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

Question

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.

bhfletcher · Accepted Answer

	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