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Getting Started with the MicroZed IIoT Starter Kit
The Avnet MicroZed IIoT Starter Kit enables hardware and software developers to create and
evaluate Zynq™-7000 All Programmable SoC designs, using on-board sensors to gather
information from the immediate surroundings and transmit the data to a Cloud environment.
Cloud services can be used for real-time data analysis and decision-making, data storage, post-
analysis, real-time or historical display and an ever-growing list of domain-specific functions.
The kit includes a standalone MicroZed System-on-Module (SoM) containing a hard-wired Zynq
Processing System (PS) with peripherals as well as enabling the Zynq Programmable Logic
(PL) fabric. This PS system includes DDR3 memory, Flash memory, gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0
Host, and a UART.
The MicroZed SoM is attached to an ArduinoTM Carrier Card. The carrier brings both Shield
expansion and Peripheral Module (2x6 pin connectors) expansion to the MicroZed System-On-
Module. The carrier card is ideal for building quick prototypes that leverage the large number of
Arduino-compatible Shields and Pmod-compatible expansion boards.
The following sensors are included with the kit:
ST Microelectronics motion MEMS and environmental sensor Shield
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3-axis acceler 3-axis gyroscope
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3-axis magnetometer
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Humidity and temperature
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Pressure
Maxim Integrated thermocouple-to-digital peripheral module
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Connects to 2x6 peripheral module
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SPI-based interface
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Measures temperatures from -270°C to +1800°C
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Includes K-type thermocouple
This Getting Started Guide outlines the steps to set up the hardware, load a sample hardware
design, and execute Linux applications running on the ARM® dual-
core Cortex™-A9 MPCore™
Processing System. Readings are taken from the on-board sensors and transmitted to an IBM
Watson IoT BluemixTM application, where the data is analyzed and resulting commands are
sent back to the target. You will need to set up an IBM Watson IoT account to access the
Bluemix services. A free trial and free online training is available through Avnet by filling out the
registration at:
http://artofthepossibility.com/bluemix-free-trial
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