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Vitis Software Platform: Embedded Vision Reference Platforms User Guide 2019.2 (UG1265)
1. Introduction	2. Overview	3. Software Tools and System Requirements	4. Design File Hierarchy
5. Installation and Operating Instructions	6. Tool Flow Tutorials	7. Run the Application	8. Platform Details
9. Known Issues and Limitations		10. Additional References

3. Software Tools and System Requirements

3.1. Hardware

3.1.1. Single Sensor Platform

Required:

• ZCU104 Evaluation Board Rev 1.0
• Micro USB cable, connected to laptop or desktop computer for the terminal emulator
• Micro SD card

Optional (required for live I/O examples):

• Monitor with DisplayPort or HDMI input supporting one of the following resolutions:
  • 3840x2160
  • 1920x1080
  • 1280x720
• DisplayPort cable (DP certified) or HDMI cable
• Leopard LI-IMX274MIPI-FMC
• Stereolabs ZED USB stereo camera
• e-con Systems See3CAM_CU30_CHL_TC USB camera
• HDMI video source with output supporting one of the following resolutions:
  • 3840x2160
  • 1920x1080
  • 1280x720

3.1.2. 8-Stream VCU + CNN Platform

Required:

• ZCU104 Evaluation Board Rev 1.0
• Micro USB cable, connected to laptop or desktop computer for the terminal emulator
• Micro SD card (>= 4 GB)
• Monitor with HDMI input supporting the following resolutions:
  • 1920x1080
• HDMI cable
• 8-port Gigabit Ethernet switch (for example, TP-LINK TL-SG108E)
• Four IP cameras capable of sending H264 1080p@15fps live video streams over RTSP over Ethernet
• Windows 10 laptop
• Six Ethernet cables

3.1.3. ZCU104 Smart Camera Platform

Required:

• ZCU104 Evaluation Board
• Leopard LI-IMX274MIPI-FMC
• Micro USB cable, connected to laptop or desktop computer for the terminal emulator
• Micro SD card
• Monitor with DP input supporting one of the following resolutions:
  • 3840x2160
  • 1920x1080
• DisplayPort cable (DP certified)

3.2. Software

Required: (see UG1416 for installation instructions).

• Vitis™ Software Platform version 2019.2.

• Serial terminal emulator (for example, Tera Term)

• 7zip utility to extract the design .zip file (Windows only).

  📌 CAUTION: Other zip utilities might produce incorrect results!

• Design .zip files:

  • Single Sensor ZCU104 platform and demo for Vitis: zcu104_ss_2019_2_platform.zip, zcu104_ss_2019_2_demo.zip

  • 8-stream VCU + CNN ZCU104 platform and demo for Vitis: zcu104_vcu_ml_2019_2_platform.zip, zcu104_vcu_ml_2019_2_demo.zip

  • ZCU104 Smart Camera platform and demo for Vitis: zcu104_smart_camera_xilinxisp_2019_2_platform.zip, zcu104_smart_camera_xilinxisp_2019_2_demo.zip

  • ZCU104 Smart Camera demo for Vitis with Regulus ISP: zcu104_smart_camera_regulusisp_2019_2.zip

📌 Note: The platform sources used to generate the above pre-built platforms can be found at the platform generation sources web page. After you have installed the Vitis software platform and the PetaLinux tools, the pre-built platforms can be generated by following the Read Me instructions given in the source page.

3.3. Licensing

📌 IMPORTANT: Certain material in this reference design is separately licensed by third parties and may be subject to the GNU General Public License version 2, the GNU Lesser General License version 2.1, or other licenses. The Third Party Library Sources files provide a copy of separately licensed material that is not included in the platform designs. For each platorm design mentioned above, there is a corresponding Third Party Library Sources folder with the name DesignName-ThirdPartySources.zip

3.3.1 Third Party Sources Zip Files:

• Single Sensor ZCU104 platform for the Vitis environment: zcu104_ss_ThirdPartySources.zip
• 8-stream VCU + CNN ZCU104 platform for the Vitis environment: zcu104_vcu_ml_2019_2_ThirdPartySources.zip
• ZCU104 Smart Camera platform for the Vitis environment with Xilinx ISP: zcu104_smart_camera_xilinxisp_ThirdPartySources_2019_2.zip
• ZCU104 Smart Camera platform for the Vitis environment with Regulus ISP: zcu104_smart_camera_regulusisp_ThirdPartySources_2019_2.zip

You need the Vitis tool to build the Single Sensor, 8-Stream VCU + CNN, and Smart Camera designs. You can access it from here.

3.3.2. Downloading the Vitis Software Platform

If you experience any issues with the following steps, refer to the Vitis area on the Xilinx website.

1. Log in here with your work e-mail address (if you do not yet have an account, follow the steps listed under Create Account).
2. Download the Vitis software platform from the download page here.
3. Download the PetaLinux tools available here.

3.4. Compatibility

The reference design has been tested successfully with the following user-supplied components.

Monitors:

Make/Model	Native Resolution
Viewsonic VP2780-4K	3840x2160
Acer S277HK	3840x2160
Dell U2414H	1920x1080

HDMI Sources:

Make/Model	Resolutions
Nvidia Shield TV	3840x2160, 1920x1080
OTT TV BOX M8N	3840x2160, 1920x1080, 1280x720
Roku 2 XS	1920x1080, 1280x720
TVix Slim S1 Multimedia Player	1920x1080, 1280x720

USB3 Cameras:

Make/Model	Resolutions
ZED stereo camera	3840x1080, 2560x720
See3CAM_CU30	1920x1080, 1280x720

DisplayPort Cables:

• Cable Matters DisplayPort Cable-E342987
• Monster Advanced DisplayPort Cable-E194698

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