Embedded Systems development and rapid prototyping

SoC FPGA DESIGN SERVICE

rsyocto is an embedded service provider to help scientific, industrial and automotive companies to focus
on their big thing by accelerating their entire complex high-end SoC FPGA design.

SoC FPGAs ...

... combine the advantages of a highly flexible programmable logic device (PLD) with powerful Arm® processor systems, as known from the mobile world in a single package.

PLDs/FPGAs can compute faster than any computer because they execute their applications directly in Hardware. They are able to load almost any digital logic such as sensor interfaces, microprocessors and AI engines. The limitless flexibility of FPGAs enables them to be used in areas where any other cost-optimized technologies fail. SoC FPGAs can take the capabilities of FPGAs with their hard processor system to the next level by enabling them to run industry-leading Embedded Linux. Linux, for example, can control, process and monitor FPGA data and stay in touch with the desktop world by hosting a cloud update manager that can update not only the embedded software but also all Hardware embedded in the FPGA to fulfill new requirements in the field. As a result, SoC FPGA can extend the product life, reduce waste and enable more user-friendly and profitable service business models.

SoC FPGAs are considered to be the family of the most complex silicon components on the market that require enormous development efforts. Because of their complexities, many projects are designed with easier technologies by removing many features. Therefore, many areas of Application are denied.

rsyocto was founded to take over and automate the complex SoC FPGA development so that its partners can focus on their big thing by getting their applications accelerated with groundbreaking SoC FPGAs.

Consulting and Design Service from

first Conception to final Product Life

rsyocto product development life cycle diagram

Merging of

A r m® + F P G A

SoC FPGA Interface Design

High-level experience with the following SoC FPGAs

Intel® Cyclone® V SE/ST/SX SoC FPGA
Intel® Arria® 10 SX SoC FPGA
Intel® Agilex™ 7 F-Series SoC FPGA

High-Speed interface development between Sensors and Actuators, Memory, the FPGA-Fabric, Real-Time processors and Arm® (Cortex®-A) Application Processors.

e.g. via.:

Arm® AMBA® AXI /Intel® Avalon® Memory Mapped (MM) and Streaming (ST) Bus Interfaces
Real-Time Soft-Core Processors
Interrupt driven Linux Kernel Mode Drivers
Direct memory access (DMA)
Highly optimized shared system Memory (SDRAM)

Embedded Reference Linux Distribution rsyocto

rsyocto Embedded Linux Distribution Block diagram

Especially for Intel® SoC FPGAs and the requirements of modern scientific and industrial use-cases an optimized Embedded Linux Distribution was designed with the OpenEmbedded Yocto Project. The Board Support Package (BSP) meta layer, containing high-level Linux drivers for the Yocto Project and Intel® SoC FPGAs, is officially maintained by us. This Linux Distribution with its integrated Build System can be used as a reference point for fulfilling the customers needs.

Features and Options

Full utilization of the Arm®-based (Arm®v7-A, Arm®v8-A,) Application Processors embedded inside Intel® SoC-FPGAs with an adapted Linux Kernel
Optimized Memory Footprint for various boot sources and with RAM-Disk support
High-End SoC FPGA Network-on-Chip Interconnect Firewall support
Linux Kernel Drivers for the entire Hard-IP Interfaces (e.g. CAN, Watchdog, Ethernet,...) are implemented
Drivers for all Arm® AMBA® AXI Bridge Interfaces between the FPGA- and Arm®-World (inc. DMA) are accessible
Optional integration of an Intel® Nios® II Soft-Core Processor running a real-time OS (e.g. FreeRTOS) is available
High-Speed shared DDR3/DDR4 Memory Interface between Linux and FPGA Soft-IP is optionally deliverable
FPGA Configuration can be written and monitored during boot or by Linux
Arm® and Intel® embedded Software and Hardware tools are out of the box supported
Management Web or Desktop Interfaces are optionally obtainable
Embedded Software, Updates and Linux Packages, like Development Tools, can be added or removed according to customer requirements
The integrated Embedded native remote development environment simplifies the Linux Software development in the team

Build System for generating a highly-optimized SoC FPGA solution

For simplifying the complex SoC FPGA build flow for high-level merging of a FPGA Design project with a custom bootable Linux Distribution a fully automated Python based Build System was specially

integrated into the rsyocto Linux Distribution.

It accelerates the capabilities of the Intel® Development tools and the OpenEmbedded Yocto Project. The Build System can be easily integrated into various product cycle stages such as development and production.

rsyocto Embedded Linux Distribution Design Flow Diagram

Merging of

Embedded Systems

with Desktop & Cloud

Embedded Systems and Desktop Integration

High-Speed Interface and Embedded Software development between Embedded Systems and Desktop/Cloud to bring both worlds together. We can take over the entire Design to connect any FPGA interface or accelerator Soft-IP with the desktop environment.

e.g. by developing:

PCIe or USB Microsoft® Windows™ Kernel Mode Drivers (KMDF) with the Windows® Driver Development Kit (WDK)
Windows™ Service development for executing real-time and latency critical code
Complex Windows® Desktop GUI Application development (WPF C#)

FPGA Interface Development

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 peripheral interfaces →

Fieldbuses (e.g. CAN) →

High-Speed transceiver interfaces (e.g. 10GbE) →

1Gb Ethernet interfaces →

← SDRAM interfaces (z.g. DDR3/DDR4)

← PCIe interfaces

SoC FPGA DESIGN SERVICE
rsyocto GmbH & Co. KG

Robin Sebastian, M.Sc.

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

(Francis of Assisi)

We connect different worlds, create incredible things tailored to you.

Embedded Systems development and rapid prototyping

SoC FPGA DESIGN SERVICE

SoC FPGAs ...