ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Version Record Version Date Release By Description Rev 1.0 2021-04-12 Rachel Zhou First Release Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 2 / 58...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Table of Contents Version Record.......................2 Part 1: FPGA Development Board Introduction..........6 Part 2: ACU4EV core board................10 Part 2.1: ACU4EV core board Introduction..........10 Part 2.2: ZYNQ Chip................... 11 Part 2.3: DDR4 DRAM................13 Part 2.4: QSPI Flash...................20...
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Part 3.14: EEPROM and Temperature sensor........53 Part 3.15: User LEDs..................54 Part 3.16: Keys.................... 55 Part 3.17: DIP Switch Configuration............55 Part 3.18: Power Supply................56 Part 3.19: ALINX Customized Fan............57 Part 3.20: Carrier Board Size Dimension..........58 Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx...
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual This MPSoCs FPGA development platform adopts the core board + carrier board mode, which is convenient for users to use the core board for secondary development. The core board uses XILINX Zynq UltraScale+ EV chip ZU4EV...
256Mb QSPI FLASH which are on the PS side, used to statically store the operating system, file system and user data of MPSoCs. The AXU4EV-E carrier board expands its rich peripheral interface, including 1 SATA M.2 interface, 1 DP interface, 4 USB 3.0 Interface, 2 Gigabit...
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Figure 1-1-1: The Schematic Diagram of the AXU4EV-E Through this diagram, you can see the interfaces and functions that the AXU4EV-E FPGA Development Board contains: ACU4EV core board It consists of ZU4EV +4GB DDR4 (PS) +1GB DDR4 (PL) +8GB eMMC FLASH + 256Mb QSPI FLASH, and there are 2 crystal oscillators to provide the clock, a single-ended 33.3333MHz crystal oscillator for the...
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual display. Supports up to 4K@30Hz or 1080P@60Hz output USB 3.0 Interface 4-channel USB3.0 HOST interface, USB interface type is TYPE A. Used to connect external USB peripherals, such as connecting a mouse, keyboard, U disk, etc.
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual MIPI camera input interfaces, used to connect MIPI camera module (AN5641). JTAG debug port A 10-pin 0.1 spacing standard JTAG ports for FPGA program download and debugging. Users can debug and download the ZU4EV system through the XILINX downloader.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Part 2: ACU4EV core board Part 2.1: ACU4EV core board Introduction ACU4EV (core board model, the same below) FPGA core board, ZYNQ chip is based on XCZU4EV-1SFVC784I of XILINX company Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs EV Family.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Figure 2-1-1: ACU4EV Core Board (Front View) Part 2.2: ZYNQ Chip The FPGA core board ACU4EV uses Xilinx's Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs EV family chip, module XCZU4EV-1SFVC784I. The PS system of the ZU4EV chip integrates 4 ARM Cortex™-A53 processors with a speed of up to 1.2Ghz...
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Figure 2-2-1: Overall Block Diagram of the ZYNQ ZU4EV Chip The main parameters of the PS system part are as follows: ARM quad-core Cortex ™ -A53 processor, speed up to 1.5GHz, each...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Sata 3.1, Display Port, 4 x Tri-mode Gigabit Ethernet Common connection interfaces: 2 x USB2.0, 2 x SD/SDIO, 2 x UART, 2 x CAN 2.0B, 2 x I2C, 2 x SPI, 4 x 32b GPIO ...
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual of 1GB. The maximum operating speed of the DDR4 SDRAM on the PS side can reach 1200MHz (data rate 2400Mbps), and the 4 DDR4 storage systems are directly connected to the memory interface of the PS BANK504. The...
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual The hardware connection of DDR4 SDRAM on the Pl Side is shown in Figure 2-3-2: Figure 2-3-2: DDR3 DRAM schematic diagram PS Side DDR4 DRAM pin assignment: Signal Name Pin Name Pin Number...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual QSPI FLASH is connected to the GPIO port of the BANK500 in the PS section of the ZYNQ chip. In the system design, the GPIO port functions of these PS ports need to be configured as the QSPI FLASH interface. Figure 2-4-1 shows the QSPI Flash in the schematic.
