{"id":7068,"date":"2021-01-26T21:16:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T15:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuclearrambo.com\/wordpress\/?p=7068"},"modified":"2024-10-03T15:10:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T09:40:17","slug":"running-petalinux-on-zynq-soc-from-scratch-zybo-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuclearrambo.com\/wordpress\/running-petalinux-on-zynq-soc-from-scratch-zybo-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Running Petalinux on Zynq SoC from scratch – Zybo board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a couple of previous articles<\/a>, we went over a few very basic designs on the Zynq SoC<\/a>. Those examples used no operating system. They were all what we call “bare metal”. Running bare metal has it’s advantages and disadvantages. For example, you can quickly build and test things by manipulating registers and various other things. When things start to complex and need to interact with each other, writing software on bare metal could become a bit cumbersome. Having a basic OS allows one to skip the mundane tasks and focus on the main thing you intend to accomplish. Those mundane tasks we talked about are offloaded to the operating system; Petalinux in this case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zynq, a full-fledged ARM SoC has two parts to it. The processing system with dual core ARM Cortex A9 cores and programmable logic part. Similarly, a more recent SoC from Xilinx, Zynq Ultrascale+<\/a> comes with a higher number of processor cores and a much larger FPGA fabric. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will be building the Linux Operating system with the help of Xilinx’s Petalinux tool. This post will more likely focus on actually getting Linux to run your Zynq SoC with minimum amount of effort. For someone new to Zynq, should at least go through my previous Zynq articles. If possible, try them out before you jump into Linux. This is not something you can continue to build upon if you have no background on this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n