ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Version Record Version Date Release By Description Rev 1.0 2020-10-28 Rachel Zhou First Release 2 / 30 Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx...
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Table of Contents Version Record.......................2 Part 1: AC7100B Core Board Introduction............4 Part 2: FPGA Chip....................6 Part 3: Active Differential Crystal................ 8 Part 3.1: 200Mhz Active Differential clock..........8 Part 3.2: 148.5Mhz Active Differential Crystal..........9 Part 4: DDR3 DRAM...................
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Part 1: AC7100B Core Board Introduction AC7100B (core board model, the same below) FPGA core board, it is based on XILINX's ARTIX-7 series 100T XC7A100T-2FGG484I. It is a high-performance core board with high speed, high bandwidth and high capacity.
Xilinx's Artix-7 series. The speed grade is 2, and the temperature grade is industry grade. This model is a FGG484 package with 484 pins. Xilinx ARTIX-7 FPGA chip naming rules as below Figure 2-1: The Specific Chip Model Definition of ARTIX-7 Series...
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FPGA internal GTP transceiver, connected to 1.0V; VMGTAVTT is the termination voltage of the GTP transceiver, connected to 1.2V. The Artix-7 FPGA system requires that the power-up sequence be powered by VCCINT, then VCCBRAM, then VCCAUX, and finally VCCO. If VCCINT and VCCBRAM have the same voltage, they can be powered up at the same time.
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Part 3: Active Differential Crystal The AC7100B core board is equipped with two Sitime active differential crystals, one is 200MHz, the model is SiT9102-200.00MHz, the system main clock for FPGA and used to generate DDR3 control clock; the other is 125MHz, model is SiT9102 -125MHz, reference clock input for GTP transceivers.
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Figure 3-2: 200Mhz Active Differential Crystal on the Core Board 200Mhz Differential Clock Pin Assignment Signal Name FPGA PIN SYS_CLK_P SYS_CLK_N Part 3.2: 148.5Mhz Active Differential Crystal G2 in Figure 3-3 is the 148.5Mhz active differential crystal, which is the reference input clock provided to the GTP module inside the FPGA.
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ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Figure 3-3: 148.5Mhz Active Differential Crystal Schematic Figure 3-4: 1148.5Mhz Active Differential Crystal on the Core Board 125Mhz Differential Clock Pin Assignment Net Name FPGA PIN MGT_CLK0_P MGT_CLK0_N 10 / 30 Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx...
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Part 4: DDR3 DRAM The FPGA core board AC7100B is equipped with two Micron 4Gbit (512MB) DDR3 chips, model MT41J256M16HA-125 (compatible with MT41K256M16HA-125). The DDR3 SDRAM has a maximum operating speed of 800MHz (data rate 1600Mbps). The DDR3 memory system is directly connected to the memory interface of the BANK 34 and BANK35 of the FPGA.
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ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Figure 4-2: The DDR3 on the Core Board DDR3 DRAM pin assignment: Net Name FPGA PIN Name FPGA P/N DDR3_DQS0_P IO_L3P_T0_DQS_AD5P_35 DDR3_DQS0_N IO_L3N_T0_DQS_AD5N_35 DDR3_DQS1_P IO_L9P_T1_DQS_AD7P_35 DDR3_DQS1_N IO_L9N_T1_DQS_AD7N_35 DDR3_DQS2_P IO_L15P_T2_DQS_35 DDR3_DQS2_N IO_L15N_T2_DQS_35 DDR3_DQS3_P IO_L21P_T3_DQS_35...
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Part 5: QSPI Flash The FPGA core board AC7100B is equipped with one 128MBit QSPI FLASH, and the model is W25Q256FVEI, which uses the 3.3V CMOS voltage standard. Due to the non-volatile nature of QSPI FLASH, it can be used as a boot device for the system to store the boot image of the system.
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ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual QSPI Flash pin assignments: Net Name FPGA PIN Name FPGA P/N QSPI_CLK CCLK_0 QSPI_CS IO_L6P_T0_FCS_B_14 QSPI_DQ0 IO_L1P_T0_D00_MOSI_14 QSPI_DQ1 IO_L1N_T0_D01_DIN_14 QSPI_DQ2 IO_L2P_T0_D02_14 QSPI_DQ3 IO_L2N_T0_D03_14 Figure 5-2: QSPI on the Core Board 16 / 30...
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Part 6: LED Light on Core Board There are 3 red LED lights on the AC7100B FPGA core board, one of which is the power indicator light (PWR), one is the configuration LED light (DONE), and one is the user LED light.
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Part 7: Reset Button There is a reset button on the AC7100B FPGA core board. The reset button is connected to the normal IO of the BANK34 of the FPGA chip. The user can use this reset button to initialize the FPGA program. When the button is pressed in the design, the signal voltage input to IO is low, and the reset signal is valid;...
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Part 8: JTAG Interface The JTAG test socket J1 is reserved on the AC7100B core board for JTAG download and debugging when the core board is used alone. Figure 8-1 is the schematic part of the JTAG port, which involves TMS, TDI, TDO, TCK. , GND, +3.3V these six signals.
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Part 9: Power Interface on the Core Board In order to make the AC7100B FPGA core board work alone, the core board is reserved with the 2PIN power interface (J3). When the user supplies power to the core board through 2PIN power interface (J3), it cannot be powered through the carrier board.
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Part 10: Board to Board Connectors The core board has a total of four high-speed board to board connectors. The core board uses four 80-pin inter-board connectors to connect to the carrier board. The IO port of the FPGA is connected to the four connectors by differential routing.
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ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Board to Board Connectors CON2 The 80-pin female connection header CON2 is used to extend the normal IO of the BANK13 and BANK14 of the FPGA. The voltage standards of both BANKs are 3.3V.
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ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual PIN73 B15_L24_N 3.3V PIN74 B15_L16_N 3.3V PIN75 PIN76 PIN77 FPGA_TCK 3.3V PIN78 FPGA_TDI 3.3V PIN79 FPGA_TDO 3.3V PIN80 FPGA_TMS 3.3V Board to Board Connectors CON4 The 80-Pin connector CON4 is used to extend the normal IO and GTP high-speed data and clock signals of the FPGA BANK16.
ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7C7100B User Manual Part 11: Power Supply The AC7100B FPGA core board is powered by DC5V via carrier board, and it is powered by the J3 interface when it is used alone. Please be careful not to supply power by the J3 interface and the carrier board at the same time to avoid damage.
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MGTVCCAUX(+1.8V) GTP Transceiver Bank216 of FPGA Because the power supply of Artix-7 FPGA has the power-on sequence requirement, in the circuit design, we have designed according to the power requirements of the chip, and the power-on is 1.0V->1.8V->(1.5 V, 3.3V, VCCIO) and 1.0V->...