1 Demo Requirements

The following table lists the setup requirement for running the demo.

Table 1-1. Demo Requirements
RequirementDescription
Hardware and Accessories
PolarFire® SoC video kitMPFS250-VIDEO-KIT
Kit Contents:
  • PolarFire SoC Video Kit Board with (MPFS250TS-1FCG1152I)
  • Sony IMX334 4K30 Dual Camera Sensor
  • HDMI cable
  • Two Micro B USB cables
  • RJ45 Ethernet cable
  • 12V AC Adapter, 12V Power Cord
Image Sensor ModuleLI-IMX334-MIPI-MICRO v1.0
USB A to micro-B cableRequired for:
  • FPGA programming
  • UART interface for the terminal prompt from Linux®
Host PCA host PC with USB, Ethernet port, and Windows® 10 and later, or Ubuntu 20.04 and later.
Ethernet cableTo communicate with the video kit while using the web GUI
Utility Software
FPExpressFPGA Programming application
MobaxTerm, Putty, or TeraTermUART receiver-transmitter application at the host PC
USBImagerFree utility used for flashing binary images to USB sticks or SD or CF cards
7-zipFree archiving utility for compressing or decompressing files and is needed for extracting .wic file from .wic.gz
Admin privilegesFlashing Linux .wic images using USBImager requires admin privileges
VLC Media Player or GStreamerTo stream the H.264 video, use the following specified versions:
  • 3.0.16 (Windows) and later or 3.0.9.2 (Ubuntu) and later for VLC Media Player
  • 1.22.9 (Windows) and later for GStreamer
Web BrowserChrome 96.0.4664.110 (Official Build) (64-bit) and later, or Microsoft Edge Version 96.0.1054.53 (Official build) (64-bit) and later
Flashable Binaries
Linux wic imageLinux .wic Image
Job fileMPFS_VIDEO_KIT_H264_MM_DESIGN
Important: 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.