USER MANUAL
NI Digital System Development
Board
The Digital System Development Board (DSDB) is an NI ELVIS add-on board featuring a
Zynq 7020 All Programmable SoC (AP SoC) that was designed by Digilent for National
Instruments. When paired with the NI ELVIS platform, it becomes an ideal lab installation for
classes centered on digital and analog circuits. The DSDB also has the ability to be used as a
standalone Zynq development platform, independent of NI ELVIS.
Contents
Contents .................................................................................................................................... 1
Features..................................................................................................................................... 3
Hardware Components ............................................................................................................. 5
Power Supplies ......................................................................................................................... 6
Input Power Monitoring
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9
User Power Supplies.........................................................................................................
9
User Power Supplies Monitoring
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10
Zynq AP SoC Architecture....................................................................................................... 11
Zynq Configuration .................................................................................................................. 15
microSD Boot Mode.........................................................................................................
16
Quad-SPI Boot Mode
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16
JTAG Boot Mode
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16
Connecting to NI ELVIS .......................................................................................................... 16
SPI Flash................................................................................................................................... 18
DDR3 Memory ......................................................................................................................... 19
USB UART Bridge (Serial Port) .............................................................................................. 20
microSD Slot ............................................................................................................................ 20
USB HID Host.......................................................................................................................... 21
HID Controller.......................................................................................................................... 21
Keyboard .................................................................................................................................. 22
Mouse ....................................................................................................................................... 24
Ethernet..................................................................................................................................... 25
OLED........................................................................................................................................ 26
VGA Port.................................................................................................................................. 29
VGA System Timing ................................................................................................................ 29
HDMI Source/Sink Port ........................................................................................................... 33
Touchscreen Display ................................................................................................................ 34
LCD Display..................................................................................................................... 34
Capacitive Touchscreen....................................................................................................
36