Embedded Linux on the Tria AUBoard-15P FPGA with Whitney Knitter
We’ve been following along with Hackster Pro Whitney Knitter’s Tria AUBoard-15P FPGA (field-programmable gate array) board tutorial series, with basic setup in the first video and software design in the second video. In her third and final video, Knitter covers the heavy stuff: building and running an embedded Linux image for the Tria AUBoard-15P using PetaLinux.
This will give you all of the benefits of an embedded Linux OS, plus the advantages of custom FPGA-based hardware. It has the potential for far more versatility than, say, a single-board computer. Whether you’re prototyping or deploying on the FPGA, it is very flexible.
That said, system resources will be somewhat limited and bottlenecked by the MicroBlaze soft processor, which runs within the FPGA’s programmable logic. The result is a stripped-down and barebones embedded Linux experience out of the box, but that’s perfect as the foundation for tailored applications.
Setting this up...
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