AXU4EVB-E User Manual Table of Contents Version Record .....................2 Part 1: FPGA Development Board Introduction .......... 6 Part 2: ACU4EV core board ...............10 Part 2.1: ACU4EV core board Introduction ........10 Part 2.2: ZYNQ Chip ................11 Part 2.3: DDR4 DRAM ................13 Part 2.4: QSPI Flash ................20...
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Part 3.14: EEPROM and Temperature sensor ........53 Part 3.15: User LEDs ................54 Part 3.16: Keys ................... 55 Part 3.17: DIP Switch Configuration ...........56 Part 3.18: Power Supply ..............57 Part 3.19: ALINX Customized Fan ............. 58 Part 3.20: Carrier Board Size Dimension ...........59 www.alinx.com 4 / 59...
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AXU4EVB-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+ EV chip ZU4EV 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.
AXU4EVB-E User Manual Part 1: FPGA Development Board Introduction The entire structure of the AXU4EVB-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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AXU4EVB-E User Manual Figure 1-1-1: The Schematic Diagram of the AXU4EVB-E Through this diagram, you can see the interfaces and functions that the AXU4EVB-E FPGA Development Board contains: ACU4EV core board It consists of ZU4EV +4GB DDR4 (PS) +1GB DDR4 (PL) +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...
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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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AXU4EVB-E User Manual MIPI camera input interfaces, used to connect MIPI camera module (AN5641). JTAG debug port A 10-pin 0.1 spacing standard JTAG ports for FPGA program download and debugging. Users can debug and download the ZU4EV system through the XILINX downloader.
AXU4EVB-E User Manual Part 2: ACU4EV core board Part 2.1: ACU4EV core board Introduction ACU4EV (core board model, the same below) FPGA core board, ZYNQ chip is based on XCZU4EV-1SFVC784I of XILINX company Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs EV Family. This core board uses 5 Micron DDR4 chips MT40A512M16GE, of which 4 DDR4 chips are mounted on the PS side to form a 64-bit data bus bandwidth and 4GB capacity.
AXU4EVB-E User Manual Figure 2-1-1: ACU4EV Core Board (Front View) Part 2.2: ZYNQ Chip The FPGA core board ACU4EV uses Xilinx's Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs EV family chip, module XCZU4EV-1SFVC784I. The PS system of the ZU4EV chip integrates 4 ARM Cortex™-A53 processors with a speed of up to 1.2Ghz and supports Level 2 Cache;...
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AXU4EVB-E User Manual Figure 2-2-1: Overall Block Diagram of the ZYNQ ZU4EV Chip The main parameters of the PS system part are as follows: ARM quad-core Cortex ™ -A53 processor, speed up to 1.5GHz, each CPU 32KB level 1 instruction and data cache, 1MB level 2 cache, shared by 2 CPUs ...
AXU4EVB-E User Manual 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 Power management: Support the four-part division of power supply Full/Low/PL/Battery ...
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AXU4EVB-E User Manual of 1GB. The maximum operating speed of the DDR4 SDRAM on the PS side can reach 1200MHz (data rate 2400Mbps), and the 4 DDR4 storage systems are directly connected to the memory interface of the PS BANK504. The...
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AXU4EVB-E User Manual The hardware connection of DDR4 SDRAM on the Pl Side is shown in Figure 2-3-2: Figure 2-3-2: DDR3 DRAM schematic diagram 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...
AXU4EVB-E User Manual QSPI FLASH is connected to the GPIO port of the BANK500 in the PS section of the 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.
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AXU4EVB-E User Manual related parameters of eMMC FLASH are shown in Table 2-5-1. Position Model Capacity Factory MTFC8GAKAJCN-4M 8G Byte Micron 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+.
AXU4EVB-E User Manual MMC_DAT7 PS_MIO20_500 AD19 MMC_CMD PS_MIO21_500 AC21 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.
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AXU4EVB-E User Manual Figure 2-6-2: Passive Crystal Oscillator for RTC 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.
AXU4EVB-E User Manual PL System Clock Source The core board provides a differential 200MHz PL system clock source for the reference clock of the DDR4 controller. The crystal oscillator output is connected to the global clock (MRCC) of PL BANK64. This global clock can be used to drive the DDR4 controller and user logic circuits in the FPGA.
AXU4EVB-E User Manual Figure 2-7-1: LED Schematic in the Core Board Part 2.8: Power Supply The power supply voltage of the ACU4EV 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 XCZU4EV chip.
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AXU4EVB-E User Manual In addition, the VCCIO power supply of BANK65 and BANK66 of XCZU4EV chip is provided by the carrier board, which is convenient for users to modify, but the maximum power supply cannot exceed 1.8V. www.alinx.com 27 / 59...
AXU4EVB-E User Manual Part 2.9: ACU4EV Core Board Size Dimension Figure 2-9-1: ACU4EV Core Board Size Dimension Part 2.10: Board to Board Connectors pin assignment The core board has a total of four high-speed expansion ports. It uses four 120-pin inter-board connectors (J29/J30/J31/J32) to connect to the carrier board.
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AXU4EVB-E User Manual the level standard of MIO is also 1.8V. Pin assignment of board to board connector J29 J29 Pin Signal Name Pin Number J29 Pin Signal Name Pin Number B65_L2_N B65_L22_P B65_L2_P B65_L22_N B65_L4_N B65_L20_P B65_L4_P B65_L20_N B65_L1_N...
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AXU4EVB-E User Manual 224_RX3_P 224_TX3_P 224_RX3_N 224_TX3_N 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...
AXU4EVB-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 AXU4EVB-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 AXU4EVB-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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AXU4EVB-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...
AXU4EVB-E User Manual Part 3.4: USB3.0 interface There are 4 USB3.0 ports on the AXU4EVB-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 AXU4EVB-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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AXU4EVB-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 AXU4EVB-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 www.alinx.com...
PL Uart Data Input Part 3.7: SD Card Slot Interface The AXU4EVB-E FPGA Development Board contains a Micro SD card interface to provide user access to the SD card memory, the BOOT program for the ZU4EV chip, the Linux operating system kernel, the file www.alinx.com...
Part 3.8: Expansion Header The AXU4EVB-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 www.alinx.com...
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AXU4EVB-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 AXU4EVB-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 Receiver Part 3.10: 485 communication interface There are two 485 communication interfaces on the AXU4EVB-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 AXU4EVB-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 AXU4EVB-E expansion board for www.alinx.com 51 / 59...
AXU4EVB-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 I2C bus. A high-precision, low-power, digital temperature sensor chip is installed on the AXU4EVB-E FPGA development board, and the model is LM75 from ON Semiconductor. The temperature accuracy of the LM75 chip is 0.5 degrees.
I2C Data Signal Part 3.15: User LEDs There are 3 LEDs on the AXU4EVB-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 AXU4EVB-E carrier board. The reset signal is connected to the reset chip input of the core board ACU4EV, 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 AXU4EVB-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.
ON,OFF, OFF, ON Part 3.18: Power Supply The power input voltage of the AXU4EVB-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 AXU4EVB-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).
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