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.
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:
Arty Z7-10 | Arty Z7-20 | |
FPGA part | XC7Z010-1CLG400C | XC7Z020-1CLG400C |
1 MSPS On-chip ADC | Yes | Yes |
Processor | Dual ARM Cortex A9 | Dual ARM Cortex A9 |
Look-up Tables (LUTs) | 17,600 | 53,200 |
Flip-flops | 35,200 | 106,400 |
Block RAM | 270 KB | 630 KB |
Clock Management Tiles | 2 | 4 |
Available Shield I/O | 26 | 49 |
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
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