diff --git a/fpga/src/main/scala/vcu118/Platform.scala b/fpga/src/main/scala/vcu118/Platform.scala
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+package chipyard.fpga.vcu118
+
+import chisel3._
+import chisel3.experimental.{Analog, IO}
+
+import freechips.rocketchip.diplomacy.{LazyModule, LazyModuleImp}
+import freechips.rocketchip.diplomacy.{InModuleBody, BundleBridgeSource}
+import freechips.rocketchip.config.{Parameters}
+
+import chipyard.{BuildSystem}
+
+import sifive.blocks.devices.uart._
+
+trait HasPlatformIO {
+  val io_uart_bb: BundleBridgeSource[UARTPortIO]
+}
+
+class VCU118Platform(override implicit val p: Parameters) extends LazyModule
+  with HasPlatformIO {
+
+  val lazySystem = LazyModule(p(BuildSystem)(p)).suggestName("system")
+
+  // BundleBridgeSource is a was for Diplomacy to connect something from very deep in the design
+  // to somewhere much, much higher. For ex. tunneling trace from the tile to the very top level.
+  val io_uart_bb = BundleBridgeSource(() => (new UARTPortIO(p(PeripheryUARTKey)(0))))
+
+  override lazy val module = new VCU118PlatformModule(this)
+}
+
+class VCU118PlatformModule[+L <: VCU118Platform](_outer: L) extends LazyModuleImp(_outer) {
+
+  _outer.lazySystem.module match { case sys: HasPeripheryUARTModuleImp =>
+    // create UART pins in Platform
+    //val io_uart_pins_temp = p(PeripheryUARTKey).zipWithIndex map { case (c, i) => IO(new UARTPortIO(c)).suggestName(s"uart_$i") }
+
+   //(io_uart_pins_temp zip sys.uart) map { case (p, r) => p <> r }
+   _outer.io_uart_bb.bundle <> sys.uart(0)
+  }
+
+}