Product Description
The Artix®-7 FPGA AC701 Evaluation Kit features the leading system performance per watt Artix-7 family to get you quickly prototyping for your cost sensitive applications. This includes all the basic components of hardware, design tools, IP, and pre-verified reference designs. This also features a targeted reference design enabling high-performance serial connectivity and advanced memory interfacing equipped with a full license for the Northwest Logic DMA engine.
Key Features & Benefits
Optimized for quickly prototyping cost sensitive applications using Artix-7 FPGAs
Hardware, design tools, IP, and pre-verified reference designs
Demonstrates a high performance data transfer system using a PCI Express® x4 Gen2
Reference design implemented with Northwest Logic DMA engine attached to a AXI interface
Advanced memory interface with 1GB DDR3 SODIMM up to 533MHz / 1066Mbps
Enabling high-performance serial connectivity with GTP ports on FMC, SFP, & SMA
Supports embedded processing with MicroBlaze, soft 32bit RISC
Develop networking applications with 10-100-1000 Mbps Ethernet (RGMII)
Implement Video display applications with HDMI out
Expand I/O with the FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) interface
Key Features
FPGA: Artix-7 XC7A200T-2FBG676C FPGA
ROHS compliant AC701 kit including the XC7A200T-2FBG676C FPGA
Configuration
Onboard JTAG configuration circuitry to enable configuration over USB
JTAG header provided for use with Xilinx download cables such as the Platform Cable USB II
Quad SPI Flash: 32MB (256Mb)
Memory
DDR3 SODIMM 1GB up to 533MHz / 1066Mbps
Quad SPI Flash: 32MB (256Mb)
IIC EEPROM: 8Kb
SD Card Slot
Communication & Networking
10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (RGMII)
SFP cage
GTP port (TX, RX) with four SMA connectors
UART To USB Bridge
PCI Express 4-lane edge connector
Display
HDMI video output
LCD display (2x16)
User LEDs (x4)
Expansion Connectors
FMC-HPC (Partially Populated) connector
o GTP Transceivers (x2) , 116 single-ended or 58 differential (34 LA & 24 HA) user defined signals
o VADJ can support 1.8V, 2.5V (default), or 3.3V
PMOD (1x6 0.1" Header)
Clocking
Fixed Oscillator with differential 200MHz output
o Used as the “system” clock for the FPGA
User Programmable (IIC) Differential Oscillator (Range: 10MHz - 810 MHz, 156.250 MHz default)
Differential SMA clock input Differential SMA GTP reference clock input
Jitter attenuated clock
o Used to support CPRI/OBSAI applications that perform clock recovery from a user-supplied SFP/SFP+ module
Control & I/O
User Push Buttons (x5)
User DIP Switch (4-position)
SMA User I/O (Diff Pair)
AMS FAN Header (2 I/O)
7 I/O pins available through LCD header
Power
AC Power adapter (12V) or ATX
Analog
XADC header