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual related parameters of eMMC FLASH are shown in Table 2-5-1. Position Model Capacity Factory MTFC8GAKAJCN-4M 8G Byte Micron Table 2-5-1: eMMC FLASH Specification The eMMC FLASH is connected to the GPIO port of the BANK500 of the PS part of the ZYNQ UltraScale+.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual MMC_DAT7 PS_MIO20_500 AD19 MMC_CMD PS_MIO21_500 AC21 MMC_CCLK PS_MIO22_500 AB20 MMC_RSTN PS_MIO23_500 AB18 Part 2.6: Clock configuration The core board provides reference clock and RTC real-time clock for PS system and PL logic respectively, so that PS system and PL logic can work independently.
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Figure 2-6-2: Passive Crystal Oscillator for RTC Clock pin assignment: Signal Name PS_PADI_503 PS_PADO_503 PS System Clock Source The X1 crystal on the core board provides a 33.333MHz clock input for the PS part.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual PL System Clock Source The core board provides a differential 200MHz PL system clock source for the reference clock of the DDR4 controller. The crystal oscillator output is connected to the global clock (MRCC) of PL BANK64. This global clock can be used to drive the DDR4 controller and user logic circuits in the FPGA.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Figure 2-7-1: LED Schematic in the Core Board Part 2.8: Power Supply The power supply voltage of the ACU4EV core board is DC12V, which is supplied by connecting the carrier board. The core board uses a PMIC chip TPS6508641 to generate all the power required by the XCZU4EV chip.
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual In addition, the VCCIO power supply of BANK65 and BANK66 of XCZU4EV chip is provided by the carrier board, which is convenient for users to modify, but the maximum power supply cannot exceed 1.8V.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Part 2.9: ACU4EV Core Board Size Dimension Figure 2-9-1: ACU4EV Core Board Size Dimension Part 2.10: Board to Board Connectors pin assignment The core board has a total of four high-speed expansion ports. It uses four 120-pin inter-board connectors (J29/J30/J31/J32) to connect to the carrier board.
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual the level standard of MIO is also 1.8V. Pin assignment of board to board connector J29 J29 Pin Signal Name Pin Number J29 Pin Signal Name Pin Number B65_L2_N B65_L22_P B65_L2_P B65_L22_N...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Part 3: Carrier Board Part 3.1: Carrier Board Introduction Through the previous function introduction, you can understand the function of the carrier board part 1-Channel M.2 interface 1-Channel DP output interface ...
3 Keys Part 3.2: M.2 Interface The AXU4EV-E development board is equipped with a PCIE x1 standard M.2 interface for connecting M.2 SSD solid state drives, with a communication speed of up to 6Gbps. The M.2 interface uses the M key slot, which only supports PCI-E, not SATA.
PS_MIO37_501 PCIE Reset Signal Part 3.3: DP Interface The AXU4EV-E development board has a standard DisplayPort output display interface for video image display. The interface supports VESA DisplayPort V1.2a output standard, up to 4K x 2K@30Fps output, supports Y-only, YCbCr444, YCbCr422, YCbCr420 and RGB video formats, each color supports 6, 8, 10, or 12 bits.
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Figure 3-3-1: DP interface design Schematic The DisplayPort interface ZYNQ pin assignment is as follows: Signal Name ZYNQ Pin Number ZYNQ Pin Number Description Low bits of DP Data GT0_DP_TX_P 505_TX3_P Transmit Positive...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Part 3.4: USB3.0 interface There are 4 USB3.0 ports on the AXU4EV-E carrier board, supporting the HOST working mode, and the data transmission speed is up to 5.0Gb/s. USB3.0 is connected through the PIPE3 interface, and USB2.0 is connected to the external USB3320C chip through the ULPI interface to realize high-speed USB3.0 and USB2.0 data communication.
USB2.0 Reset Signal Part 3.5: Gigabit Ethernet Interface There are 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports on the AXU4EV-E carrier board, one is connected to the PS end, and the other is connected to the PL end. The GPHY chip uses Micrel's KSZ9031RNX Ethernet PHY chip to provide users with...
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual When the network is connected to Gigabit Ethernet, the data transmission of ZYNQ and PHY chip KSZ9031RNX is communicated through the RGMII bus, the transmission clock is 125Mhz, and the data is sampled on the rising edge and falling samples of the clock.
