EE Web: The Benefits of HW/SW Co-Simulation for Zynq-Based Designs

By Adam Taylor

Heterogeneous System-on-Chip (SoC) devices like the Xilinx Zynq 7000 and Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC combine high-performance processing systems with state-of-the-art programmable logic. This combination allows the system to be architected to provide an optimal solution. User interfaces, communication, control, and system configuration can be addressed by the Processor System (PS). Meanwhile, the Programmable Logic (PL) can be used to implement low latency, deterministic functions and processing pipelines that exploit its parallel, nature such as those used by image processing and industrial applications.

Communication between the PS and the PL is provided by several memory-mapped interfaces. These interfaces use the Advanced eXtensible Interface (AXI) to provide both Master and Slave communications in each direction...

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