The K24 Development Kit comes with an example Petalinux base BSP
and a FreeRTOS design for the Out-of-Box experience. Follow these
steps to get started:

Program the QSPI of the Kria K24 SOM with the Out-of-Box
design.
Boot the Petalinux base BSP from the prepared SD Card.

Prepare SD Card

Download the Petalinux base BSP archive.
Extract the archive on your computer.

Follow the Balena Etcher Instructions to program the WIC file
to an SD card.

FAQ

Q: What is included in the K24 Development Kit?

A: The kit includes the AMD Kria K24 SOM and the K24 IO Carrier
Card.

Q: Where can I find documentation and support for the kit?

A: Documentation is available on the Avnet Board product page
and various community support websites. Links to online content can
be found in the user manual.

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K24 Development Kit Getting Started Guide
Version 1.2
Page 1 Copyright © 2025 TRIA Technologies. TRIA is a registered trademark of Avnet, Inc. All other brands are the property of their respective owners.
LIT# K24-IO-DK-GSG-V1P2

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Contents
1 Document Control ……………………………………………………………………………………. 5 2 Version History ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 3 Pertinent Info ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
3.1 What’s In The Box …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7 3.2 What’s On The Web ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8 3.3 Available Documentation……………………………………………………………………………………………. 8 3.4 Tutorials and Reference Designs ………………………………………………………………………………… 8 3.5 Trainings and Videos …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
4 Getting Started………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
4.1 Out-of-Box Example Design ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 9 4.2 Prepare SD Card ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9 4.3 Hardware Setup………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9 4.4 Terminal Setup ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12 4.5 Powering On …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13 4.6 Program QSPI ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14 4.7 Powering Off and QSPI Boot Mode……………………………………………………………………………. 15 4.8 Boot FreeRTOS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 16 4.9 Using Out-of-Box Example Design…………………………………………………………………………….. 18 4.10 Getting Started Complete …………………………………………………………………………………………. 19
5 Getting Help and Support ……………………………………………………………………….. 20
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Figures
Figure 1 Development Kit Block Diagram……………………………………………………….. 6 Figure 2 Interfaces and Connectors ………………………………………………………………. 7 Figure 3 Board INIT Header ……………………………………………………………………….. 10 Figure 4 VCCO_HPA Select Header……………………………………………………………. 10 Figure 5 Header Locations on Carrier Card ………………………………………………….. 11 Figure 6 SD Card Boot Mode Settings …………………………………………………………. 12 Figure 7 Cable Locations on Carrier Card …………………………………………………….. 12 Figure 8 USB-JTAG/UART COM Port Assignments ………………………………………. 13 Figure 9 Petalinux Base BSP Login …………………………………………………………….. 14 Figure 10 Out of Box Design Programmed …………………………………………………… 15 Figure 11 Board Ready to Remove Power ……………………………………………………. 15 Figure 12 QSPI Boot Mode Settings ……………………………………………………………. 16 Figure 13 Ethernet Adapter Properties…………………………………………………………. 16 Figure 14 TCP/IPv4 Properties …………………………………………………………………… 17 Figure 15 Set IP Address …………………………………………………………………………… 17 Figure 16 Out-of-Box Design Boot ………………………………………………………………. 18 Figure 17 Out-of-Box Design Web Page ………………………………………………………. 19
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1 Document Control
Document Version:
Document Date:

