SoC Blockset

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SoC Blockset

Design, analyze, and deploy hardware/software applications for Xilinx and Intel SoC devices

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SoC Blockset™ enables you to simulate and analyze the performance of algorithms on programmable SoCs and ASICs. You can deploy these algorithms as hardware and software applications for prototyping and production.

The blockset lets you build models of hardware architectures by defining interfaces between processor cores, programmable logic, memory, and peripherals. You can use the models to partition algorithms between programmable logic and processors to analyze the tradeoffs between hardware and software implementation. The blockset also lets you specify task scheduling of software applications.

The SoC Builder app automates deployment by building IP cores and software for Arm® cores and programming development boards from Simulink® (with HDL Coder™ and Embedded Coder®).

SoC Blockset supports the analysis of deployed applications in hardware with performance diagnostics and software profiling tools. Supported devices include Xilinx® Zynq®-7000 SoCs, Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoCs/RFSoCs, and Versal™ ACAPs, as well as Intel® SoC FPGAs.

Designing a Datapath from an FPGA to a Processor with SoC Blockset: Modeling and Simulation.
Video length is 6:11.
Designing a Datapath from an FPGA to a Processor with SoC Blockset: Modeling and Simulation

Architectures from Specifications

Perform preliminary analysis of your design to determine whether the software tasks in your application can be scheduled on your chosen hardware. Start with a functional architecture of the application in System Composer™ and allocate functional components to processors or programmable logic.

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Xilinx ZCU102, ZCU216, and VCK190 development boards.

Target Versal, Zynq RFSoC/MPSoC

Analyze system designs using predefined models of the latest Xilinx programmable SoC devices, then use the SoC Builder tool to deploy to development boards for testing.

Documentation (Versal, RFSoC/MPSoC)
Examples (Versal, RFSoC/MPSoC)

Block diagram of 5G NR SIB1 recovery for FR1 and FR2.

5G Applications on RFSoC Devices

With Wireless HDL Toolbox™, simulate and deploy a 5G NR MIB recovery algorithm or a 5G NR SIB1 recovery algorithm for FR1 and FR2 using an SoC Blockset implementation targeted to Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC boards.

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Operator view of the Algorithm Analyzer report.

Analyze Algorithm Resource Usage

Analyze Simulink models or MATLAB® algorithms to generate reports summarizing the number of arithmetic operators required for implementation. Use these reports to compare different architectures for FPGA, ASIC, and SoC devices, evaluate design tradeoffs, and explore hardware/software partitioning options.

Documentation | Examples

Designing a Datapath from an FPGA to a Processor with SoC Blockset: Modeling and Simulation.
Video length is 6:11.

Model DDR Memory

­Model DDR memory and simulate shared memory transactions between hardware logic and embedded processors. Configure DMA controllers to arbitrate memory traffic. Account for memory latency and throughput in simulation.

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Task preemption charts generated by SoC Blockset.

Analyze Task Execution

Model task execution of embedded software as managed by the operating system (OS). Simulate tasks with accurate timing, accounting for context switching, task preemption, and execution duration. Model software interrupts generated by FPGA fabric. Apply statistics to simulate nondeterministic task durations or incorporate task durations measured during hardware testing.

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Contents of reference designs, including RAMs, memory controllers, data/control interfaces, FIFOs, clock managers, and control paths.

Generate HDL Coder Reference Designs

Generate HDL Coder reference designs directly from SoC Blockset models, then use the HDL Workflow Advisor tool to integrate IP cores created with HDL Coder.

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Screenshot of the Hardware Setup app for Xilinx boards.

Target COTS Boards and Custom Boards

­Use the OS Customizer tool to modify and add libraries to the Linux® distribution for your embedded processor. Customize the embedded Linux operating system of supported boards.

Documentation | Examples

Four separate images of a camera, electric motor, cellular tower, and radar screen.

Featured Applications

Evaluate vision, communications, and radar applications while taking into account the effects of processor, FPGA, and DDR memory subsystems. Implement motor and power electronics controllers partitioned between processors and programmable logic.

Examples (vision, communications, radar, motor control)

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