCU + SDI Tx

zcu106_sditx

Xilinx Low Latency PS DDR NV12 HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + Sync IP+Audio

zcu106_llp2_audio_nv12

Xilinx Low Latency PL DDR NV16 HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + PL DDR + Sync IP

zcu106_llp2_nv16

Xilinx Low Latency PL DDR XV20 HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + PL DDR + Sync IP

zcu106_llp2_xv20

Xilinx Low Latency PL DDR XV20 SDI Capture and Display

SDI-Rx + VCU + SDI-Tx + PL DDR + Sync IP

zcu106_picxo_llp2_sdi

Select tcl script as mentioned in the above table for different hardware designs as e.g use below command for Full-Fledged VCU TRD hardware design.

After executing the script, the Vivado IPI block design comes up as shown in the below figure.

  • Click on “Generate Bitstream”.

The design is implemented and a pop-up window comes up saying “Open Implemented Design”. Click "OK".

After opening the implemented design, the window looks as shown in the below figure.


Go to File > Export > Export Hardware

In the Export Hardware Platform select Fixed in the Platform type and click Next.

In the next window, select Include bitstream and click Next.

The default XSA file name is <hardware design name_wrapper>. Choose the path where the XSA file has to be written.

By default, the XSA is created at $TRD_HOME/pl/build/<hardware design name>/<hardware design name_wrapper.xsa>. As an e.g  the XSA is created at $TRD_HOME/pl/build/zcu106_trd/zcu106_trd_wrapper.xsa for VCU TRD hardware design .

Click Finish for the XSA file to be generated.

3.2 VCU PetaLinux BSP

This tutorial shows how to build the Linux image and boot image using the PetaLinux build tool.
PetaLinux Installation: Refer to the PetaLinux Tools Documentation UG1144 for installation.

Post PetaLinux installation $PETALINUX environment variable should be set

  • Create a PetaLinux project.

  • Configure the PetaLinux project.

The table below lists the available hardware designs and XSA path. These can be found in the prebuild folder in the package under pl/prebuild.

Design

Project

XSA file

VCU TRD

VCU TRD

zcu106_trd_wrapper.xsa

Multistream Audio

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + Audio
MIPI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-TX + Audio
I2S-Rx + I2s-Tx

zcu106_audio_wrapper.xsa

10G Ethernet Video streaming

10G HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx

zcu106_10g_wrapper.xsa

SDI Capture and Display with Audio

SDI-Rx + VCU + SDI-Tx + Audio + PL DDR

zcu106_picxo_plddr_sdi_wrapper.xsa

HDMI Video Capture

HDMI-Rx + VCU

zcu106_hdmirx_wrapper.xsa

HDMI Video Display

VCU + HDMI-Tx

zcu106_hdmitx_wrapper.xsa

SDI Video Capture

SDI-Rx + VCU

zcu106_sdirx_wrapper.xsa

SDI Video Display

VCU + SDI-Tx

zcu106_sditx_wrapper.xsa

PL DDR HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + PL DDR

zcu106_plddr_hdmi_wrapper.xsa

PCIe Encode, Decode and Transcode

PCIe XDMA + VCU

zcu106_pcie_wrapper.xsa

Xilinx Low Latency PS DDR NV12 HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + Sync IP + Audio

zcu106_llp2_audio_nv12_wrapper.xsa

Xilinx Low Latency PL DDR NV16 HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + PL DDR + Sync IP

zcu106_llp2_nv16_wrapper.xsa

Xilinx Low Latency PL DDR XV20 HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + PL DDR + Sync IP

zcu106_llp2_xv20_wrapper.xsa

Xilinx Low Latency PL DDR XV20 SDI Capture and Display

SDI-Rx + VCU + SDI-Tx + PL DDR + SYNC IP

zcu106_picxo_llp2_sdi_wrapper.xsa

As an e.g use below command to configure the PetaLinux project for VCU TRD multi-stream design.

