Zybo Z7 Board Reference Manual
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Overview
The Zybo Z7 is a feature-rich, ready-to-use embedded software and digital circuit development board built around
the Xilinx Zynq-7000 family. The Zynq family is based on the Xilinx All Programmable System-on-Chip (AP SoC)
architecture, which tightly integrates a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor with Xilinx 7-series Field Programmable
Gate Array (FPGA) logic. The Zybo Z7 surrounds the Zynq with a rich set of multimedia and connectivity peripherals
to create a formidable single-board computer, even before considering the flexibility and power added by the
FPGA. The Zybo Z7's video-capable feature set, including a MIPI CSI-2 compatible Pcam connector, HDMI input,
HDMI output, and high DDR3L bandwidth, was chosen to make it an affordable solution for the high end
embedded vision applications that Xilinx FPGAs are popular for. Attaching additional hardware is made easy by the
Zybo Z7's Pmod connectors, allowing access to Digilent's catalog of over 70 Pmod peripheral boards, including
motor controllers, sensors, displays, and more.
The Zybo Z7 is a direct replacement for the popular
Zybo development board
, which will soon be phased out of
production. The designs are very similar, however the Zybo Z7 adds several features and performance
improvements. To assist in migrating from the Zybo to the Zybo Z7, Digilent has created a migration guide,
available on the
Zybo Z7 Resource Center
.
Memory
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1 GB DDR3L with 32-bit
bus @ 1066 MHz
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16 MB Quad-SPI Flash
with factory programmed
128-bit random number
and 48-bit globally
unique EUI-
48/64™
compatible identifier
Power
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Powered from USB or any
5V external power source
USB and Ethernet
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Gigabit Ethernet PHY
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USB-JTAG Programming circuitry
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USB-UART bridge
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USB 2.0 OTG PHY with host and
device support
Audio and Video
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Pcam camera connector with MIPI
CSI-2 support
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HDMI sink port (input)
with/without* CEC
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HDMI source port (output) with
CEC
•
Audio codec with stereo
headphone, stereo line-in, and
microphone jacks
Switches, Pushbuttons, & LEDs
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6 push-buttons (2 processor
connected)
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4 slide switches
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5 LEDs (1 processor connected)
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2 RGB LEDs (1*)
Expansion Connectors
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6 Pmod ports (5*)
o
8 Total Processor
I/O
o
40 Total FPGA I/O
(32*)
o
4 Analog capable 0-
1.0V differential
pairs to XADC
*The -7010 variant has several differences that are shown in parenthesis above. See Purchasing Options section for more info
The Zybo Z7.
ZYNQ Processor
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667 MHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor
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DDR3L memory controller with 8 DMA channels and 4
High Performance AXI3 Slave ports
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High-bandwidth peripheral controllers: 1G Ethernet,
USB 2.0, SDIO
•
Low-bandwidth peripheral controllers: SPI, UART, CAN,
I2C
•
Programmable from JTAG, Quad-SPI flash, and microSD
card
•
Programmable logic equivalent to Artix-7 FPGA
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