Chapter 1
Introduction
The purpose of this design guide is to support hardware, system, and rmware engineers
implemenng a product using a Xilinx
®
Kria™ SOM. The guide outlines electrical, mechanical,
rmware, and power-on conguraon design consideraons that must be addressed as part of
designing a Xilinx SOM compable carrier card. The document is not intended to be self-
contained, meaning that there are references to other Xilinx product documentaon to help the
reader nd more detailed technical informaon available in corresponding technical reference
manuals, soware design guides, and thermal design guides. The Kria K26 SOM is used an
example throughout the guide and is shown in the following block diagram.
Chapter 1: Introduction
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