1.2 5 February 2025

2 Version History

Version Date

1.0

09/30/2024

1.1

01/14/2025

1.2

02/05/2025

Comment Initial Release Updated with production photo Updated Website Links

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3 Pertinent Info
The K24 Development Kit is a solution that incorporates the AMD KriaTM K24 SOM based on Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC and a carrier board targeted for broad use in many applications: · Offers an AMD based Development Kit in Commercial (0ºC to 70ºC) temperature grade for
engineers to adopt in development, proof-of-concept, and production projects. · Combines programmable logic designs with quad-core ARM® Cortex®-A53 MPCoreTM and dual-
core Arm Cortex-R5F MPCore in a convenient and expandable board. · Allows expansion to a variety of sensors and peripherals through the Mikroe Click BoardTM, HSIO
(High-Speed IO), and Digilent PmodTM expansion connectors. · Designers can create or evaluate designs for both the Zynq Processor Subsystem (PS) and / or
the Programmable Logic (PL) fabric. The following figure is a high-level block diagram of the K24 Development Kit and the peripherals attached to the AMD Kria K24 SOM.
Figure 1 Development Kit Block Diagram
The following figure provides an overview of the physical connections, their designators, and relative position on the K24 Development Kit. The image is of the prototype of the K24 IO Carrier Card but still depicts the proper location of the identified components.
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Figure 2 Interfaces and Connectors
The Getting Started Guide will outline the steps to setup the K24 Development Kit hardware. It documents the procedure to run the Out-of-Box design that targets the ARM® CortexTM-A53.
3.1 What’s In The Box
The K24 Development Kit includes the AMD Kria K24 SOM and the K24 IO Carrier Card. The K24 Development Kit includes the following in the box:
· K24 System-On-Module (no eMMC) · K24 IO Carrier Card · Quick Start Card Customers need to acquire an appropriate Type-C power supply, Type-C cables, Ethernet cable, and microSD card. Customer will also need to procure or produce appropriate modules that target the various expansion interfaces. Here are links to companies that provide such products: · Type-C AC/DC Power Supply 15V/3A (45W): Advantech PSA-A45WM-U Power
Supply · Avnet HSIO: Avnet Add-On Products – High Speed IO Modules · MikroE Click Board: https://www.mikroe.com/click · Opal Kelly SYZYGY: https://docs.opalkelly.com/syzygy-peripherals/
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3.2 What’s On The Web
The K24 Development Kit has documentation that is made available to users through the Avnet Board product page and various community support websites. Here are links to the various online content:
· http://avnet.me/k24-dk · http://avnet.me/k24-dk-forum · http://avnet.me/board-support-site
3.3 Available Documentation
· Getting Started Guide · Hardware User Guide · Board Definition Files · Master User Constraint File · Net Length Report · Schematics * · Bill of Materials * · Mechanical Drawing * · 3D Model * · Carrier Card Source Databases ** * Denotes FAE involvement to gain access to these documents. Contact your local Avnet FAE. ** Denotes FAE involvement and execution of Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Contact your local Avnet FAE.
3.4 Tutorials and Reference Designs
Any tutorials and reference designs that are available to targets this platform can be located at the links below.
· Out of Box Design Part of this Getting Started Guide · Avnet Boards Training and Courses
o http://avnet.me/tria-boards-training
3.5 Trainings and Videos
Any trainings and videos that are available to target this platform can be located at the links below.
· Community based boards trainings and videos o http://avnet.me/community-boards-training
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4 Getting Started
The functionality of the K24 Development Kit is determined by the application booted from the non-volatile memory. In the case of the K24 Development Kit there are two options for booting: the K24 SOM on-board QSPI and the K24 IO Carrier Card SD card interface. For this Getting Started tutorial, the user will be programming the K24 Development Kit with an Out-of-Box image from the K24 IO Carrier Card SD card interface. The programming will occur on the K24 SOM’s on-board QSPI. This program will allow the end user to quickly bring up the board with a network connection and run an application built using FreeRTOS.
Reminder: In addition to the items included in the box, you will also need the following to complete the Getting Started tutorial.
