SATA for PicoZed?

Greetings,

I'm looking at the PicoZed as a controller for a data acquisition system (size constraints preclude the mini-ITX). The only thing missing is a SATA connection, so I'm wondering if there is any reason a 7015- or 7030-based picozed could not work with the MLE SATA core? I understand I'll have to provide power and a clock and also connect to the SATA connector through the headers, that's OK.

Has anyone done this, or with a different SATA IP core?

Looks like the MMP could be an option too, but a significantly more expensive one.

TIA,
Fred

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

The PicoZed should work with SATA but we do not have any plans currently to create any add-on hardware or a reference design.

The MMP will support SATA with the MMP BaseBoard II along with the Xilinx XM104 FMC or via a custom baseboard with a SATA connector.

-Gary
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0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Thanks Gary. We will need a custom baseboard anyway to break out connectors for D/A and A/D boards, so adding the SATA connector, clock, and power is OK. The MPP Baseboard is too big for our application and does not remove the need for the connector board, so it doesn't really help except to use as a reference design. I was just looking for some confidence that the MLE core would work with the 7015 or 7030 since the PL is from a different device family (Artix vs. Kintex).
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0 Former Member over 9 years ago

The Zynq 7030 PL is Kintex fabric, so it might be a safer choice.

-Gary
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