AXU2CGB-E User Manual Table of Contents Version Record .....................2 Part 1: FPGA Development Board Introduction .......... 6 Part 2: ACU2CG core board ..............10 Part 2.1: ACU2CG core board Introduction ........10 Part 2.2: ZYNQ Chip ................11 Part 2.3: DDR4 DRAM ................13 Part 2.4: QSPI Flash ................18...
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Part 3.14: EEPROM and Temperature sensor ........51 Part 3.15: User LEDs ................52 Part 3.16: Keys ................... 53 Part 3.17: DIP Switch Configuration ...........54 Part 3.18: Power Supply ..............55 Part 3.19: ALINX Customized Fan ............. 56 Part 3.20: Carrier Board Size Dimension ...........57 4 / 57 www.alinx.com...
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AXU2CGB-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+ CEG chip ZU2CG solution, uses Processing System(PS)+Programmable Logic(PL) technology to integrate dual-core ARM ARM Cortex-A53 and FPGA programmable logic on a single chip.
AXU2CGB-E User Manual Part 1: FPGA Development Board Introduction The entire structure of the AXU2CGB-E FPGA development board is inherited from our consistent core board + carrier board model. A high-speed inter-board connector is used between the core board and the carrier board.
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual Figure 1-1-1: The Schematic Diagram of the AXU2CGB-E Through this diagram, you can see the interfaces and functions that the AXU2CGB-E FPGA Development Board contains: ACU2CG core board It consists of ACU2CG +4GB DDR4 (PS) +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 PS system, and a...
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40-pin expansion port 2 40-pin 0.1-inch pitch expansion port can be connected to various ALINX modules (binocular camera, TFT LCD screen, high-speed AD module, etc.). The expansion port contains 1-channel 5V power supply, 2-channel 3.3V power supply, 3-channel way ground, 34 IOs port.
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual JTAG debug port A 10-pin 0.1 spacing standard JTAG ports for FPGA program download and debugging. Users can debug and download the ZU2CG system through the XILINX downloader. Temperature and humidity sensor chip LM75 On-board temperature and humidity sensor chip LM75, used to detect...
AXU2CGB-E User Manual Part 2: ACU2CG core board Part 2.1: ACU2CG core board Introduction ACU2CG (core board model, the same below) FPGA core board, ZYNQ chip is based on XCZU2CG-1SFVC784E of XILINX company Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs CG series. This core board uses 4 Micron DDR4 chips MT40A512M16GE on the PS side, to form a 64-bit data bus bandwidth and 2GB capacity.
AXU2CGB-E User Manual Figure 2-1-1: ACU2CG Core Board (Front View) Part 2.2: ZYNQ Chip The FPGA core board ACU2CG uses Xilinx's Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs CG series chip, module XCZU2CG-1SFVC784E. The PS system of the ZU2CG chip integrates 2 ARM Cortex™-A53 processors with a speed of up to 1.2Ghz and supports Level 2 Cache;...
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual Figure 2-2-1: Overall Block Diagram of the ZYNQ ZU2CG Chip The main parameters of the PS system part are as follows: ARM quad-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 ...
AXU2CGB-E User Manual Static storage interface, support NAND, 2xQuad-SPI FLASH. High-speed connection interface, support PCIe Gen2 x 4, 2 x USB3.0, 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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AXU2CGB-E User Manual are directly connected to the memory interface of the PS BANK504. The highest operating speed of the DDR4 SDRAM on the PL side can reach 1066MHz (data rate 2133Mbps), and four DDR4 storage systems are directly connected to the memory interface of PS's BANK504. The specific...
