PMC - 2020.2 English

Versal ACAP Design Guide (UG1273)

Document ID
UG1273
Release Date
2021-03-26
Version
2020.2 English

The platform management controller (PMC) subsystem includes the following functions:

  • Boot and configuration management
  • Dynamic Function eXchange (DFX)
  • Power management
  • Reliability and safety functions
  • Life-cycle management, including device integrity, debug, and system monitoring
  • I/O peripherals, including PMC I2C and GPIO

The PMC block executes the BootROM and platform loader and manager (PLM) to handle the boot and configuration for the PS, CPM, PL, NoC register initialization and settings, and I/O and interrupt configuration settings. In addition to boot and configuration, the PLM provides life-cycle management services. The PMC bus architecture and centralized integration enables significantly faster configuration and readback performance when compared with previous devices. The following table shows the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC blocks that are comparable to the Versal ACAP blocks.

Table 1. Block Comparison
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Versal ACAP
Configuration security unit (CSU) and platform management unit (PMU) PMC
CSU ROM code unit (RCU)
PMU Platform processing unit (PPU)
First stage boot loader (FSBL) and PMU firmware PLM

For more information on the PMC, see the Versal ACAP Technical Reference Manual (AM011). For more information on the PLM, see the Versal ACAP System Software Developers Guide (UG1304).