Introduction to PolarFire^® SoC FPGAs

Introduction to PolarFire^® SoC FPGAs is a one-day course for engineers who are using PolarFire SoC FPGAs in their designs. This class describes the PolarFire SoC FPGA architecture, including the five-core Linux^®-capable processor subsystem based on the RISC-V^® ISA, the flexible L2 memory subsystem and the embedded peripherals. The course also describes the PolarFire SoC design flow. It includes hands-on lab exercises to provide practical applications of the concepts that are presented.  

This class is taught virtually using WebEx^®

• Develop an understanding of the PolarFire SoC FPGA family architecture details and learn how to implement designs
• Become familiar with the Libero^® SoC Design Suite design flow to implement PolarFire SoC designs
• Become familiar with the SoftConsole tool for embedded system development
• Become familiar with running bare-metal applications

• Completion of Introduction to Libero SoC Design Suite course
• Completion of Introduction to PolarFire FPGAs course
• Familiarity with the FPGA design flow and microprocessor (MPU) code development

• The latest version of Libero SoC Design Suite installed with the working license file (Silver license or paid license)
• Installation of latest SoftConsole tool provided by Microchip
• One of the following kits; see FPGA Kits and Hardware for more information:
  • PolarFire SoC Discovery Kit
  • PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit

If you do not have one of these kits, you can still create the design and run the simulations, but you will not be able to program and debug your design.

Enroll for the course by completing the registration materials. Available dates are presented on the registration page.