Vivado Software SOM Connector Abstraction
The SOM board les introduce a SOM connector abstracon that allows the hardware
conguraon to focus on SOM connector level physical mapping. This is intended to help
eliminate the need for the carrier card designer to have to create a physical pin translaon table.
The SOM connector infrastructure uses the convenon of: <connector name> + <_> +
<connector_pin_number>. For example, a SOM connector pin name of som240_1_c18
refers to the pin C18 of the SOM240_1 connector. Using this convenon and the XDC get ports
funconality, a carrier card constraints le can be described in terms of a SOM physical interface
when combined with a SOM constraint le that captures the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC to SOM
connector pin denion.
SOM Vivado Tools XDC Files
The SOM Vivado board le includes an XDC le that captures the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC
package mapping to SOM connector pin denions. This le can be used by the carrier card
designer to idenfy the full SOM plus carrier card design constraints.
A carrier card designer can also refer to the KV260 Starter Kit carrier card XDC les for an
example implementaon of a decoupled SOM and carrier card constraint denion.
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