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Vitis™ In-Depth Tutorials

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Unlocking a new design experience for all developers with Vitis

The Vitis™ unified software platform enables the development of embedded software and accelerated applications on heterogeneous Xilinx® platforms including FPGAs, SoCs, and Versal™ ACAPs. It provides a unified programming model for accelerating Edge, Cloud, and Hybrid computing applications. Learn how to use Vitis, Vitis AI, and the Vitis accelerated libraries to implement a fully end-to-end accelerated application using purely software-defined flows.

Where to Start

If you are new to Vitis and want to start with the basics, or just want to get a quick overview of what Vitis can offer, we recommend checking out the tutorials under Getting Started, and from there exploring other tutorials on different topics.

Otherwise, if you are looking for a specific tutorial for the desired device or platform, or are interested in a special application or feature, you can select a tutorial from the topics as listed under the Tutorials.

In this repository, tutorials are divided into different topics by function and application with each topic containing 2 sections.

• Feature Tutorials illustrate specific features or flows of Vitis, Libraries, XRT and platforms, some features may not be required by all designs but are still useful for some use cases.
• Design Tutorials illustrate higher-level concepts or design flows, walk through specific examples or reference designs, and more complex and complete designs or applications.

How to Get Help

• Check FAQs
• For questions about Vitis, please visit Vitis Forum.
• For questions or issues about tutorials, please submit an Issue.

How to Download the Repository

To get a local copy of the Vitis-Tutorials repository, clone it to the local system by executing the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Xilinx/Vitis-Tutorials.git

The default branch is always consistent with the latest released Vitis version, if you need to run the tutorial on a different Vitis version, please checkout the branch that matches the tool version after cloning the repository with the git checkout <branch> command.

Alternatively, you can also download the repository as a Zip file in two ways, the downloaded Zip file will contain only selected branch and the overall size will be smaller than the entire repository being cloned.

1. From a browser, first select the desired branch, then click the small arrow on the green Code button at the top right of the repo contents and select Download Zip.
2. From a terminal, execute the below command. Take the 2022.2 branch as an example.

wget https://github.com/Xilinx/Vitis-Tutorials/archive/refs/heads/2022.2.zip && unzip 2022.2.zip 

Release Notes

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Tutorials

Getting Started
Start here! Learn the basics of the Vitis programming model by putting together your very first application. No experience necessary!
Vitis Introduction	Vitis HLS Introduction
Vitis Libraries Introduction	Vitis Platform Introduction

Hardware Acceleration
Learn how to use the Vitis core development kit to build, analyze, and optimize an accelerated algorithm developed in C++, OpenCL, and even Verilog and VHDL.
Feature Tutorials	Design Tutorials
Getting Started with RTL Kernels	Convolution Example
Mixing C and RTL	Bloom Filter Example
Dataflow Debug and Optimization	RTL Systems Integration Example
Using Multiple DDR Banks	Traveling Salesperson Problem
Using Multiple Compute Units	Bottom RTL Kernel Design Flow Example
Controlling Vivado Implementation	Cholesky Algorithm Acceleration
Optimizing for HBM	XRT Host Code Optimization
Host Memory Access	Aurora Kernel on Alveo
Using GT Kernels and Ethernet IPs on Alveo	Single Source Shortest Path Application 🆕
P2P Transfer using Native XRT C++ API 🆕	Get Moving with Alveo

AI Engine Development
Learn how to target, develop, and deploy advanced algorithms using a Versal AI Engine array in conjunction with PL IP/kernels and software applications running on the embedded processors.
Feature Tutorials		Design Tutorials
Versal Integration for HW Emu and HW	Using GMIO with AIE	LeNet Tutorial
Runtime Parameter Reconfiguration	Packet Switching	Super Sampling Rate FIR Filters
A to Z Bare-metal Flow	Versal System Design Clocking	Beamforming Design
Using Floating-Point in the AI Engine	DSP Library Tutorial	2D-FFT
Debug Walkthrough Tutorial	AIE DSP Library and Model Composer	FIR Filter
Versal Emulation Waveform Analysis	AXIS External Traffic Generator	N-Body Simulator
AIE Performance and Deadlock Analysis	Implementing an IIR Filter on the AIE	Versal GeMM Implementation 🆕
Post-Link Recompile of an AI Engine Application	Python and C++ External Traffic Generators for AIE Simulation and Emulation	Versal Custom Thin Platform Extensible System
Using RTL IP with AI Engines	AI Engine A-to-Z Flow for Linux 🆕
Using Verilog Traffic Generators in AIE Simulation 🆕

Vitis Platform Creation
Learn how to build custom platforms for Vitis to target your own boards built with Xilinx devices, and how to modify and extend existing platforms.
Design Tutorials	Feature Tutorials
Custom Platform Creation on MPSoC	Incorporating Stream Interfaces
Custom Platform Creation on Versal	PetaLinux Building and System Customization
Custom Platform Creation on KV260
Versal Custom DFX Platform Creation Tutorial 🆕

Vitis Developer Contributed Tutorials
Check out tutorials that other developers shared! We welcome your contribution, you may share end-to-end designs, tips and tricks, or designs and examples that can help Xilinx users.
Versal Custom Thin Platform Extensible System	DSP Design on AI Engine with GUI and Makefile Flows
Vitis HLS Optimization Techniques on Embedded Boards

Other Vitis Tutorial Repositories

Tutorial Repository	Description
Vitis Acceleration Examples	This repository illustrates specific scenarios related to host code and kernel programming through small working examples. They can get you started with Vitis acceleration application coding and optimization.
Machine Learning Tutorials	The repository helps to get you the lay of the land working with machine learning and the Vitis AI toolchain on Xilinx devices. It illustrates specific workflows or stages within Vitis AI and gives examples of common use cases.
Embedded Design Tutorials	Learn how to build and use embedded operating systems and drivers on Xilinx Adaptive SoCs and the MicroBlaze™ soft processor. These tutorials cover open-source operating systems and bare-metal drivers available from Xilinx, compilers, debuggers, and profiling tools for traditional SoC software development.
Vitis Model Composer Tutorials	Learn rapid design exploration using Vitis Model Composer. Vitis Model Composer provides a library of performance-optimized blocks for design and implementation of DSP algorithms on Xilinx devices. The Vitis Model Composer AI Engine, HLS and HDL libraries within the Simulink™ environment, enable the rapid design exploration of an algorithm and accelerate the path to production.

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