Chapter 9
HSDP Target Interface
HSDP support can be added to a board by adding a USB-C connector and connecng up the high
speed lines to Versal ACAP dedicated HSDP GT ports, as shown in the following gure. By
making use of the custom protocol support allowed by the USB-C/USB 3.0 specicaon, a board
can readily have basic HSDP support with just the addion of the HSDP connector. However,
because it is necessary to rst inialize a Versal ACAP with an inial image, a target must have
the JTAG interface connected to the SmartLynq+ Module. When performing the inial bring up
of a Versal ACAP it is also helpful to make use of a UART to gain further observability of the
system. For this reason it is very useful to integrate all these debug capabilies through a single
connector. As a result the HSDP debug connector has a superset opon that fully enables you to
gain essenal observability with a minimum connector footprint with an added benet of
scalable debug support.
Chapter 9: HSDP Target Interface
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