Step 1: Installing a Board Image - 1.4 English

Vitis AI Library User Guide (UG1354)

Document ID
UG1354
Release Date
2021-07-22
Version
1.4 English
System images for your platform are available in the following locations:
  • System images for the ZCU102 evaluation kit can be downloaded from here.
  • System images for the ZCU104 evaluation kit can be downloaded from here.
  • System images for the KV260 starter kit can be downloaded from here.
  • System images for the VCK190 evaluation board can be downloaded from here.

One suggested software application for flashing the SD card is Etcher. It is a cross-platform tool for flashing OS images to SD cards, available for Windows, Linux, and Mac systems. The following example runs on Windows.

  1. Download Etcher from: https://etcher.io/ and save the file as shown in the following figure.

  2. Install Etcher, as shown in the following figure.

  3. Eject any external storage devices such as USB flash drives and backup hard disks. This makes it easier to identify the SD card. Then, insert the SD card into the slot on your computer, or into the reader.
  4. Run the Etcher program by double clicking on the Etcher icon shown in the following figure, or select it from the Start menu.

    Etcher launches, as shown in the following figure.



  5. Select the image file by clicking Select Image. You can select a .zip or .gz compressed file.
  6. Etcher tries to detect the SD drive. Verify the drive designation and the image size.
  7. Click Flash!.

  8. Insert the SD card with the image into the destination board.
  9. Plug in the power and boot the board using the serial port to operate on the system.
  10. Set up the IP information of the board using the serial port.

    You can now operate on the board using SSH.