ZYNQ FPGA Development Board AX7021 User Manual Version Record Version Date Release By Description Rev 1.0 2019-03-27 Rachel Zhou First Release Rev 1.1 2020-09-21 Rachel Zhou Correct the corresponding pins of B34_L15_N/P. 2 / 30 www.alinx.com...
Part 1: AC7021 Core Board 1.1 Introduction The AC7021 (core board model, the same below) core board is an FPGA development board based on the Zynq chip XC7Z020-2CLG484I of the XILINX ZYNQ7000 series. The ZYNQ chip's PS system integrates two ARM CortexTM- A9 processors, AMBA®...
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ZYNQ FPGA Development Board AX7021 User Manual Figure 2-2-1: AC7021Core board Front View Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 5 / 30...
ZYNQ FPGA Development Board AX7021 User Manual Figure 2-2-2:AC7021 core board rear view 1.2 ZYQN Chip The development board uses Xilinx's Zynq7000 series chip, model XC7Z020-2CLG484I. The chip's PS system integrates two ARM CortexTM-A9 processors, AMBA® interconnects, internal memory, external memory interfaces and peripherals.
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Two SD card, SDIO, MMC compatible controllers 2 SPIs, 2 UARTs, 2 I2C interfaces 4 groups of 32bit GPIO, 54 (32+22) as PS system IO, 64 connected to High bandwidth connection within PS and PS to PL Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 7 / 30...
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XC7Z020-2CLG484I chip speed grade is -2, industrial grade, package is BGA484, pin pitch is 0.024 inch, the specific chip model definition of ZYNQ7000 series is shown in Figure 2-2-4 Figure 2-2-4: The Specific Chip Model Definition of ZYNQ7000 Series Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 8 / 30...
Figure 2-2-5: TheXC7Z020 chip used on the Core Board 1.3 DDR3 DRAM The AC7021 core board is equipped with two SK Hynix DDR3 SDRAM chips (1GB total), model H5TQ4G63AFR-PBI. The bus width of DDR3 SDRAM is 32 bits in total. DDR3 SDRAM has a maximum operating speed of 533MHz (data rate 1066Mbps).
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ZYNQ FPGA Development Board AX7021 User Manual The hardware connection of DDR3 DRAM is shown in Figure 2-3-1: Figure 2-3-1: The Schematic part of DDR3 DRAM Figure 2-3-2: DDR3 DRAM on the Core Board Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 10 / 30...
ZYNQ chip. In the system design, the GPIO port functions of these PS ports need to be configured as the QSPI FLASH interface. Figure 2-4- 1 shows the QSPI Flash in the schematic. Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 12 / 30...
THGBMFG8C2LBAIL, which supports the JEDEC e-MMC V5.0 standard HS-MMC interface with level support of 1.8V or 3.3V. The data width of the eMMC FLASH and ZYNQ connections is 4 bits. Due to the large capacity and Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 13 / 30...
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PS ports need to be configured as the SD interface. Figure 2-5-1 shows the eMMC Flash in the schematic. Figure 2-5-1: eMMC Flash in the Schematic Figure 2-5-2: eMMC Flash on the Core Board Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 14 / 30...
PS_MIO51_501 Table 2-5-2: Pin Assignment of eMMC FLASH 1.6 Clock configuration The AC7021 core board provides active clocks for the PS system and the PL logic sections, respectively, so that the PS system and the PL logic can work independently.
Table 2-6-2: PL Clock pin assignment 1.7 USB to serial port For the AC7021 core board to work and debug separately, we have a Uart to USB interface for the core board. Used for separate power supply and debugging of the core board. The conversion chip uses the USB-UART chip of Silicon Labs CP2102GM.
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LEDs on the PCB are printed as RX and TX LEDs (D5 and D6). The RX and TX LEDs indicate whether the serial port has data received or sent, as shown in the Figure 2-7-3 below. Figure 2-7-3: USB to serial port signal indicator Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 17 / 30...
Table 2-7-1: Uart Pin Assignment 1.8 LED There are 6 red LED lights on the AC7021 core board, one of which is the power indicator light (PWR), one is the configuration LED light (DONE), two are the user LED lights (LED1~LED2), and the other two are the UART transmit and receive indicators (TX, RX).
Table 2-8-1: LED Pin Assignment 1.9 Reset button The AC7021 has a reset button RESET and circuitry on the core board. The reset signal is connected to the PS reset pin of the ZYNQ chip. The reset button can be used by the user to reset the ZYNQ system. When the reset button is pressed, the reset chip will generate a low level reset signal to the ZYNQ chip.
Table 2-9-1: Reset Pin Assignment 1.10 JTAGE Interface The JTAG test socket J1 is reserved on the AC7021 core board for separate JTAG download and debugging of the core board. Figure 2-10-1 is the schematic part of the JTAG port, which involves TMS, TDI, TDO, TCK, GND. , +3.3V these six signals.
Figure 2-10-2: JTAG interface on the core board 1.11 DIP switch configuration The AC7021 has a 2-digit DIP switch SW1 on the core board to configure the ZYNQ system's startup mode. The AC7021 system development platform supports three startup modes. The three startup modes are JTAG debug mode, QSPI FLASH and SD card boot mode.
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BANK33, 34 outputs a voltage standard of 2.5V. 1.5V generates the VTT and VREF voltages required by DDR3 through TI's TPS51200. The functions of each power distribution are shown in the following Table 2-12-1: Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 22 / 30...
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+1.0V->+1.8V->(+1.5 V, +3.3V, VCCIO). The circuit design ensures the normal operation of the chip. The power supply on the core board detailed as Figure 2-12-2 below Figure 2-12-2: The Power Supply on the Core Board Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 23 / 30...
The IO levels of BANK33 and BANK34 can be changed by changing the level of the LDO chip (U12) on the board. The default is 3.3V. Pin assignment detailed as Table 2-14-1, Table 2-14-2, Table 2-14-3, Table 2-14-4: Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/alinx 24 / 30...
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