Xilinx Artix-7 Development Board and Evaluation Kit

Compared with the Spartan-6 series, the Xilinx Artix-7 series reduces the power consumption by half and reduces the cost by 35%. It adopts a miniaturized package and a unified Virtex series architecture to meet the performance of low-cost and high-volume markets. A requirement, this is exactly the market area targeted by ASSP, ASIC, and low-cost FPGA before.

Xilinx Artix-7 Development Board

Series requirements

The new product series can not only meet the low-power and high-performance requirements of battery-powered portable ultrasonic equipment, but also meet the small and low-power requirements of commercial digital camera lens control, and also meet the strict SWAP-C requirements of military avionics and communication equipment (Size, weight, power consumption, and cost) requirements.

The new unified architecture supports scalability and increases productivity

All Xilinx 7 series FPGAs use a unified architecture, allowing customers to freely retract and release functions, which can reduce cost and power consumption, but also improve performance and capacity, thereby reducing the development and deployment investment of low-cost and high-performance series products. The architecture is based on the successful Virtex-6 series architecture and aims to simplify the reuse of current Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 FPGA designs. Also, the architecture is supported by the proven EasyPath FPGA cost reduction solution, which can ensure a 35% cost reduction without incremental conversion or engineering investment, thereby further improving productivity.

For customers who want to use the latest 7 series FPGAs to further realize energy-saving or improve system performance and capacity, they can first design with Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 FPGAs, and then transplant their designs when the time is ripe. This unified architecture is simplified with the adoption of Xilinx's AMBA AXI interconnect standard and supports the use of plug-and-play IP, thereby helping customers increase productivity and reduce development costs.

Andy Norton, CTO of System Architecture at Cloudshield Technologies, SAIC, pointed out: "Xilinx has integrated the 6-LUT architecture and cooperated with ARM to carry out AMBA specification work to enable these products to support IP reuse, portability, and predictability. A unified architecture, a new processor-centric device that changes the inherent thinking mode, and a hierarchical design process using a new generation of tools can not only greatly improve productivity, flexibility, and system-on-chip performance, but also Simplify the migration of previous-generation architectures."

These products use the same logic architecture, Block RAM, clock technology, DSP slicing, and SelectIO technology, and are based on the previous generation of products using Xilinx's patented Virtex series ASMBL module architecture. The new generation of ASMBL architecture provides unprecedented flexibility and scalability, enabling customers to efficiently and comprehensively play to the advantages of logic density.

The Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA AC701 evaluation kit includes the Artix-7 series with leading system performance per power consumption to quickly meet cost-sensitive applications. The kit contains all the basic components of hardware, design tools, IP cores, and pre-verified reference designs. Besides, the kit also contains a target reference design that can achieve high-performance serial connection functions and advanced storage interfaces and has a full license for the Northwest Logic DMA engine.

Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA AC701 Evaluation Kit

Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA development board hardware parameters

• CPU: Xilinx Artix 7 XC7A35/50/75/100T FPGA

• RAM: 256Mbit NOR FLASH

• ROM: 2x 128M/256MByte DDR3

• EEPROM: 2Kbit

• Network: 1x Ethernet, 10/100/1000M adaptive

• LED: 2x power supply indicator light, 3x programmable indicator light

• Buttons: 2x reset buttons (FULL RESET, PROGRAM RESET), 2x user-programmable buttons

• ADC: dual channel, 1.8Vp-p, 12bit, up to 250MHz sampling rate, LVDS signal output

• DAC: 175MHz, 12bit, maximum output current 5mA

• XADC: dual channel, 12bit, 1MHz, 1.25Vp-p

• Expansion IO: 1x SRIO TX, 1x SRIO RX, 2 channels, single-channel maximum rate 5GBaud, HDMI socket; 1x PCIe 4x (Gen2), 2 channels, single-channel maximum communication rate 5GBaud; 2x 48pin European connector, GPIO expansion; 1x I2C, HDMI socket

• Emulator interface: 1x 14pin JTAG interface, pitch 2.00mm

• Start mode: 1x 2bit start mode selection dial switch

• Serial port: 1x UART, Micro USB interface, providing 4-pin TTL level test port

• Power switch: 1x power dial switch

• Power interface: 1x 12V 2A DC input DC417 power interface, outer diameter 4.4mm, inner diameter 1.65mm

Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA

Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA Technical Support

• Assist in solving abnormal problems arising from the operation according to the user manual;

• Assist product failure judgment;

• Assist to compile and run the provided source code correctly;

• Assist in the secondary development of products;

• Provide long-term after-sales service.

Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA core board features

• Capture card working environment

• Environmental parameters\minimum\typical value\maximum

• Working temperature (industrial grade)\-40°C\-\85°C

• Working voltage\-\12V\

Main features of Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA

• Dual-channel 250MSPS*12Bit high-speed and high-precision ADC, one 175MSPS*12Bit high-speed and high-precision DAC, to meet a variety of data acquisition needs;

• Support PCI Express 2.0 standard, provide PCIe x2 high-speed data transmission interface, single-channel communication rate can be up to 5GBaud;

• FPGA chip XC7A35/50/75/100T is optional, DDR3-1333 256MB/512MB is optional, NOR FLASH 256Mb, can be freely matched according to development needs, and the cost is controllable;

• Support common interfaces such as Gigabit high-speed network port and I2C, with strong expansion ability;

• Provide board schematic diagram and rich development routines, easy to get started.

Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA application areas

• High-speed data acquisition and processing system

• High-end image processing equipment

• High-end audio and video data processing

• Communication Systems

• High-precision instrumentation

• High-end CNC system