how to add python in xilinx vitis

Question

I have implemented a Zynq ZCU102 board in vivado and I want to use final ".XSA" file into VITIS, but after creating a new platform, its languages are C and C++, While in the documentation was told that vitis supports python. My question is how can I add python to my vitis platform? Thank you

Answer 1

The AMD ZCU102 Evaluation Kit is based on the AMD Zynq UltraScale+ XCZU9EG-2FFVB1156 MPSoC. This is not a pure FPGA, but an SoC (System-on-Chip) based on a dual-core ARM® Cortex®-A9 processor (referred to as the Processing System or PS), integrated with an FPGA fabric (referred to as Programmable Logic or PL).

Actually you cannot execute a Python interpreter on the PL, but on an OS running on the PS.

You can use the Petalinux SDK (see PetaLinux Tools Documentation: Reference Guide (UG1144)) to build Linux for the PS on the Zynq Ultrascale+, along with the required BSP for the ZCU102 board (Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC Board Support Packages).

If you include Python in the Linux RootFS, you can finally run Python code on the ZCU102.