ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7203 User Manual Version Record Version Date Release By Description Rev 1.2 2023-02-23 Rachel Zhou First Release 2 / 57 www.alinx.com...
Part 3.5: HDMI Input interface ............42 Part 3.6: SD Card Slot ................ 44 Part 3.7: USB to Serial Port ..............45 Part 3.8: EEPROM 24LC04 ..............47 Part 3.9: Expansion Header ............... 48 Part 3.10: JTAG Interface ..............51 3 / 57 www.alinx.com...
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ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7203 User Manual Part 3.11: XADC interface (not installed by default) ......52 Part 3.12: keys ..................53 Part 3.13: LED Light ................54 Part 3.14: Power Supply ..............55 4 / 57 www.alinx.com...
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It provides the possibility for high-speed video transmission, pre-validation and post-application of network and fiber communication and data processing. This product is very suitable for students, engineers and other groups engaged in ARTIX-7FPGA development. 5 / 57 www.alinx.com...
The AX7203 carrier board expands its rich peripheral interface, including 1 PCIex4 interface, 2 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, 1 HDMI Output interface, 1 HDMI Input interface, 1 Uart Interface, 1 SD card slot, XADC connector interface, 2-way 40-pin expansion header, some keys, LED and EEPROM circuit. 6 / 57 www.alinx.com...
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Supports PCI Express 2.0 standard, provides PCIe x4 high-speed data transmission interface, single channel communication rate up to 5GBaud 2-channel Gigabit Ethernet Interface RJ-45 interface The Gigabit Ethernet interface chip uses Micrel's KSZ9031RNX Ethernet PHY chip to provide network communication services to users. 7 / 57 www.alinx.com...
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2-way 40-pin expansion port 2-way 40-pin 2.54mm 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 way ground, 34 IOs port.
For users who need a lot of IO, this core board will be a good choice. Moreover, the routing between the FPGA chip and the interface is equal length and differential processing, and the core board size is only 45*55 (mm), which is very suitable for secondary development. 9 / 57 www.alinx.com...
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 The Specific Chip Model Definition of ARTIX-7 Series 10 / www.alinx.com...
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FPGA core power supply pin, which needs to be connected MGTAVTT CCINT to 1.0V; V is the power supply pin of FPGA block RAM, connect to 1.0V; CCBRAM is FPGA auxiliary power supply pin, connect 1.8V; V is the voltage of CCAUX 11 / www.alinx.com...
BANK34 global clock pin MRCC (R4 and T4) of the FPGA. This 200Mhz differential clock can be used to drive the user logic in the FPGA. Users can configure the PLLs and DCMs inside the FPGA to generate clocks of different frequencies. 12 / www.alinx.com...
G2 is the 148.5Mhz active differential crystal, which is the reference input clock provided to the GTP module inside the FPGA. The crystal output is connected to the GTP BANK216 clock pins MGTREFCLK0P (F6) and MGTREFCLK0N (E6) of the FPGA. 13 / www.alinx.com...
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ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7203 User Manual 148.5Mhz Active Differential Crystal Schematic 1148.5Mhz Active Differential Crystal on the Core Board 125Mhz Differential Clock Pin Assignment Net Name FPGA PIN MGT_CLK0_P MGT_CLK0_N 14 / www.alinx.com...
The hardware design of DDR3 requires strict consideration of signal integrity. We have fully considered the matching resistor/terminal resistance, trace impedance control, and trace length control in circuit design and PCB design to ensure high-speed and stable operation of DDR3. The DDR3 DRAM Schematic 15 / www.alinx.com...
FPGA chip. The clock pin is connected to CCLK0 of BANK0, and other data and chip select signals are connected to D00~D03 and FCS pins of BANK14 respectively. Shows the hardware connection of QSPI Flash. QSPI Flash Schematic QSPI Flash pin assignments: 19 / www.alinx.com...
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ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7203 User Manual 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 QSPI on the Core Board 20 / www.alinx.com...
LED will be lit. The schematic diagram of the LED light hardware connection is shown: LED lights on core board Schematic LED lights on the Core Board User LEDs Pin Assignment Signal Name FPGA Pin Name FPGA Pin Number Description LED1 IO_L15N_T2_DQS_34 User LED 21 / www.alinx.com...
IO is high. The schematic diagram of the reset button connection is shown: Reset Button Schematic Reset button on the Core Board Reset button pin assignment Signal Name ZYNQ Pin Name ZYNQ Pin Number Description RESET_N IO_L17N_T2_34 FPGA system reset 22 / www.alinx.com...
If you need to use the JTAG connection to debug on the core board, you need to solder a 6-pin single-row pin header. shows the JTAG interface J1 on the AC7200 FPGA core board. JTAG Interface on Core Board 23 / www.alinx.com...
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. Otherwise, current conflict may occur. Power Interface on the Core Board 24 / www.alinx.com...
VTT and VREF voltages required by DDR3 via TI's TPS51200. The 1.8V power supply MGTAVTT MGTAVCC for the GTP transceiver is generated by TI's TPS74801 chip. The functions of each power distribution are shown in the following table: 32 / www.alinx.com...
1.0V->1.8V->(1.5 V, 3.3V, VCCIO) and 1.0V-> MGTAVCC -> MGTAVTT, the circuit design to ensure the normal operation of the chip. Part 2.13: Structure Diagram 33 / www.alinx.com...
