ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Version Record Version Date Release By Description Rev 1.0 2021-04-08 Rachel Zhou First Release Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 2 / 29...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Table of Contents Version Record.......................2 Part 1: AXU2CGA/B Introduction................ 4 Part 2: ZYNQ Chip....................5 Part 3: DDR4 DRAM..................... 7 Part 4: QSPI Flash....................11 Part 5: eMMC Flash (Only for AXU2CGB)............12 Part 6: EEPROM....................13 Part 7: DP Display Interface................
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Part 1: AXU2CGA/B Introduction The AXU2CGA/B Board is characterized by its small size and extensive peripherals. The main chip is Xilinx's Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs CG family chip, the model is XCZU2CG-1SFVC784E. The PS side of AXU2CGA is mounted with 2 slices of DDR4 (total 1GB, 32bit) and 1 slice of 256Mb QSPI FLASH.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Part 2: ZYNQ Chip The PS system of the XCZU2CG-1SFVC784E chip integrates two ARM Cortex™-A53 processors with a speed of up to 1.2Ghz and supports Level 2 Cache; it also contains two Cortex-R5 processors with a speed of up to 500Mhz.
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual The main parameters of the PS system are as follows: ARM dual-core Cortex ™ -A53 processor, speed up to 1.2GHz, each CPU 32KB level 1 instruction and data cache, 1MB level 2 cache, shared by 2 CPUs ...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Part 3: DDR4 DRAM There are two Micron DDR4 chips on the PS side of the AXU2CGA board, which form a 32-bit data bus bandwidth and a total capacity of 1GB. There are 4 Micron DDR4 chips on the PS side of the AXU2CGB board, which form a 64-bit data bus bandwidth and a total capacity of 2GB.
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual AXU2CGB PS side DDR4 SDRAM data pin assignment is the same as AXU2CGA, additional data signal assignment is as follows: Signal Name Pin Name Pin Number PS_DDR4_DQS4_P PS_DDR_DQS_P4_504 PS_DDR4_DQS4_N PS_DDR_DQS_N4_504 PS_DDR4_DQS5_P PS_DDR_DQS_P5_504...
PS_DDR_DM7_504 Part 4: QSPI Flash The AXU2CGA/B board has a 256MBit Quad-SPI FLASH chip, the model is MT25QU256ABA1EW9-0SIT. QSPI FLASH is connected to the GPIO port of BANK500 in the PS part of the ZYNQ chip. Figure 4-1 shows the part of QSPI Flash in the schematic.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual MIO2_QSPI0_IO2 PS_MIO2_500 AF15 MIO3_QSPI0_IO3 PS_MIO3_500 AH15 MIO4_QSPI0_IO0 PS_MIO4_500 AH16 MIO5_QSPI0_SS_B PS_MIO5_500 AD16 Part 5: eMMC Flash (Only for AXU2CGB) There is an eMMC FLASH chip with a capacity of 8GB on the AXU2CGB board.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Part 6: EEPROM The AXU2CGA/B development board has a piece of EEPROM onboard, the model number is 24LC04. The I2C signal of the EEPROM is connected to the MIO port of the ZYNQ PS side. Figure 6-1 is EEPROM schematic:...
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Figure 7-1: DP interface design Schematic The DisplayPort interface ZYNQ pin assignment is as follows: Signal Name ZYNQ Pin Number ZYNQ Description Number Low bits of DP Data GT0_DP_TX_P PS_MGTTXP3_505 Transmit Positive...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Part 8: USB 3.0 Interface There are 4 USB3.0 interfaces on the AXU2CGA/B board, the interface is HOST working mode (Type A), and the data transmission speed is up to 5.0Gb/s. The USB3.0 interfaces connect external USB PHY chip and USB3.0 HUB chip through ULPI interface to realize high-speed USB3.0 data...
USB2.0 the NEXT Data Signal Part 9: Gigabit Ethernet Interface There is 1 Gigabit Ethernet interface on AXU2CGA/B, and the Ethernet interface is on BANK502 of PS connected through GPHY chip. The GPHY chip uses the KSZ9031RNXIC Ethernet PHY chip from Micrel, and the PHY Address is 001.
MDIO Management Data Part 10: USB to Serial Port There is a Uart to USB interface on the AXU2CGA/B board for system debugging. The conversion chip uses the USB-UAR chip of Silicon Labs CP2102, and the USB interface uses the MINI USB interface. It can be connected to the USB port of the PC with a USB cable for independent power supply of the core board and serial data communication.
PL Uart Data Input Part 11: SD Card Slot Interface The AXU2CGA/B board contains a Micro SD card interface. The SDIO signal is connected to the IO signal of BANK501. The SD card connector schematic is shown in Figure 11-1.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Part 12: PCIE Interface There is a PCIE x1 slot on the AXU2CGA/B board for connecting PCIE peripherals, and the PCIE communication speed is up to 5Gbps. PCIE signal is directly connected to LANE0 of BANK505 PS MGT transceiver. The schematic...
Part 13: 40-Pin Expansion Header The AXU2CGA/B board is reserved with two 0.1-inch standard pitch 40-pin expansion ports J12 and J15, 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...
VCC_3V3_BUCK4 Part 14: MIPI Camera Interface There are 2 MIPI interfaces on the AXU2CGA/B board for connecting MIPI cameras. The differential signal of MIPI is connected to the HP IO of BANK64 and 65, and the level standard is +1.2V; the control signal of MIPI is connected to BANK24, and the level standard is +3.3V.
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ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Ground MIPI1_LAN1_N IO_L3N_64 MIPI Data 1 Signal N MIPI1_LAN1_P IO_L3P_64 MIPI Data 1 Signal P Ground MIPI1_CLK_N IO_L1N_64 MIPI Clock Signal N MIPI1_CLK_P IO_L1P_64 MIPI Clock Signal P Ground CAM1_GPIO IO_L2N_24 AH14...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Part 15: JTAG Debug Port The 10-pin JTAG interface is reserved on the AXU2CGA/B board for downloading ZYNQ UltraScale+ programs or firmware programs to FLASH. The pin definition of JTAG is shown in the figure below Figure 15-1: JTAG Pin Definition Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx...
There are 4 user indicator lights, 4 user control KEYs and a reset KET on the AXU2CGA/B board. 4 user indicators and 4 user KEYs are all connected to the IO of BANK24. The schematic diagram of the LED light hardware connection is shown in Figure 17-1: Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Figure 17-1: LED Schematic LED and Key Pin Assignment: Signal Name Pin Name Pin Number LED1 IO_L9N_24 LED2 IO_L12P_24 LED3 IO_L12N_24 AA12 LED4 IO_L7N_24 AB13 KEY1 IO_L7P_24 AA13 KEY2 IO_L1N_24 AE14 KEY3...
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Figure 18-1: Clock Source Clock Pin Assignment: Signal Name Pin Name Pin Number PL_REF_CLK IO_L8P_44 AB11 The level of PL_REF_CLK is +1.8V. Part 19: ALINX Customized Fan Interface The fan is powered by 12V, and the speed can be adjusted through the FAN_PWM signal.
ZYNQ Ultrascale + FPGA Board AXU2CGA/B User Manual Part 20: Power Input The power input of AXU2CGA/B is an adapter with DC12V and current 2A. The power interface is shown in the figure below Figure 20-1: Power Input Interface Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx...
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