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual PS Side DDR4 DRAM pin assignment: Signal Name Pin Name Pin Number PS_DDR4_DQS0_P PS_DDR_DQS_P0_504 AF21 PS_DDR4_DQS0_N PS_DDR_DQS_N0_504 AG21 PS_DDR4_DQS1_P PS_DDR_DQS_P1_504 AF23 PS_DDR4_DQS1_N PS_DDR_DQS_N1_504 AG23 PS_DDR4_DQS2_P PS_DDR_DQS_P2_504 AF25 PS_DDR4_DQS2_N PS_DDR_DQS_N2_504 AF26 PS_DDR4_DQS3_P PS_DDR_DQS_P3_504 AE27 PS_DDR4_DQS3_N PS_DDR_DQS_N3_504 AF27 PS_DDR4_DQS4_P...
AXU2CGB-E User Manual 2-4-1 shows the QSPI Flash in the schematic. Figure 2-4-1: QSPI Flash in the schematic Configure chip pin assignments: Signal Name Pin Name Pin Number MIO0_QSPI0_SCLK PS_MIO0_500 AG15 MIO1_QSPI0_IO1 PS_MIO1_500 AG16 MIO2_QSPI0_IO2 PS_MIO2_500 AF15 MIO3_QSPI0_IO3 PS_MIO3_500 AH15...
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual Position Model Capacity Factory FEMDRM008G-58A39 8G Byte FORESEE 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+. In the system design, it is necessary to configure the GPIO port function of the PS side as an EMMC interface.
AXU2CGB-E User Manual 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. The schematic diagram of the clock circuit design is shown in...
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual 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. The clock input is connected to the PS_REF_CLK_503 pin of BANK503 of the ZYNQ chip.
AXU2CGB-E User Manual Figure 2-6-4: PL system clock source Clock pin assignment: Signal Name PL_CLK0_P PL_CLK0_N Part 2.7: LED There is a red power indicator (PWR) and a configuration LED (DONE) on the ACU2CG core board. When the core board is powered on, the power indicator will light up;...
AXU2CGB-E User Manual Part 2.8: Power Supply The power supply voltage of the ACU2CG 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 XCZU2CG chip. For the TPS6508641 power supply design, please refer to the power supply chip manual.
AXU2CGB-E User Manual In addition, the VCCIO power supply of BANK65 and BANK66 of XCZU2CG chip is provided by the carrier board, which is convenient for users to modify, but the maximum power supply cannot exceed 1.8V. Part 2.9: ACU2CG Core Board Form Factor Figure 2-9-1: ACU2CG Core Board Form Factor Part 2.10: Board to Board Connectors pin assignment...
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual them, J29 is connected to the IO of BANK65 and BANK66, J30 is connected to the IO of BANK25, BANK26, BANK66 and the transceiver signal of BANK505 MGT, J31 is connected to the IO of BANK24 and BANK44, J32 is connected to the MIO, VCCO_65, VCCO_66 and +12V power supply of PS.
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual B66_L12_P B66_L7_P B66_L12_N B66_L7_N B66_L13_N B66_L10_P B66_L13_P B66_L10_N B66_L8_N B66_L9_P B66_L8_P B66_L9_N Pin assignment of board to board connector J30 J30 Pin Signal Name Pin Number J30 Pin Signal Name Pin Number B66_L14_P FPGA_TDI B66_L14_N FPGA_TCK B66_L22_P...
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual 505_RX3_P 505_TX0_P 505_RX3_N 505_TX0_N 505_TX2_P 505_RX1_P 505_TX2_N 505_RX1_N 505_RX2_P 505_RX0_P 505_RX2_N 505_RX0_N Pin assignment of board to board connector J31 J31 Pin Signal Name Pin Number J31 Pin Signal Name Pin Number B24_L10_P B24_L7_P AA13 B24_L10_N B24_L7_N...
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual 224_RX2_P 224_TX2_P 224_RX2_N 224_TX2_N 224_RX1_P 224_TX1_P 224_RX1_N 224_TX1_N 224_RX0_P 224_TX0_P 224_RX0_N 224_TX0_N Pin assignment of board to board connector J32 J32 Pin Signal Name Pin Number J32 Pin Signal Name Pin Number PS_MIO35 PS_MIO30 PS_MIO29 PS_MIO31 PS_MIO58...
