Digilent Zybo Z7 development boards, available from Mouser Electronics, are based on the fully programmable Xilinx Z-7010 (Zybo Z7-10 board) and Z-7020 (Zybo Z7-20) SoC architectures (AP SoCs), which integrate a dual Arm Core Cortex®-A9 processor with Xilinx 7-series FPGA logic. Combined with their comprehensive suite of multimedia and connectivity peripherals, the Zybo Z7 development boards offer designers a flexible and cost-effective alternative to harness the massive processing power and expandability of the Zynq AP SoC architecture.
The Digilent Zybo Z7-20 has an internal FPGA that is three times larger than the Z7-10, resulting in additional features due to the extra FPGA pins. The Zybo Z7-20 also includes a heatsink for the additional FPGA resources. Both boards include a voucher for the SDSoC toolkit, which provides a C/C++ application development experience.
Both the Zybo Z7-10 and Z7-20 also come equipped with a comprehensive suite of multimedia and connectivity peripherals, creating an impressive single-board computer that is perfect for integrated circuit development. The video-capable feature set includes a MIPI CSI-2 compliant PCm connector, HDMI input, HDMI output, and high-bandwidth DDR3L memory. In addition, six Digilent Pmod™ connectors on the boards provide access to Digilent's catalog of Pmod peripheral modules, including motor drivers, displays, and sensors.