FPGA and PHY chip KSZ9031RNX is communicated through the GMII bus, the transmission clock is 25Mhz. The receive clock E_RXC is provided by the PHY chip, the transmit clock E_GTXC is provided by the FPGA, and the data is 35 / www.alinx.com...
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ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7203 User Manual sampled on the rising edge of the clock. Figure 3-2-1: Gigabit Ethernet Interface Schematic Figure 3-3-2: Gigabit Ethernet interface on the Carrier board 36 / www.alinx.com...
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PHY2 Receive Data Bit0 E2_RXD1 PHY2 Receive Data Bit1 E2_RXD2 PHY2 Receive Data Bit2 E2_RXD3 PHY2 Receive Data Bit3 E2_RXDV PHY2 receive data valid signal E2_MDC PHY2 Management Clock E2_MDIO PHY2 Management Data E2_RESET PHY2 Reset Signal 37 / www.alinx.com...
The design diagram of the PCIe interface of the AX7203 FPGA development board is shown in Figure 3-3-1, where the TX transmit signal and the reference clock CLK signal are connected in AC coupled mode. Figure 3-3-1: PCIex4 schematic 38 / www.alinx.com...
FPGA. The SIL9134 is initialized and controlled by FPGA programming. The hardware connection of the HDMI output interface is shown in Figure 3-4-1. Figure 3-4-1: HDMI Output Schematic Figure 3-4-1: HDMI Output on the Carrier board 40 / www.alinx.com...
The IIC configuration interface of the SIL9013 is connected to the IO of the FPGA. The SIL9013 is initialized and controlled through FPGA programming. The hardware connection of the HDMI input interface is shown in Figure 3-5-1. Figure 3-5-1: HDMI Input Schematic Figure 3-5-2: HDMI Input on the Carrier board 42 / www.alinx.com...
The SD card is a very common storage device. The extended SD card supports SPI mode and SD mode. The SD card used is a MicroSD card. The schematic diagram is shown in Figure 3-6-1. Figure 3-6-1: SD Card Schematic 44 / www.alinx.com...
Silicon Labs CP2102GM. The USB interface uses the MINI USB interface. It can be connected to the USB port of the upper PC for serial data communication with a USB cable. The schematic diagram of the USB Uart circuit design is shown in Figure 3-7-1: 45 / www.alinx.com...
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Two LED indicators (LED3 and LED4) are set for the serial port signal, and the silkscreen on the PCB is TX and RX, indicating that the serial port has data transmission or reception, as shown in the following Figure 3-3-3 Figure 3-7-3: Serial Port communication LED Indicators Schematic 46 / www.alinx.com...
IIC bus. The I2C signal of the EEPROM is connected to the BANK14 IO port on the FPGA side. Figure 3-8-1 below shows the design of the EEPROM Figure 3-8-1: EEPROM Schematic Figure 3-8-2: EEPROM on the Carrier board 47 / www.alinx.com...
Part 3.9: Expansion Header The carrier board is reserved with two 0.1inch spacing standard 40-pin expansion ports J11 and J13, 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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Pin1 and Pin2 of the expansion port are already marked on the board. Figure 3-9-2: Expansion header J11 on the Carrier board J11 Expansion Header Pin Assignment Pin Number FPGA Pin Pin Number FPGA Pin AB10 AA10 AA11 AA15 AB15 AA16 AB16 AB17 +3.3V +3.3V 49 / www.alinx.com...
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The figure 3-9-4 detailed the J13 expansion port on the carrier board. The Pin1 and Pin2 of the expansion port are already marked on the board. Figure 3-9-4: Expansion header J13 on the carrier board J13 Expansion Header Pin Assignment Pin Number FPGA Pin Pin Number FPGA Pin 50 / www.alinx.com...
FPGA chip caused by hot plugging, a protection diode is added to the JTAG signal to ensure that the voltage of the signal is within the range accepted by the FPGA to avoid damage of the FPGA chip. Figure 3-10-1: JTAG Interface Schematic 51 / www.alinx.com...
VP/VN of the FPGA, and the other two pairs are differentially connected to the auxiliary analog input channels (analog channel 0 and analog channel 9). Figure 3-11-1 shows an anti-aliasing filter designed for three differential XADC inputs. Figure 3-11-1: Anti-Aliasing filter Schematic 52 / www.alinx.com...
IO input voltage of the FPGA is low. When no key is pressed, The IO input voltage of the FPGA is high. The circuit of the key part is shown in Figure 3-12-1. 53 / www.alinx.com...
IO of the FPGA. When the IO voltage connected to the user LED is configured low level, the user LED lights up. When the connected IO voltage is configured as high level, the user LED will be extinguished. The 54 / www.alinx.com...
Part 3.14: Power Supply The power input voltage of the AX7203 FPGA development board is DC12V. The development board also supports power from the PCIe interface and supports direct power supply from the ATX chassis power supply (12V). 55 / www.alinx.com...
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MP1482. In addition, the +5V power supply on the FPGA carrier board supplies power to the AC7100B FPGA core board through the inter-board connector. The power supply design on the expansion is shown in Figure 3-14-2. Figure 3-14-2: Power supply Schematic on the Carrier board 56 / www.alinx.com...
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ARTIX-7 FPGA Development Board AX7203 User Manual Figure 3-14-3: Power Supply Circuit on the Carrier board 57 / www.alinx.com...
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