Prerequisits This project was set up with AMD/Xilinx Vivado in version 2023.2 and Vitis Classic 2023.2 under Ubuntu 20.04 using an Avnet UltraZed-3EG IO Carrier Card. Generally, the set-up described should also work in older and newer versions of Vivado and under other operating systems with similar Zynq UltraScale+ devices. Be aware that Windows 10/11...
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