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Revision History Date Version Description 04/22/2020 1.0E Initial version published. The name of the board updated; 01/06/2020 1.1E The description of chapter 3.1 FPGA Module updated. 09/01/2021 1.2E The quick start in 2.2 Development Board Suite removed.
Contents Contents Contents ....................... i List of Figures ....................iv List of Tables ...................... vi 1 About This Guide ..................... 1 1.1 Purpose ..........................1 1.2 Related Documents ......................1 1.3 Terminology and Abbreviations ................... 1 1.4 Support and Feedback ....................... 2 2 Introduction ......................
UG113, GW2A-55 Pinout UG111, GW2A series of FPGA Products Package and Pinout User Guide UG290, Gowin FPGA Products Programming and Configuration Guide SUG100, Gowin Software User Guide 1.3 Terminology and Abbreviations The terminology and abbreviations used in this manual are as shown in Table 1-1.
Low-Voltage Differential Signaling SSRAM Shadow Static Random Access Memory 1.4 Support and Feedback Gowin Semiconductor provides customers with comprehensive technical support. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to contact us directly by the following ways. Website: www.gowinsemi.com...
The development board uses the GW2A- LV55PG484 FPGA device, which is the first generation product of Gowin Arora family. The GW2A series of FPGA products offer a range of features and rich resources like high-performance DSP, high-speed LVDS interface and BSRAM.
2 Introduction 2.2 Development Board Suite GW2A- LV55PG484 development board includes a DDR3 chip with 2Gbit, 16-bit bus width. Its two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces support 10M, 100M, 1000M Ethernet communication. It has abundant peripheral interfaces, including LVDS interfaces, a SD card socket, CAN bus interface, MIPI CSI, MIPI DSI, AD/DA interface and GPIO interfaces.
2 Introduction 2.3 PCB Components 2.3 PCB Components Figure 2-3 PCB Components 1.8V Power 1.2V Power 2.5V Power Button Cell 1.5V Power 1.0V Power 3.3V Power Power WIFI Socket Power Switch Ethernet 1 AD/DA DDR3 Ethernet 2 Bank4 Level LED*4 Select CAN Interface USB MINI B...
2 Introduction 2.5 Features 2.5 Features The key features are as follows: 1. The FPGA device Gowin GW2A-LV55PG484 FPGA Max. user I/O 319 2. Download and Boot Integrates the download module and can be downloaded with USB ...
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2 Introduction 2.5 Features double row of pins with 2.00mm pitch. 9. MIPI CSI Interface MIPI interface includes 3 pairs of differential signals, among which one for clock and four for data. 15pin FPC connector with 1mm pitch is used. ...
3 Development Board Circuit 3.1 FPGA Module Development Board Circuit 3.1 FPGA Module Overview For the resources of GW2A-LV55PG484 FPGA products, see DS102, GW2A series FPGA Products Data Sheet. I/O BANK Introduction For the I/O BANK, package and pinout information, see UG111, GW2A series of FPGA Products Package and Pinout User Guide.
3 Development Board Circuit 3.2 Download Module Figure 3-1 Connection Diagram of FPGA Downloading and Configuration By configuring EEPROM chip, the B channel of FT2232 can be configured as an asynchronous FIFO interface. The connection diagram is follows. Figure 3-2 Asynchronous FIFO Connection Diagram FTDI_SIWU# USB_D+ FTDI_WR#...
3 Development Board Circuit 3.3 Power Supply Name FPGA Pin No. BANK I/O Level Description Configure FLASH_SPI_CS_N 1.5V FLASH Signal Configure FLASH_SPI_CLK 1.5V FLASH Signal Table 3-2 Asynchronous FIFO Pinout Name FPGA Pin No. BANK I/O Level Description Send/wake up FTDI_SIWU# 1.2V signal...
3 Development Board Circuit 3.4 Clock and Reset 1.8v and 1.2v, and the maximum output current is 2A. One TPS51200 power chip is used to generate 0.75v power for DDR3 chip. One APW7136CCI power chip is used to generate 9.9v power for RGB industry screen.
3 Development Board Circuit 3.5 DDR3 3.5 DDR3 3.5.1 Introduction The development board includes a DDR3 chip with 2Gbit, 16-bit bus width, and the highest data rate is 1600MT/s. Figure 3-4 Connection Diagram of FPGA and DDR3 3.5.2 Pinout Table 3-4 DDR3 Pinout Name FPGA Pin No.
