Actions
Forum Thread Details
  • State Verified Answer
  • Replies 9 replies
  • Subscribers 352 subscribers
  • Views 4405 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Related

Differences between ZedBoard and Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC ZC702 Evaluation Kit

Former Member

Hello everybody!

What are the main differences between these two development board? ZedBoard costs 395$, while the Evaluation Kit by Xilinx costs 895$ and I can't understand this evident difference.

Thank you.

  • 0
            

    Xilinx ZC702

           		   

    Avnet/Digilent ZedBoard

      
       

    Price

           		   

    $895

           		   

    $475

      
       

    Xilinx Part        XC7Z020-1CLG484C(ES)

           		   

    √

           		   

    √

      
       

    Configuration
            1) Onboard configuration circuitry
            2) Quad SPI Flash
            3) SD Card
            4) JTAG Connector

           		   


         SMT2
         128Mb
         8 GB
         √

           		   


         SMT2
         256Mb
         4 GB
         √

      
       

    Memory 

       

        1) RAM
             2) Quad SPI Flash
             3) IIC EEPROM

           		   


         DDR3, 1GB, 533MHz
         128Mb
         1KB

           		   


         DDR3, 512MB, 533MHz
         256Mb
         X

      
       

    Communication
             1) Ethernet
             2) USB 2.0 OTG Port
             3) Serial Port (UART2USB)
             4) CAN

           		   


          10/100/1000
         √ (SMSC PHY)
         √ (SiLabs)
         √

           		   


          10/100/1000
         √  (TI PHY)
         √ (Cypress)
         X

      
       

    Expansion Ports
             1) FMC
             2) PMOD Header
             3) AMS Expansion

           		   


         2x LPC
         12 PL I/Os
         √

           		   


         1x LPC
         8 PS I/Os, 32 PL I/Os
         √

      
       

    User I/O
             1) LEDS
             2) Switches
             3) PBs

           		   


         2 PL
         3 PL
         2 PL

           		   


         1 PS, 8 PL
         8 PL
         2 PS, 5 PL

      
       

    Display and Audio

       

        1) HDMI
             2) VGA
             3) OLED
             4) Audio Codec

           		   


         ADV7511
         X
         X
         X

           		   


         ADV7511
         12-bit color (R-divider)
         128x32
         ADAU1761

      
       

    Power

       

        1) Wall adapter
             2) Separate PS/PL rails
             3) Power Monitor

           		   


         12V @ 5A
         √
         All Rails via TI SW

           		   


         12V @ 5A
          X
         12V only

      
  • 0 in reply to bhfletcher

    First of all, thank you for this table. I have another question. What kind of Operating Systems can be installed on the ZedBoard? Are they the same that can run on the Xilinx Zynq board?

    Than you!

    Matteo

  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    sticken,

    The Zynq-7000 device that is on the Zedboard and the one found on the ZC702 are identical - thus any OS that can run on one, can run on the other.  It is all a mater of BSP and Driver availability.

  • 0 in reply to bhfletcher

    Some of the Xilinx materials say "1Gb" DDR3.  I believe that this should be 1GB ( http://www.micron.com/parts/dram/ddr3-sdram/mt41j256m8hx-15e )


    Also, the ZC702 comes with a locked seat of "Embedded Edition of the ISE Design Suite" which may be useful.

    Anyone know if that can be used with the ZedBoard?

    Greg

  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    The ZC702 has 4 components of 2Gb each, which is a total system memory of 1GB.  Any ZC702 documentation referring to its memory capacity as 1Gb is wrong.

     

    Since the ZC702 and ZedBoard share the same Zynq device (7z020), the 7z020-device-locked software will work with ZedBoard.  I believe the Embedded Edition (compared to the ZedBoard included WebPACK/ChipScope) only adds full ISIM capability.

     

    Bryan

  • 0

    Thank you for your answers. I saw the differences between the different ISE licensens but I don't know what's the meaning of some tools. For example what is ChipScope Pro and the others that are sold with the Embedded Edition and not sold with the WebPack Edition? Moreover the Software Development Kit is available for the WebPack licence here: http://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/ise-design-suite/embedded-edition.htm, while is not available here: http://www.origin.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/ise-design-suite/index.htm.

    Another thing: with vivado can I write C code for the arm A9? I don't want to write C code and translate it in vhdl. I just want to perform some computation on the A9 processor and other computation using the fpga.

    TimDuffy, what do you mean whit "It is all a mater of BSP". I don't know what BSP does mean.

    Thank you.

  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    Chipscope is essentially a logic analyzer inside the chip.  And a node locked version does come with the Zedboard.

    Microblaze is a soft-processor that you can implement on Xilinx FPGAs.  Not sure what the "Microblaze Microcontroller System" in the webpack is, but I'm guessing a watered down version of the soft processor.  Not really needed on the Zinq since it has the ARM processors.

    So it looks like the only thing you really get with the embedded edition is the unlimited iSim (simulator).  I have never used iSim so I can't comment on it.

    Note that I do not own the zedboard yet.  But at my work we use the full suite of ISE 14.2 tools.

  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    As far as the SDK - it didn't used to be available with the Webpack, but now a version that supports the ARM processor is.  I suspect that the second chart hasn't been updated appropriately yet.

  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    In my limited understanding it is the low level code that configures the hardware peripherals.