· Type-C AC/DC Power Supply 15V/3A (45W): Advantech PSA-A45WM-U Power Supply
· Type-C Debug Cable for USB-UART Communications · Router or Open Ethernet Port on Host Windows PC · Ethernet Cable
4.1 Out-of-Box Example Design
The K24 Development Kit has an example Petalinux base BSP and a FreeRTOS design used as it’s Out-of-Box experience. Typically, this FreeRTOS design would be programmed to the Kria K24 SOM’s on-board QSPI at the factory. In the case of this product, the Kria K24 SOM is provided straight from the factory and has not been opened. As such, the Kria K24 SOM does not contain the Out-of-Box design.
In this Getting Started tutorial, we will boot the K24 Development Kits Petalinux base BSP from SD Card and program the QSPI of the Kria K24 SOM with the Out-of-Box design that exists on the SD cards contents.
· http://avnet.me/k24-dk-prod-base-bsp-sdcard
4.2 Prepare SD Card
We need to prepare an SD Card with the contents of the Petalinux base BSP archive that was downloaded in section 4.1. Extract the archive to a location on your computer and follow the Balena Etcher Instructions document to program the WIC file to an SD card that is large enough to support the size of the WIC file.
· http://avnet.me/balena-etcher-instructions
4.3 Hardware Setup
There are a few tasks required to ensure the hardware is setup appropriately to run the Out-ofBox FreeRTOS design.
1) Check that the appropriate headers are shunted on the K24 IO Carrier Card. There are two headers located on the board. One header is the BOARD INIT header, J14, which determines if the board is powered up with the power push button, PB7, or powered up with the insertion of the Type-C cable into the power connector, J11. The last header is a voltage select header, J15, that is used to select +1.8V or +1.2V for the +VCCO_HPA rail for the Kria K24 SOM.
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As a user you may determine how you want to power the board with the BOARD INIT header. By default, the board should arrive with J14 shunted to utilize the power button, PB7. To do this, J14 should be shunted from pin 2 to pin 3. For the Out-of-Box design, +VCCO_HPA should be set to +1.8V by shunting pin 2 to pin 3 on J15. Both headers are described in the following figures:
Figure 3 Board INIT Header
Figure 4 VCCO_HPA Select Header
Both headers appear to the left of the Kria K24 SOM on the K24 IO Carrier Card just below HSIO expansion connector J1. J14 and J15 are highlighted in red in the following figure with Pin 1 pointed at with an arrow.
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Figure 5 Header Locations on Carrier Card
2) The AMD Kria K24 SOM should be mounted to K24 SOM Slot on the K24 IO Carrier Card.
3) The appropriate cables should be attached to the K24 IO Carrier Card. The cables required to run the Out-Of-Box design are as follows:
· Ethernet Cable should be attached from host PC ethernet interface to the K24 IO Carrier Card RJ45 connector, J10.
· USB Type-C Cable should be attached from host PC USB interface to the K24 IO Carrier Card Type-C USB JTAG/UART connector, J9.
· USB Type-C Power Supply Cable should be attached from appropriate power supply (15V/3A) and attached to the K24 IO Carrier Card Type-C USB Power Supply connector, J11.
4) Install the SD Card with the Petalinux base BSP design contents on it into the SD Card interface, J8, on the bottom of the K24 IO Carrier Card.
5) Set the Boot Mode Switch, SW1, to boot from SD card initially. This will allow the Petalinux base BSP design to boot from the SD card. SD card mode is set by toggling the Boot Mode Switch to set SW1[4-1] to ON-OFF-ON-OFF which will set the MODE[3:0] pins to 0x0101.
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Figure 6 SD Card Boot Mode Settings
The following figure depicts the fully connected K24 Development Kit ready to run the Petalinux
base BSP design. The image is of the prototype of the K24 IO Carrier Card but still depicts the proper locations for cable connections.
Figure 7 Cable Locations on Carrier Card 4.4 Terminal Setup
1) A terminal program is required. Tera Term was used in this example which can be downloaded from the Tera Term project. Install Tera Term or another terminal program of your choice to a host Windows PC. · https://teratermproject.github.io/index-en.html
2) When you connect the K24 Development Kit USB-Type-C JTAG/UART port J9 to your host Windows PC with the board having been powered on (see Powering On section), the proper drivers, if installed, will give you confirmation of the available COM ports in the Device Manager of Windows as show in the following figure. Review available COM ports prior to power on so the user may identify the newly assigned COM ports for the attached K24 Development Kit.