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3 Development Board Circuit 3.5 DDR3 Name FPGA Pin No. BANK I/O Level Description Bank address DDR3_BA0 1.5V Bank address DDR3_BA1 1.5V Bank address DDR3_BA2 1.5V DDR3_CASn 1.5V Column address strobe Clock Enable DDR3_CK_EN 1.5V Differential clock DDR3_CKn 1.5V Differential clock DDR3_CKp 1.5V Data...
3 Development Board Circuit 3.6 Ethernet 3.6 Ethernet 3.6.1 Introduction The development board has two Ethernet circuits and supports gigabit mode, which can provide hardware testing environment in the LED display applications. The interface connected to other devices is RJ45 and the transformer is integrated.
3 Development Board Circuit 3.11 RTC 3.10.2 Pinout Table 3-12 SD Card Pinout Name FPGA Pin No. BANK I/O Level Description SD_D0 3.3V Data bit 0 SD_D1 3.3V Data bit 1 SD_D2 3.3V Data bit 2 SD_CD/D3 3.3V Card detection/Data bit 3 SD_CMD 3.3V Commands/Response...
3 Development Board Circuit 3.12 AD/DA 3.12 AD/DA 3.12.1 Introduction The AD/DA module uses a chip that is a 12-bit A/D and D/A converter with configurable 8-channel interface, which can be configured as any combination of ADC/DAC/GPIO and shares the I2C bus with the RTC module.
3 Development Board Circuit 3.14 WIFI Figure 3-13 Connection Diagram of CAN 3.13.2 Pinout Table 3-15 CAN Pinout Name FPGA Pin No. BANK I/O Level Description CAN_TXD 2.5V Transmitting data CAN_RXD 2.5V Receiving data 3.14 WIFI 3.14.1 Introduction The WIFI module supports SPI and UART. SPI transmission rate is 20Mbps.
3 Development Board Circuit 3.15 GPIO Name FPGA Pin No. BANK I/O Level Description WIFI_TX 1.2V UART transmitting WIFI_RX 1.2V UART receiving 3.15 GPIO 3.15.1 Introduction 34 GPIOs channeled by two double-column pins with 2.54mm pitch are reserved on the development board for testing. The 40pin interfaces are connected to Bank5.
3 Development Board Circuit 3.15 GPIO Pin No. Name FPGA Pin No. BANK I/O Level Description 3.3V General I/O H_GPIO_22 3.3V General I/O H_GPIO_23 3.3V General I/O H_GPIO_24 3.3V General I/O H_GPIO_25 3.3V General I/O H_GPIO_26 3.3V General I/O H_GPIO_27 3.3V General I/O H_GPIO_28...
3 Development Board Circuit 3.16 Industry Screen Interface 3.16 Industry Screen Interface 3.16.1 Introduction This interface uses 50pin FPC connector with 0.5mm pitch. The pin definition conforms to the industry screen of AT070TN92 model, and all I/O and 40PIN multiplex GPIO of FPGA. Figure 3-17 50pin FPC Interface Diagram LED+ LED+...
3 Development Board Circuit 3.17 LED Module 3.17 LED Module 3.17.1 Introduction There are four blue LED lights on the development board, which can be used for demo. When the output signal of FPGA corresponding pin is low, the LED is lit up. When the output signal is high, the LED is off. The connection diagram is shown in Figure 3-18.
3 Development Board Circuit 3.19 Switches Module Figure 3-19 Key Circuit Diagram 3.18.2 Pinout Table 3-22 Keys Module Pinout Name FPGA Pin No. BANK I/O Level Description KEY1 1.5V KEY1 KEY2 1.5V KEY2 KEY3 1.5V KEY3 KEY4 1.5V KEY4 3.19 Switches Module 3.19.1 Introduction There are four switches on the development board to control input during testing.
4 Quick Start 4.3 Build Demo Program Figure 4-1 Design Window 2. Right click "Place & Route" in the "Process" window and select "Rerun All". Figure 4-2 Process Window 3. After building, the following information will be displayed. The generated bitstream file is saved in: ..LED_test\impl\pnr\LED_test.fs. Figure 4-3 Build Completed DBUG375-1.2E 33(34)
4 Quick Start 4.4 Download and Run 4.4 Download and Run 1. Connect the development board with PC using the download cable and switch on the power. Double click "Program Device" in the "Process" window, and the "Programmer" window will pop up. Right click the device list, and select "Configure Device".
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