Set Up Custom Boards Using the Hardware Setup

Launch the HDL Coder Hardware Setup add-on by using hdlHardwareSetup (HDL Coder) function. You can also launch the add-on from the HDL Coder tab on the toolstrip or from the Add-ons panel in MATLAB^®. For more information, see Set Up AMD FPGA and SoC Devices.

hdlHardwareSetup

In the Select a Hardware Board step, set the FPGA Vendor to AMD (Xilinx) and Workflow to All, Deep Learning or IP Core Generation. Set the Hardware Board to Custom Board. Click Next.

In the Select an Interface step, select the ethernet interface. Click Next.

In the Select Device Family step, set Device Family to the device family of your hardware board. For the list of supported device families, see Supported Hardware Boards. Set Choose Linux Image to MathWorks-Compatible Linux Image. Click Next.

In the Choose Download Mode for Third-party Tools step, download the required third-party tools for the custom board. Select Automatic or Manual to automatically or manually download the files, respectively. For more information, see Download Required Third-Party Tools.

In the Register Sysroot for Software Targeting step, you register the Linux root file system (sysroot) for the target AMD board. The sysroot provides the libraries, header files, and binaries required to cross‑compile, deploy, and run generated code on the target hardware. You must register a sysroot when using cross‑development workflows, such as those that use Yocto, Buildroot, or PetaLinux.

This step is required when you installed third-party tools for software targeting in the Download and Install Third-Party Tools step.

Select the Linux image type that matches the root file system installed on the target device:

If you do not want to register a sysroot, select the Skip this step if you do not want to register sysroot check box and click Next. You can register the sysroot later by using the Hardware Setup tool.

In the Configure Network Card on the Host Computer step, select the network interface card (NIC) that you want to connect with the hardware. You can also specify an IP address for your board in the Set Network Configuration section.

In the Select a Drive step, select the location of the drive that contains the SD card. Click Next.

In the Write Firmware step, specify the path of the Linux image of the custom board.

To write the firmware to the SD card, click Write. After the process completes, click Next.

In the Connect AMD Hardware Board step, follow the instructions to connect the SD card to the hardware board and setup the hardware connection to boot hardware board from the SD card.

You can verify your hardware connection in the Verify Configuration of Your AMD Hardware Board step. Click Verify.

When the Hardware Setup completes, you can open the examples to get familiar with the product and its features. Click Open Example to launch example in MATLAB which shows how to deploy a bitstream into the hardware.