Xilinx/EUROPRACTICE PetaLinux Embedded Linux

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 15-16 May 2012

The Microelectronics Support Centre at STFC/RAL and Xilinx are pleased to offer this free of charge 2-Day Xilinx Professor Workshop which will run at STFC/RAL in May 2012.

Delegates will be expected to finance and arrange their own travel and accommodation.  Lunch and light refreshments will be provided each day.  All computer hardware and tools will be provided on site.

This workshop provides attendees an oppurtunity to learn about Embedded Linux on MicroBlaze using the PetaLogix PetaLinux tools.
Please Note: PetaLinux is not available through Europractice, and must be purchased directly from PetaLogix. PetaLogix does not consider Research institutes (Europractice membership number R****) as eligible for lower cost Academic licenses, and full commercial prices will apply for licensing. Please be aware of this before registering for this workshop.
www.petalogix.com

Topics covered will include:

• Understand the basics of the Linux operating system and Embedded Linux concepts
• Use the Xilinx EDK and PetaLinux to achieve a working MicroBlaze Linux kernel bring up
• Build, modify and debug Embedded Linux applications on the MicroBlaze platform
• Develop a simple custom hardware peripheral for MicroBlaze
• Develop a simple Linux device driver for a custom hardware peripheral
• Integrate an open source IP core from OpenCores

For prerequisites and full details on the topics covered, please see:

Xilinx XUP PetaLinux Embedded Linux Professor workshop