Avnet Electronics Marketing launches complete MicroBlaze Processor Linux design solution
(Product News, 13 May 2008 )
The Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia business region of Avnet Inc. has released a new Xilinx MicroBlaze Processor Linux DVD, MicroBlaze Processor Linux Starter Kit and announced the launch of the Linux for MicroBlaze Processor SpeedWay Design Workshop.
The stand-alone Linux for MicroBlaze Processor DVD is based on both PetaLogix Petalinux and LynuxWork’s BlueCAT Linux distribution and tool chains. The DVD demonstrates how to port Linux into a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design using the 32-bit Xilinx MicroBlaze processor. It also highlights the benefits and tradeoffs when using the new Memory Management Unit (MMU) in the MicroBlaze processor, which enables designers to use commercial-grade operating systems when implementing their embedded designs with Xilinx FPGAs.
The MicroBlaze Processor Linux Starter Kit includes the Linux for MicroBlaze Processor DVD, the Xilinx Embedded Development Kit - Spartan-3A DSP MicroBlaze Processor Edition, and attendance at an Avnet Linux for MicroBlaze Processor Workshop, providing a complete platform for running embedded Linux on a MicroBlaze processor implemented in a Spartan-3A DSP FPGA.
Avnet has also announced the launched of the Linux for MicroBlaze Processor Workshop, part of the Avnet SpeedWay Design Workshop Series, which offers support for embedded developers through a full day hands-on session that provides practical knowledge on utilizing Xilinx tools and Internet Protocol (IP) to create a MicroBlaze processor (based Linux system within an FPGA). The course is aimed at software and hardware designers considering an operating system for their next embedded processor based application.
“With the growing interest in FPGA-based embedded processors, the migration to full operating systems such as Linux is inevitable,” says Tim Barber, Vice President of global Xilinx marketing for Avnet Electronics Marketing. “These Avnet developed solutions will help our customers through the learning phase by providing ‘how-to’ tutorials and proven design examples.”