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Figure 8 USB-JTAG/UART COM Port Assignments
3) If the drivers are not installed, then you must manually install the driver for the FT2232H device. Visit the FTDI website and download the appropriate driver for your operating system.
· http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
4) Prior to installing drivers manually, unplug the Type-C cables from the K24 Development Kit. After the Kit is unplugged from the PC you can unzip and install the FT2232H driver.
5) At this point you should reboot your PC if you manually installed the FT2232H driver and then proceed to plug in the Type-C cables for power to J11 and the Type-C cable for the USB JTAG/UART to J9.
4.5 Powering On
The K24 Development Kit requires a 15V / 3A Type-C power supply to power the kit. The power supply and Type-C cable is not included in the kit. The power supply Type-C connector plugs into the Type-C power receptacle (J11) to supply the +15V power source to K24 Development Kit.
NOTE: If a 15V Type-C power supply is supplied to the Type-C power receptacle (J11), LED D25 will illuminate with LED D23 and D24. If LED D25 is not illuminated, the Type-C power supply is not providing 15V and the board will not power up.
To power up the K24 Development Kit a user must push the PB7 Power Button to turn power on to the board (depending on the state of the BOARD INIT header J14).
· When J14 is shunted pin 2 to pin 3, the board powers up and down with the PB7 Power Button being exercised.
· When J14 is shunted pin 2 to pin 1, the board powers up when power is applied to the Type-C power receptacle, J11, and the board powers down when power is removed from the Type-C power receptable, J11.
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When the board is powered on properly, you will see a GREEN power good LED, D26, illuminate on the K24 IO Carrier Card and three GREEN LEDs illuminated along the right edge of the Kria K24 SOM.
4.6 Program QSPI
With the K24 Development Kit mode switch set to SD card boot, the prepared SD card containing the K24 Petalinux base BSP design installed into the SD card cage, and the K24 Development Kit powered on after toggling PB7, the board will start to boot and complete at a command prompt where we will have to provide a username to login. The user will know the Petalinux base BSP design has successfully booted as one of the USER LEDs, D13, will be toggling as a heartbeat for the design.
USERNAME: root
Figure 9 Petalinux Base BSP Login
At this point we are logged into the Petalinux base BSP design and can now run the application that will program the Kria K24 SOMs on-board QSPI with the Out-of-Box Example Design. At the command prompt please type in the following command:
Type at Command Prompt: ./flash-programming.sh
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The Out-of-Box Example Design will be programmed to the K24 SOMs on-board QSPI flash memory. The terminal will inform you when the process is complete. At the point we can issue a command to properly shut down the Linux environment prior to powering down the board.
Type at Command Prompt: shutdown now
Figure 10 Out of Box Design Programmed
Figure 11 Board Ready to Remove Power 4.7 Powering Off and QSPI Boot Mode
To get to the next step of booting the Out-of-Box design, the user will need to power cycle the board. To power down the K24 Development Kit a user must HOLD the PB7 Power Button to turn power off to the board (depending on the state of the BOARD INIT header J14) until the board powers down.
· When J14 is shunted pin 2 to pin 3, the board powers up and down with the PB7 Power Button being exercised.
· When J14 is shunted pin 2 to pin 1, the board powers up when power is applied to the Type-C power receptacle, J11, and the board powers down when power is removed from the Type-C power receptable, J11.
After the board is powered down, we can change the setting of the Boot Mode Switch, SW1, to QSPI boot mode.
· Set the Boot Mode Switch, SW1, to boot from QSPI. This will allow the Out-of-Box design to boot from the QSPI. QSPI boot mode is set by toggling the Boot Mode Switch to set SW1[4-1] to ONON-OFF-ON which will set the MODE[3:0] pins to 0x0010.
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Figure 12 QSPI Boot Mode Settings 4.8 Boot FreeRTOS