AXU2CGB-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 4 USB 3.0 Interfaces ...
3 Keys Part 3.2: M.2 Interface The AXU2CGB-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 AXU2CGB-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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AXU2CGB-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 Low bits of DP Data...
AXU2CGB-E User Manual Part 3.4: USB3.0 interface There are 4 USB3.0 ports on the AXU2CGB-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 AXU2CGB-E carrier board, one is connected to the PS end, and the other is connected to the PL end. The GPHY chip uses JLSemi JL2121-N040I Ethernet GPHY chip to provide users with network communication services.
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual RXCTL_ADR2 TX clock 2ns delay delay RXD1_TXDLY delay RXD0_RXDLY RX clock 2ns delay Table 3-5-1: PHY chip default configuration value When the network is connected to Gigabit Ethernet, the data transmission of ZYNQ and PHY chip JL2121-N040I 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 AXU2CGB-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 42 / 57 www.alinx.com...
PL Uart Data Input Part 3.7: SD Card Slot Interface The AXU2CGB-E FPGA Development Board contains a Micro SD card interface to provide user access to the SD card memory, the BOOT program for the ZU2CG chip, the Linux operating system kernel, the file 43 / 57 www.alinx.com...
Part 3.8: Expansion Header The AXU2CGB-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 44 / 57 www.alinx.com...
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AXU2CGB-E User Manual which 1-channel 5V power supply, 2-channel 3.3 V power supply, 3-channle Do not directly connect the IO directly to the 5V device ground and 34 IOs. to avoid burning the FPGA. If you want to connect 5V equipment, you need to connect level conversion chip.
+3.3V Part 3.9: CAN communication interface There are 2 CAN communication interfaces on the AXU2CGB-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 Transmitter Part 3.10: 485 communication interface There are two 485 communication interfaces on the AXU2CGB-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.
Part 3.11: MIPI camera interface The AXU2CGB-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;...
GPIO Control of Camera CAM_CLK B43_L4_N AF10 Clock Input of Camera CAM_SCL B43_L11_P I2C Clock of Camera CAM_SDA B43_L11_N I2C Data of Camera Part 3.12: JTAG Debug Port The JTAG interface is reserved on the AXU2CGB-E expansion board for 49 / 57 www.alinx.com...
AXU2CGB-E User Manual downloading ZYNQ UltraScale+ programs or firmware programs to FLASH. In order to not damage the ZYNQ UltraScale+ chip by plugging and unplugging under power, we aded a protection diode to the JTAG signal to ensure that the signal voltage is within the range accepted by the FPGA and avoid damage to the ZYNQ UltraScale+ chip.
PS terminal through the IIC bus. A high-precision, low-power, digital temperature sensor chip is installed on the AXU2CGB-E FPGA development board, and the model is LM75 from ON Semiconductor. The temperature accuracy of the LM75 chip is 0.5 degrees.
IIC Data Signal Part 3.15: User LEDs There are 3 LEDs on the AXU2CGB-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.
User LED controlled by PL Part 3.16: Keys There are 1 reset KEY RESET and 2 user buttons on the AXU2CGB-E carrier board. The reset signal is connected to the reset chip input of the core board ACU3EG, and the user can use this reset KEY to reset the ZYNQ system.
Part 3.17: DIP Switch Configuration There is a 4-digit DIP switch SW1 on the FPGA development board to configure the startup mode of the ZYNQ system. The AXU2CGB-E system development platform supports 4 startup modes. The 4 startup modes are JTAG debug mode, QSPI FLASH, EMMC and SD2.0 card startup mode.
Table 3-17-1 Part 3.18: Power Supply The power input voltage of the AXU2CGB-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 AXU2CGB-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).
AXU2CGB-E User Manual Figure 3-19-1:Fan Design Schematic The fan has been screwed to the AXU2CGB-E 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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