ZYBO + Vivado

ZYBO Zynq™-7000 Development Board, Digilent, RoHS

The ZYBO (Zynq Board) is a feature-rich, ready-to-use, entry-level embedded software and digital circuit development platform built around the smallest member of the Xilinx Zynq-7000 family, the Z-7010. The Z-7010 is based on the Xilinx All Programmable System-on-Chip (AP SoC) architecture, which tightly integrates a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor with Xilinx 7-series Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) logic. When coupled with the rich set of multimedia and connectivity peripherals available on the ZYBO, the Zynq Z-7010 can host a whole system design. The on-board memories, video and audio I/O, dual-role USB, Ethernet and SD slot will have your design up-and-ready with no additional hardware needed. Additionally, five Pmod connectors are available to put any design on an easy growth path.

The ZYBO provides an ultra-low cost alternative to the ZedBoard for designers that don’t require the high-density I/O of the FMC connector, but still wish to leverage the massive processing power and extensibility of the Zynq AP SoC architecture. Digilent also includes with every ZYBO purchase a Vivado Design Suite license, enabling the use of the Logic Analyzer tools, accelerating debug and testing. This license is a 1 year, device-locked license, and will only work with the Z-7010 Zynq part on the ZYBO. After the license expires, any version of Vivado Design Suite that was released during this 1 year period can continue to be used indefinitely.

The ZYBO is compatible with Xilinx’s new high-performance Vivado Design Suite as well as the ISE/EDK toolset. These toolsets meld FPGA logic design with embedded ARM software development into an easy to use, intuitive design flow. They can be used for designing systems of any complexity, from a complete operating system running multiple server applications in tandem, down to a simple bare-metal program that controls some LEDs. For systems that require an operating system, Digilent provides an out-of-the-box Linux solution specifically targeted to run on the ZYBO, complete with documentation describing how best to mold it to suite your purposes. These Xilinx tools and Linux solution are all available to use at no additional cost with the ZYBO.

Key Features:

• 667Mhz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor
• DDR3 memory controller with 8 DMA channels
• High-bandwith peripheral controllers: 1G Ethernet, USB 2.0, SDIO
• Low-bandwidth peripheral controller: SPI, UART, CAN, I2C
• Reprogrammable logic equivalent to Artix-7 FPGA
  • 28K logic cells
  • 240KB Block RAM
  • 80 DSP slices
  • On-chip dual channel, 12-bit, 1 MSPS analog-to-digital converter (XADC)

The ZYBO offers the following on-board ports and peripherals:

• ZYNQ XC7Z2010-1CLG400C
• 512MB x32 DDR3 w/ 1066Mbps bandwidth
• Dual-role (Source/Sink) HDMI port
• 16-bits per pixel VGA port
• Trimode (1Gbit/100Mbit/10Mbit) Ethernet PHY
• MicroSD slot (supports Linux file system)
• OTG USB 2.0 PHY (supports host and device)
• External EEPROM (programmed with 48-bit globally unique EUI-48/64™ compatible identifier)
• Audio codec with headphone out, microphone and line in jacks
• 128Mb Serial Flash w/ QSPI interface
• On-board JTAG programming and UART to USB converter
• GPIO: 6 pushbuttons, 4 slide switches, 5 LEDs
• Five Pmod connectors (1 processor-dedicated, 1 dual analog/digital)

Kit contains:

• Zybo board
• ZYBO Accessory Kit:
  • Voucher for Xilinx Vivado® Design Suite: Design Edition (One full seat, node locked, device-locked to the Zynq-7000 XC7Z010)
  • 4GB Micro SD card
  • Micro USB cable
  • 5V 2.5A switching power supply

Download

• ZYBO™ schematics
• User manual
• Home page