PYNQ-Z1 Python Productivity for Zynq (6003-410-0)

Description

The PYNQ-Z1 board is the first Zynq board to oficially support PYNQ. The board features a Zynq XC7Z020, Ethernet, HDMI in/out, MIC in, Audio out, Arduino Interface, 2 Pmods, 16 pin GPIO header, user LEDs, pushbuttons and Switches.

Compatible Arduino shields and Pmod accessories can be used with the board. The interfaces can also be used as GPIO. There are 65 GPIO in total on the board; 16 on the dedicated GPIO header, 2x8 GPIO connected to the Pmod ports, and 33 GPIO available on the Arduino.

The PYNQ-Z1 board is designed to be used with PYNQ, a new open-source framework that enables embedded programmers to exploit the capabilities of Xilinx Zynq All Programmable SoCs (APSoCs) without having to design programmable logic circuits. Instead, the APSoC is programmed using Python and the code is developed and tested directly on the PYNQ-Z1. The programmable logic circuits are imported as hardware libraries and programmed through their APIs in essentially the same way that the software libraries are imported and programmed. 

The PYNQ-Z1 board is the hardware platform for the PYNQ open-source framework. The software running on the ARM A9 CPUs includes: 

• Web server hosting the Jupyter Notebooks design environment
• The IPython kernel and packages
• Linux
• Base hardware library and API for the FPGA

For designers who want to extend the base system by contributing new hardware libraries, Xilinx Vivado WebPACK tools are available free of cost.

The PYNQ-Z1 board is a general purpose, programmable platform for embedded systems. Users can customize both its hardware and software for applications as diverse as:

• Computer vision
• Industrial control
• The Internet of things (IoT)
• Drones
• Encryption
• Embedded computing acceleration
• Real-time processing and many more...

The PYNQ-Z1 natively supports multi-media applications with on-board audio and video interfaces. It is designed to be easily extensible with Pmod, Arduino, and Grove peripherals, as well as general purpose IO pins. 

The PYNQ-Z1 board can be also expanded with USB peripherals including WiFi, Bluetooth, and Webcams.

Features

• ZYNQ XC7Z020-1CLG400C:

  • 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
  • Artix-7 family programmable logic
    • 13,300 logic slices, each with four 6-input LUTs and 8 flip-flops
    • 630 KB of fast block RAM
    • 4 clock management tiles, each with a phase-locked loop (PLL) and mixed-mode clock manager (MMCM)
    • 220 DSP slices
    • On-chip analog-to-digital converter (XADC)
• Memory:
• 512MB DDR3 with 16-bit bus @ 1050Mbps
• 16MB Quad-SPI Flash with factory programmed globally unique identifier (48-bit EUI-48/64™ compatible).
• MicroSD slot
• Power: 
• Powered from USB or any 7V-15V source (see recommended products)
• USB and Ethernet:
• USB-JTAG Programming circuitry
• USB-UART bridge
• USB OTG PHY (supports host only)
• Gigabit Ethernet PHY
• Audio and Video:
• Electret microphone with pulse density modulated (PDM) output
• 3.5mm mono audio output jack, pulse-width modulated (PWM) format
• HDMI sink port (input)
• HDMI source port (output)
• 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
• 49 Total FPGA I/O
• 6 Single-ended 0-3.3V Analog inputs to XADC
• 4 Differential 0-1.0V Analog inputs to XADC

Package content:

• PYNQ-Z1 Board