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Build me an Embedded Processing System and I'll Give You a Zynq®︎-7000 SoC ZC702 Evaluation Kit

rscasny

I was in the right place at the right time. I was asked, "I have two ZynqRegistered-7000 SoC ZC702 Evaluation Kits, would you like them?" For one second I paused, and declared," YES!"

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So, here I am, sitting at my desk in the element14 offices in Chicago with two fairly big boxes to giveaway to the right people. Don't know much about the ZynqRegistered-7000 SoC ZC702 Evaluation Kit? Let me fill you in a bit: It has all components of hardware, design tools, IP, and pre-verified reference designs to enable you to build a complete embedded processing platform. It includes pre-verified reference designs and industry-standard FPGA Mezzanine Connectors (FMC) allow scaling and customization with daughter cards. A picture is worth a thousand, so here's a short video for you to take a look-

 

 

Here's the features and benefitsfeatures and benefits:

 

  • Optimized for quickly prototyping embedded applications using Zynq-7000 SoCs
  • Hardware, design tools, IP, and pre-verified reference designs
  • Demonstrates a embedded design, targeting video pipeline
  • Advanced memory interface with 1GB DDR3 Component Memory
  • Enabling serial connectivity with USB OTG, UART, IIC, CAN Bus
  • Supports embedded processing with Dual ARM Cortex-A9 core processors
  • Develop networking applications with 10-100-1000 Mbps Ethernet (GMII, RGMII and SGMII)
  • Implement Video display applications with HDMI out
  • Expand I/O with the FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) interface

 

How to Get One of These Kits?

 

I'd like to get some ideas or proposals for an embedded project that uses these kits. Consider the proposals like a Design challenge for Programmable Devices -- something we haven't done yet. What would you build or Prototype? Tell me the how's and why's of it. I don't expect you to change the world, but I'd like to use these kits for a project with a WoW factor. Please enter your project idea in the comment section below.

 

Sincerely,

 

Randall Scasny

RoadTest Program Manager

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  • That is a very capable board with a great range of FMC addon boards. As a stand alone system (albeit perhaps with addition of a low-cost PMod card) I would like to see the following built:

     

    Logic and Protocol Analyser.

    It could utilise that huge 1GByte of DDR3 RAM to create a circular buffer for a raw data capture or be configured to only record filtered bytes and to time tag them...therefore allowing a much greater capture time.

    The stored data could be analysed to several of the main protocols easily e.g. SPI, I2C, UART, CAN. Serial data on a single line or just a few lines would be easiest to build for as it would require less wiring than a parallel capture.

     

    The embedded ARM cores could be utilised to run Linux - to control the faster FPGA Programmable Logic areas of the FPGA and to allow data to be manipulated via the user command lines e.g. they could SSH into this board from any terminal application and run a bespoke script - that script would interface to the registers of the Logic and Protocol Analyser. Functions could be as simple as start/stop and setting up the trigger bytes or sequences of bytes to look for.

     

    It would be a very powerful system - and of course a fun and functional project as any homemade test equipment becomes.

     

    Rod

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  • That is a very capable board with a great range of FMC addon boards. As a stand alone system (albeit perhaps with addition of a low-cost PMod card) I would like to see the following built:

     

    Logic and Protocol Analyser.

    It could utilise that huge 1GByte of DDR3 RAM to create a circular buffer for a raw data capture or be configured to only record filtered bytes and to time tag them...therefore allowing a much greater capture time.

    The stored data could be analysed to several of the main protocols easily e.g. SPI, I2C, UART, CAN. Serial data on a single line or just a few lines would be easiest to build for as it would require less wiring than a parallel capture.

     

    The embedded ARM cores could be utilised to run Linux - to control the faster FPGA Programmable Logic areas of the FPGA and to allow data to be manipulated via the user command lines e.g. they could SSH into this board from any terminal application and run a bespoke script - that script would interface to the registers of the Logic and Protocol Analyser. Functions could be as simple as start/stop and setting up the trigger bytes or sequences of bytes to look for.

     

    It would be a very powerful system - and of course a fun and functional project as any homemade test equipment becomes.

     

    Rod

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