Arty Z7 Reference Manual
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Purchasing Options
The Arty Z7 can be purchased with either a Zynq-7010 or Zynq-7020 loaded. These two Arty
Z7 product variants are referred to as the Arty Z7-10 and Arty Z7-20, respectively. When
Digilent documentation describes functionality that is common to both of these variants, they
are referred to collectively as the “Arty Z7”. When describing something that is only common
to a specific variant, the variant will be explicitly called out by its name.
The only difference between the Arty Z7-10 and Arty Z7-20 are the capabilities of the Zynq
part and the amount of I/O available on the shield connector. The Zynq processors both have
the same capabilities, but the -20 has about a 3 times larger internal FPGA than the -10. The
differences between the two variants are summarized below:
Product Variant
Arty Z7-10
Arty Z7-20
Zynq Part
XC7Z010-1CLG400C XC7Z020-1CLG400C
1 MSPS On-chip ADC
Yes
Yes
Look-up Tables (LUTs)
17,600
53,200
Flip-Flops
35,200
106,400
Block RAM
270 KB
630 KB
Clock Management Tiles
2
4
Available Shield I/O
26
49
On the Arty Z7-10, the inner row of the digital shield (IO26-IO41) and IOA (also referred to
as IO42) are not connected to the FPGA, and A0-A5 can only be used as analog inputs. This
will not affect the functionality of most existing Arduino shields, because most do not use this
inner row of digital signals.
The board can be purchased stand-alone or with a voucher to unlock the Xilinx SDSoC
toolset. The SDSoC voucher unlocks a 1 year license and can only be used with the Arty Z7.
After the license expires, any version of SDSoC that was released during this 1 year period
can continue to be used indefinitely. For more information on purchasing, see the
Arty Z7
Product Page
. At the time of purchase, it is also possible to add-on a microSD card, 12V 3A
power supply, and micro USB cable as needed.
Note that due to the smaller FPGA in the Zynq-7010, it is not very well suited to be used in
SDSoC for embedded vision applications. We recommend people purchase the Arty Z7-20 if
they are interested in these types of applications.
