Demo Requirements

The following table lists the hardware and software required for running the demo.
Table . Demo Requirements
RequirementDescription
Hardware and Accessories
PolarFire SoC video kitMPFS250-VIDEO-KIT
Image sensor moduleLI-IMX334-MIPI-MICRO v1.0 (video DC dual cam)

USB A to mini-B cable

Required for:

  • FPGA programming
  • UART interface for the terminal prompt from Linux

Power adapter

12V, 5A

Host PC

A host PC with USB and Ethernet port

Ethernet cable

To communicate with the SEV kit while using the web GUI

Utility Software

Program Debug 2021.2 

This executable file installs FlashPro Express 2021.2, which is used to program FPGA.

MobaxTerm or Putty

UART receiver-transmitter application at the host PC

Win32 Disk Imager

Free utility used for flashing binary images to USB sticks or SD/CF cards

7-zip

Free archiving utility for compressing/decompressing files and is needed for extracting .wic file from .wic.gz

Admin privileges 

Flashing Linux .wic images through Win32 Disk Imager requires admin privileges

Flashable Binaries

Linux wic Image

core-image-minimal-dev-sev-kit-es.wic.gz

Job file

MPFS_SEV_KIT_DESIGN_2022_09.zip
The name of the binaries mentioned in the preceding table may be different from the rest of the guide as these keep changing in each releases but the flashing and demo procedures remain the same.