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)
Resources
- Technical document: Getting Started Guide
- Xilinx supplied reference designs and demos
- Xilinx CAD environment and licensing:
- Vivado Design Suite
- SDSoC embedded development environment
- Technical Support
- User community forum
- Training
Related Products
Features
- Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC (XC7Z045) with
- Dual ARM Cortex-A9 core processors
- 350k programmable logic cells
- 19.1Mb block RAM
- 900 DSP slices
- 1GB DDR3 on-board Component Memory
- 1GB DDR3 SODIMM
- Serial connectivity via PCIe Gen2x4, SFP+ and SMA, USB, UART, IIC
- 10/100/1000 Tri-Speed 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) connector for 3rd-party daughtercards, including analog and video I/O
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
- FPGA-based hardware acceleration of embedded applications in various research fields