AMD Versal™ AI Edge Series VEK280 Evaluation Kit
by: AMD
The VEK280 Evaluation Kit, equipped with the AMD Versal™ AI Edge VE2802 adaptive SoC, offers AIE-ML and DSP hardware acceleration engines, along with multiple high-speed connectivity options. This kit is optimized for ML inference applications in markets such as automotive, vision, aerospace and defense, industrial, scientific, and medical.
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Overview
Product Description
The VEK280 Evaluation Kit is a new evaluation platform based on the Versal AI Edge series VE2802 device. The VEK280 board targets AIE-ML applications with increased compute performance, lower latency, and a higher level of integration enabled by the Versal AI Edge series device. As an adaptive SoC, the Versal AI Edge series allows developers to rapidly evolve their sensor fusion and AI algorithms while leveraging a scalable device portfolio for diverse performance and power profiles from edge to endpoint.
As an evaluation platform, the primary focus for the VEK280 board is to enable evaluation and development of Versal AI Edge series-based applications. The VEK280 board is not intended to be used in volume production and does not require complete reliability and production qualification.
Vision
- AI Edge Box
- Machine Vision Cameras
- Medical Imaging Devices
Automotive
- Edge Sensor (e.g., radar, LiDAR, vision)
- Domain Controller Offload
- Sensor Processing, Aggregation, and Fusion
Industrial
- Collaborative Robotics
- Converged Networking
- Industrial-Grade PCs
Aerospace and Defense
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- MILCOM Radio
- Data and Signal Processing Systems
Key Features and Benefits
- Optimized to enable application development for the Versal AI Edge series
- Delivers 4X AI performance/watt vs. leading GPUs1
- Integrated video decoder unit supports H.264/H.265
- HDMI 2.1 video input and output
- PCIe® Endpoint Gen4x16
- 2x CAN-FD buses
- 12 GB (6x 2 GB, 32-bit), 192-bit LPDDR4 component
- 1x FPGA mezzanine card (FMC+) interface for I/O expansion; 8x GTYP transceivers
- 1x SFP28 cage
Featured AMD Devices
Featuring the Versal AI Edge XCVE2802-2MSEVSVH1760 Adaptive SoC
| AI Engine-ML Tiles | 304 |
|---|---|
| DSP Engines | 1,312 |
| System Logic Cells (K) | 1,139 |
| LUTs | 520,704 |
| Programmable NoC Ports | 21 |
| Application Processing Unit | Dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A72 |
| Real-Time Processing Unit | Dual-core Arm Cortex-R5F |
| Total AI Compute (INT8) | 228 TOPS |
| GTYP Transceivers | 32 2 |
| PCIe® w/DMA (CPM) | 1 x Gen4x16 |
| PCI Express | 4 x Gen4x8 |
| 40G Multirate Ethernet MAC | 2 |
| Video Decoder Engines (VDEs) | 4 |
1. Versal AI Edge VE2802 vs. Jetson AGX Xavier (MAX N-Mode), ResNet50 224x224, batch=1
2. 16 GTYP transceivers are dedicated to CPM5 for PCI Express use.
Product Information
Board Features
Featuring the Versal™ AI Edge XCVE2802-2MSEVSVH1760 Adaptive SoC
| Board Specifications | Value |
|---|---|
| Height | 9.47 inches (24.05 cm) |
| Length | 7.34 inches (18.64 cm) |
| Thickness | 64.55 mil ±08% (1.6396 mm ±10%) |
| Operating Environmental Temperature | 0◦C to +45◦C |
| Storage Environmental Temperature | -25◦C to +60◦C |
| Configuration | |
| JTAG | Yes |
| OSPI | Yes |
| MicroSD | Yes |
| Memory | |
| LPDDR4 Component | 12 GB (6x 2 GB, 32-bit), 192-bit @ 3700 Mb/s |
| Control I/O | |
| User Pushbuttons | 2 |
| DIP Switches | 4 |
| User LEDs | 4 |
| SYSMON | Yes |
| System Controller | Yes |
| PMBUS | Yes |
| Expansion Connectors | |
| VITA 57.4 FMC+ | 8 GTYPs, 68 user-defined signals |
| PCIe® Gen4x16 | 1 |
| PMOD (12-pin) | 1 |
| Communications & Networking | |
| UART to USB Bridge | 1 |
| CAN-FD Buses | 2 |
| RJ-45 Tri-Speed Ethernet Connectors | 2 (PL); 1 (PS); 1 (SysCtrl) |
| SFP28 | 1 |
| Display | |
| HDMI 2.1 Video Output | 1 |
| HDMI 2.1 Video Input | 1 |
| Clocking | |
| Programmable LPDDR4 Component | 1 |
| Programmable SFP | 1 |
| Programmable FMC+ | 1 |
| PCIe Clock Buffer | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| 1588 Clock | 25 MHz on board (Master Mode) External (Slave Mode) |
| System Controller Reference Clock (Fixed) | 1 |
| 156.25 MHz HSDP (Fixed) | 1 |
| Power | |
| 180W (12V) Power Supply | Yes |
| Power-on Reset | Yes |
What's Inside the Box
Featuring the Versal AI Edge XCVE2802-2LSEVSVH1760 Adaptive SoC
Resources
Design Tools
- Vivado™ Design Suite: The EDA tool suite to create projects for the VEK280 board. Node-locked and device-locked to the Versal™ Premium XCVE2802 device, with one year of updates.
- Vitis™ Unified Software Platform: The full suite of tools for developing embedded software, debugging Versal devices, and running targeted reference designs and example designs.
PetaLinux Tools, Board Support Packages, and Prebuilt Images
- To build custom Linux images with modifications, visit the PetaLinux tool page to get an installer and latest board supported packages (BSP).
- To boot with Linux images without modifications, download pre-built PetaLinux images.
Get Started with VEK280
To jump-start prototyping and application development with the VEK280, visit the Wiki page.
- Prep work
- Board setup
- Run the PetaLinux BSP pre-built image
