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Xilinx KCU105 Evaluation Kit

Description

The KCU105 is a high-performance, high-speed design platform providing the integration of hardware, software, IP, and reference designs which enables quicker time-to-innovation for researchers. Based around the Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA, it is equipped with industry-standard peripherals, connects, and interfaces that offer a rich set of features suitable for a wide range of applications.

Benefits

Accelerates research by providing a feature-rich platform for implementing and validating embedded system architectures and algorithms
Addresses specific research needs through a hardware/software programmable system and application-specific daughter cards (e.g., analog interface module)
Enables a faster path to commercialization by sourcing commercial-grade components and through compliance with commercial standards and interfaces (e.g., PCI-express, Ethernet)

Applications

Embedded system design and emulation, specially hardware and software IP design and proof of the concept such as video codec, imaging/signal processing, communication protocol, etc., which needs advanced memories, connectivity, digital signal, and embedded processing
Hardware-In-Loop (HIL) co-simulation, from system-level to verify the hardware design on FPGA
FPGA-based application acceleration in various research fields

Features

Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA (XCKU040) with
- 530k programmable logic cells
- 21.1Mb block RAM
- 1,920 DSP slices
- 20x 16.3Gb/s transceivers
2GB DDR4 component memory
64MB Quad SPI Flash
Serial connectivity via PCIe Gen2x4, SFP+ and SMA, USB, UART, IIC
Gigabit Ethernet
Multiple connections including Serial I/O, Compact Flash, and PCI-express
HDMI output, LCD display, user buttons, and DIP switches, etc.
FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) connectors for 3rd-party daughtercards, including analog and video I/O

Resources

Technical document: Getting Started Guide
Xilinx supplied reference designs and demos
Xilinx CAD environment and licensing:
- Vivado Design Suite
Technical Support
User community forum
Training

How to Access

Visit the Development Systems Community national catalogue.

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