Arty Z7: APSoC Zynq-7000 Development Board for Makers and Hobbyists

The Arty Z7 is a ready-to-use development platform designed around the Zynq-7000™ All Programmable System-on-Chip (AP SoC) from Xilinx. The Zynq-7000 architecture tightly integrates a dual-core, 650 MHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor with Xilinx 7-series Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) logic. This pairing grants the ability to surround a powerful processor with a unique set of software defined peripherals and controllers, tailored by you for whatever application is being conquered. The design process is very straightforward and provides a systematic path between defining your custom peripheral set and bringing it's functionality up to a Linux OS running on the processor. Digilent provides a number of materials and resources for the Arty Z7 that will get you up and running with this process quickly.

Features:

Arty Z7 comes in two FPGA variants: Arty Z7-10 features Xilinx XC7Z010-1CLG400C. Arty Z7-20 features the larger Xilinx XC7Z020-1CLG400C. Arty Z7 has the features listed below:

• ZYNQ Processor

  • 650MHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor

  • DDR3 memory controller with 8 DMA channels and 4 High Performance AXI3 Slave ports

  • High-bandwidth peripheral controllers: 1G Ethernet, USB 2.0, SDIO

  • Low-bandwidth peripheral controller: SPI, UART, CAN, I2C

  • Programmable from JTAG, Quad-SPI flash, and microSD card

  • Programmable logic equivalent to Artix-7 FPGA

• Memory

  • 512MB DDR3 with 16-bit bus @ 1050Mbps

  • 16MB Quad-SPI Flash with factory programmed 48-bit globally unique EUI-48/64™ compatible identifier

  • microSD slot

• Power

  • Powered from USB or any 7V-15V external power source

• USB and Ethernet

  • Gigabit Ethernet PHY

  • USB-JTAG Programming circuitry

  • USB-UART bridge

  • USB OTG PHY (supports host only) 

• Audio and Video

  • HDMI sink port (input)

  • HDMI source port (output)

  • PWM driven mono audio output with 3.5mm jack 

• Switches, Push-buttons, and LEDs

  • 4 push-buttons

  • 2 slide switches

  • 4 LEDs

  • 2 RGB LEDs

• Expansion Connectors

  • Two standard Pmod ports

    • 16 Total FPGA I/O

  • Arduino/chipKIT Shield connector

    • Up to 49 Total FPGA I/O (see table above)

    • 6 Single-ended 0-3.3V Analog inputs to XADC

    • 4 Differential 0-1.0V Analog inputs to XADC

What's Included:

• Arty Board Zynq 7000 APSoC: choose between the Arty Z7-10 and Arty Z7-20
• Digilent cardboard packaging with protective foam