Xilinx Zynq AP architecture provides unprecedented possibilities in terms of integration. In industrial world applications, this is often leveraged to combine on a single chip the implementation of real-time tasks with generic software applications and functionalities that don't have specific requirements in terms of real-timeness{{efn|Network connectivity is an example of such functionalities.}}. In addition, the flexibility offered by the FPGA - known as Programmable Logic or PL for short - allows system designer to implement in hardware custom IPs to add new interfaces and peripherals or to move processing modules from the software to the hardware world{{efn|Powerful tools have been introduced in the market recently that facilitate this process significantly. One of these is [http://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/software-zone/sdsoc.html SDSoC]. Bora and BoraX are two of the [http://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/software-zone/sdsoc.html#boardskits supported hardware platforms].}}.

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