Migrating to the Vitis Embedded Software Development IDE 

• Existing embedded developers using SDK tools from AMD Xilinx for software development

Prerequisites

• C or C++ programming experience, including general debugging techniques
• Conceptual understanding of embedded processing systems as it relates to the AMD Xilinx ecosystem (specifically writing and modifying scripts, user applications, and boot loader operation).

The workshop has been created to be accessible by a wide audience with standard technology requirements.

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After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:

• Develop and deploy an application on an embedded system from AMD Xilinx using the Vitis unified software platform
• Migrate an existing SDK project to the Vitis platform

Workshop Agenda

• Overview of Embedded Software Development – Overview of the process for building a user application. 
• Driving the Vitis Software Development Tool – Introduces the basic behaviors required to drive the Vitis tool to generate a debuggable C/C++ application. 
• Migrating from SDK to the Vitis Platform – Overview of migrating existing AMD Xilinx SDK projects to Vitis software development projects 
• Standalone Software Platform Development and Coding Support – Covers the various software components, or layers, supplied by AMD Xilinx that aid in the creation of low-level software. Also the basic services (libraries) available. 
• Linux Software Application Development Overview – Highlights important parts of the underlying Linux system as it pertains to applications. 
• Building a Linux Application in the Vitis IDE – Reviews the use of the Vitis tool for Linux software development. 
• System Debugger – Describes the basics of actually running a debugger and illustrates the most commonly used debugging commands. 
• Profiling Overview – Introduces the purpose and techniques for profiling a user application.

This workshop is delivered in two 4 hour sessions of interactive training comprising presentations with Q&A.

• EurAsia workshop start time
  • April 25 & 26:
    0830 BST | 0930 CEST | 1300 IST
• Americas workshop start time 
  • April 25 & 26:
    0830 PDT | 1030 CDT | 1130 EDT
• There will be some short breaks during  the training 
• There are no specific hardware requirements for this workshop, please check your connection with GoToWebinar here if you have not used it to attend a Doulos event before.

FREE OF CHARGE sponsored by AMD Xilinx