Zynq 7000 SoCs are popular devices widely used in embedded scenarios when both CPU power and flexible logic are required. However, the ARM (processing system, PS) + FPGA (programmable logic, PL) combo makes developments reply on an even heavier set of propriety toolchains.

In this talk, I'll introduce the recently developed GenZ, a free software BSP generator for the Zynq 7000 PS register configuration. Together with OpenXC7, the free and open source FPGA toolchain for Xilinx 7-series chips, and a enlarging amount of open-source IP cores, development on Zynq 7000 SoCs can be done without a single piece of propriety tool.

The speed and ease of GenZ + OpenXC7 will be demonstrated on site with an ARM laptop and Zynq boards.