Zybo Z7: Zynq-7000 ARM/FPGA SoC Development Board

The Zybo Z7 is a feature-rich, ready-to-use embedded software and digital circuit development board built around the Xilinx Zynq-7000 family. This is the second generation update to the popular Zybo that was released in 2012. The Zynq family 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. The Zybo Z7 surrounds the Zynq with a rich set of multimedia and connectivity peripherals to create a formidable single-board computer, even before considering the flexibility and power added by the FPGA. The Zybo Z7's video-capable feature set, including a MIPI CSI-2 compatible Pcam connector, HDMI input, HDMI output, and high DDR3L bandwidth, was chosen to make it an affordable solution for the high end embedded vision applications that Xilinx FPGAs are popular for. Attaching additional hardware is made easy by the Zybo Z7's Pmod connectors, allowing access to Digilent's catalog of over 70 Pmod peripheral boards, including motor controllers, sensors, displays, and more.

If you are migrating from the original Zybo, please take a look at the Migration Guide.

Zybo Z7 comes in two APSoC variants: Zybo Z7-10 features Xilinx XC7Z010-1CLG400C. Zybo Z7-20 features the larger Xilinx XC7Z020-1CLG400C. Users will select which variant they would like at checkout. 

Features

• ZYNQ Processor

  • 667 MHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor

  • DDR3L 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 controllers: SPI, UART, CAN, I2C

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

  • Programmable logic equivalent to Artix-7 FPGA

• Memory

  • 1 GB DDR3L with 32-bit bus @ 1066 MHz

  • 16 MB Quad-SPI Flash with factory programmed 128-bit random number and 48-bit globally unique EUI-48/64™ compatible identifier

  • microSD slot

• Power

  • Powered from USB or any 5V external power source

• USB and Ethernet

  • Gigabit Ethernet PHY

  • USB-JTAG Programming circuitry

  • USB-UART bridge

  • USB 2.0 OTG PHY with host and device support

• Audio and Video

  • Pcam camera connector with MIPI CSI-2 support

  • HDMI sink port (input) with CEC (Zybo Z7-20) and without CEC (Zybo Z7-10)

  • HDMI source port (output) with CEC

  • Audio codec with stereo headphone, stereo line-in, and microphone jacks

• Switches, Push-buttons, and LEDs

  • 6 push-buttons (2 processor connected)

  • 4 slide switches

  • 5 LEDs (1 processor connected)

  • 2 RGB LEDs (Zybo Z7-20) and 1 RGB LED (Zybo Z7-10)

• Expansion Connectors

  • 6 Pmod ports (Zybo Z7-20) and 5 Pmod Ports (Zybo Z7-10)

    • 8 Total Processor I/O

    • 40 Total FPGA I/O (Zybo Z7-20) and 32 (Zybo Z7-10)

    • 4 Analog capable 0-1.0V differential pairs to XADC

What's Included

• Zybo Z7-10 or Zybo Z7-20 (the Zybo Z7-20 variant comes with a heat sink)
• Digilent cardboard packaging with protective foam

Documents

•  Migration Guide
•  Datasheet
•  Schematic
•  Resource Center