  • If the Vivado project is modified, the user is expected to configure the bsp with the modified .xsa file and build.

  • As an e.g If Vivado project is modified for VCU TRD multi-stream design then use below command to configure the bsp

  • Create a soft link of design dtsi file to system-user.dtsi using below command

The table below lists the available hardware designs and their dtsi.

Design

Project

dtsi

VCU TRD

VCU TRD

vcu_trd.dtsi

Multistream  Audio

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + Audio
MIPI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-TX + Audio
I2S-Rx + I2s-Tx

vcu_audio.dtsi

10G Ethernet Video streaming

10G HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx

vcu_10g.dtsi

PL DDR SDI Capture and Display with Audio

SDI-Rx + VCU + SDI-Tx + PL DDR

vcu_plddr_sdi.dtsi

HDMI Video Capture

HDMI-Rx + VCU

vcu_hdmirx.dtsi

HDMI Video Display

VCU + HDMI-Tx

vcu_hdmitx.dtsi

SDI Video Capture

SDI-Rx + VCU

vcu_sdirx.dtsi

SDI Video Display

VCU + SDI-Tx

vcu_sditx.dtsi

PL DDR HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + PL DDR

vcu_plddr_hdmi.dtsi

PCIe Encode, Decode and Transcode

PCIe XDMA + VCU

vcu_pcie.dtsi

Xilinx Low Latency PS DDR NV12 HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + Sync IP + Audio

vcu_llp2_psddr_hdmi.dtsi

Xilinx Low Latency PL DDR NV16 HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + PL DDR + Sync IP

vcu_llp2_plddr_hdmi_nv16.dtsi

Xilinx Low Latency PL DDR XV20 HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + PL DDR + Sync IP

vcu_llp2_plddr_hdmi_xv20.dtsi

Xilinx Low Latency PL DDR XV20 SDI Capture and Display

SDI-Rx + VCU + SDI-Tx + PL DDR + SYNC IP

vcu_llp2_plddr_sdi.dtsi

As an e.g use below command to create a soft link of design dtsi file to system-user.dtsi for VCU TRD design.

Edit project-spec/meta-user/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-xlnx_%.bbappend file for LLP2 PL DDR HDMI NV16/XV20 and LLP2 PL DDR SDI XV20 designs by following below steps:

  • Add “0001-dma-mapping-avoid-calling-memset-unless-gfp-flag-set_20.1.patch“ in the linux-xlnx_%.bbappend file by adding “file://0001-dma-mapping-avoid-calling-memset-unless-gfp-flag-set_20.1.patch \“ line at the end of SRC_URI_append list. The preview of the linux-xlnx_%.bbappend file after adding this patch shown below:

  • Build the PetaLinux project

  • Build SDK components to use it as sysroot for application development.

  • Create a boot image (BOOT.BIN) including FSBL, ATF, bitstream, and u-boot.

  • Copy the generated boot image and Linux image to the SD card directory.

The table below lists the available hardware design and its image path. These can be found in the package under "images".

Design

Project

Image Path

VCU TRD

VCU TRD

vcu_multistream_nv12

Multistream  Audio

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + Audio
MIPI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-TX + Audio
I2S-Rx + I2s-Tx

vcu_audio

10G Ethernet Video streaming

10G HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx

vcu_10g

PLDDR SDI Capture and Display with Audio

SDI-Rx + VCU + SDI-Tx + AUDIO + PL DDR

vcu_sdi_xv20

HDMI Video Capture

HDMI-Rx + VCU

vcu_hdmi_rx

HDMI Video Display

VCU + HDMI-Tx

vcu_hdmi_tx

SDI Video Capture

SDI-Rx + VCU

vcu_sdirx

SDI Video Display

VCU + SDI-Tx

vcu_sditx

PL DDR HDMI Capture and Display

HDMI-Rx + VCU + HDMI-Tx + PL DDR

vcu_hdmi_multistream_xv20

PCIe Encode, Decode and Transcode

PCIe XDMA + VCU