Ethernet 2 Reset Signal Part 3.6: USB to Serial Port The AXU4EV-E carrier board is equipped with two Uart to USB ports, one is connected to the PS end, and one is connected to the PL end. The conversion chip uses Silicon Labs CP2102GM's USB-UAR chip, and the USB interface is a MINI USB interface.
PL Uart Data Input Part 3.7: SD Card Slot Interface The AXU4EV-E FPGA Development Board contains a Micro SD card interface to provide user access to the SD card memory, the BOOT program for the ZU4EV chip, the Linux operating system kernel, the file system and other user data files.
Part 3.8: Expansion Header The AXU4EV-E board is reserved with two 0.1-inch standard pitch 40-pin expansion ports J45 and J46, which are used to connect the ALINX modules or the external circuit designed by the user. The expansion port has 40 signals, of which 1-channel 5V power supply, 2-channel 3.3 V power supply, 3-channle...
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual J45 Pin Signal Name Pin Number J45 Pin Signal Name Pin Number B45_L9_N B45_L9_P B45_L5_N B45_L5_P B45_L12_N B45_L12_P B45_L11_N B45_L11_P B45_L6_N B45_L6_P B46_L6_N B46_L6_P B46_L3_N B46_L3_P B46_L2_N B46_L2_P B46_L4_N B46_L4_P B46_L12_N B46_L12_P...
+3.3V Part 3.9: CAN communication interface There are 2 CAN communication interfaces on the AXU4EV-E carrier board, which are connected to the MIO interface of the BANK501 on the PS system side. The CAN transceiver chip selected TI's SN65HVD232C chip for user CAN communication services.
CAN2 Receiver Part 3.10: 485 communication interface There are two 485 communication interfaces on the AXU4EV-E carrier board. The 485 communication port 1 is connected to the IO interface of BANK43~45 on the PL system. The 485 transceiver chip selects the MAX3485 chip from MAXIM for the user's 485 communication service.
Enable Part 3.11: MIPI camera interface The AXU4EV-E carrier board includes a MIPI camera interface, which can be used to connect with the ALINX Brand MIPI OV5640 camera module AN5641. MIPI interface 15PIN FPC connector, 2 LANE data and 1 pair of clock, connected to the differential IO pin of BANK65, the level standard is 1.2V;...
I2C Data of Camera Part 3.12: JTAG Debug Port The JTAG interface is reserved on the AXU4EV-E expansion board for downloading ZYNQ UltraScale+ programs or firmware programs to FLASH. In order to not damage the ZYNQ UltraScale+ chip by plugging and unplugging...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Figure 3-12-1: JTAG Interface Schematic Part 3.13: Real-time clock The ZU4EV chip has the function of an RTC real-time clock, with timing functions such as year, month, day, hour, minute, and second, and week.
PS terminal through the I2C bus. A high-precision, low-power, digital temperature sensor chip is installed on the AXU4EV-E FPGA development board, and the model is LM75 from ON Semiconductor. The temperature accuracy of the LM75 chip is 0.5 degrees.
I2C Data Signal Part 3.15: User LEDs There are 3 LEDs on the AXU4EV-E Carrier board. including 1 power indicator light, 1 User LED Controlled by PS side, and 1 User LED Controlled by PL side. The user can control the user LED on and off through the program.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Part 3.16: Keys There are 1 reset KEY RESET and 2 user buttons on the AXU4EV-E carrier board. The reset signal is connected to the reset chip input of the core board ACU4EV, and the user can use this reset KEY to reset the ZYNQ system.
ON,OFF, OFF, ON Part 3.18: Power Supply The power input voltage of the AXU4EV-E development board is DC12V. In the carrier board, the DC12V is converted into +5V, +3.3V, and +1.8V through one-way DC/DC power chip TPS54620 and two-way DC/DC power chip MP1482.
BANK65 of Core Board Part 3.19: ALINX Customized Fan Because AXU4EV-E generates a lot of heat when it works normally, we add a heat sink and fan to the chip on the board to prevent the chip from overheating. The control of the fan is controlled by the ZYNQ chip. The control pin is connected to the IO of the BANK43 (AA11).
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU4EV-E User Manual Figure 3-16-1:Fan Design Schematic The fan has been screwed to the AXUEG FPGA development board before leaving the factory. The power of the fan is connected to the socket of J24. The red is positive and the black is negative.
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