Prior to booting the FreeRTOS Out-of-Box Example Design, we need to ensure that the point-to-point network connection that we are using for this design is setup properly for communication. In this tutorial we happen to be utilizing a Windows laptop. For this to function we need to setup a local LAN with the Windows laptop’s ethernet port having an IP Address of 192.168.2.1. To-do this in Windows you must go to the Network & Internet Settings and Change Adapter Options setting. From there a user can select the appropriate ethernet port adapter and right-click on the ICON to get to the Properties settings.
Figure 13 Ethernet Adapter Properties
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Now you must highlight the TCP/IPv4 Settings and select the Properties button so that we can set the appropriate IP address.
Figure 14 TCP/IPv4 Properties
Here we can set the TCP/IPv4 properties by selecting the USE THE FOLLOWING IP ADDRESS radio button and then type in the IP address we are targeting which is 192.168.2.1. Review the figure below:
Figure 15 Set IP Address
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With the K24 Development Kit mode switch set to QSPI boot and the Windows IP address set to 192.168.2.1, it is now time to power on the K24 Development Kit again by toggling PB7. The board will start to boot and complete with terminal appearing as follows:
Figure 16 Out-of-Box Design Boot 4.9 Using Out-of-Box Example Design
At this point, it is time to utilize the Out-of-Box Example Design. Open your favourite web browser and point the browser to the IP address of the K24 Development Kit: 192.168.2.10
http://192.168.2.10 If everything has been successful to this point, the user will see the following web page in the web browser:
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Figure 17 Out-of-Box Design Web Page
In the webpage GUI, the user will be able to utilize a few features of the K24 Development Kit.
Within the GUI, the user will be able to set RGB LED colors of D15 and D18 with selections from OFF, RED, GREEN and BLUE and then setting the color with the SET LED button. The user will also be able to physically toggle User Switch SW2 and read back the values from within the GUI using the READ SWITCH VALUE button.
On board, the user will be able to toggle the various User Push Buttons on the board (PB3, PB4, P5, and PB6) which will in turn illuminate various User LEDs on the board (D15, D18, D19, and D20)
Within the GUI, typically the Factory Test results are displayed. Since the factory did not pre-program the K24 on-board QSPI with these Factory Test results they are not included with this Out-of-Box design so a user will not see this information presented in the GUI.
Lastly, a user will see some links for documentation. Included in the Out-of-Box Design is the K24 Development Kit Product Brief. The other links provide point to locations not served by the Out-of-Box Design. The other links will need to be copied into a browser with WAN access.
4.10 Getting Started Complete
That completes this tutorial. The user may now power down the K24 Development Kit.
To power down the board a user must HOLD the PB7 Power Button to turn power off to the board (depending on the state of the BOARD INIT header J14) until the board powers down.
· When J14 is shunted pin 2 to pin 3, the board powers up and down with the PB7 Power Button being exercised.
· When J14 is shunted pin 2 to pin 1, the board powers up when power is applied to the Type-C power receptacle, J11, and the board powers down when power is removed from the Type-C power receptable, J11.
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5 Getting Help and Support
If additional support is required, TRIA Technologies has many avenues to search depending on your needs. For general questions regarding K24 Development Kit, please visit our website at http://avnet.me/k24dk. Here you can find any available documentation, technical specifications, videos and tutorials, reference designs and other support. Detailed questions regarding K24 Development Kit hardware design, software application development, using AMD tools, training and other topics can be posted on the K24 Development Kit Support Forum at http://avnet.me/k24-dk-forum. Avnet’s technical support team monitors the forum during normal business hours in North America. Those interested in available customization options on K24 Development Kit can send inquiries to customize@avnet.com.
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Documents / Resources

AVNET K24 IO Development Kit [pdf] User Guide
K24 IO Development Kit, K24, IO Development Kit, Development Kit

References

User Manual

K24 IO Development Kit

Product Information

Specifications

Product Usage Instructions

Getting Started

Out-of-Box Example Design

Prepare SD Card

FAQ

Q: What is included in the K24 Development Kit?

Q: Where can I find documentation and support for the kit?

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