Welcome to ZUBoard 1CG
Flexible and versatile. Great for designing complex experiments for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and for investigating the AMD-Xilinx ZynqRegistered UltraScale+Tm architecture, Vivado and Vitis!
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Technical Specification

The ZUBoard 1CG provides the flexibility and versatility for engineers to experiment with and learn the AMD-Xilinx Zynq Registered UltraScale+ Tm architecture. The affordable ZU1CG device features 81K programmable logic cells with a Dual-core Arm Registered Cortex Registered-A53 MPCore Tm and Dual-core Arm Cortex-R5F MPCore, as well as cache and on-chip memory. The board also features 1GB of ISSI LPDDR4 with non-volatile boot options in the 256Mb ISSI QSPI Flash or a microSD card slot. Product Brief (Datasheet)

Microchip PHYs enable both 10/100/1000 Ethernet and USB 2.0 Host. A microUSB port provides on-board JTAG/UART access. Microchip oscillators and ECS crystals provide clocking to the ZU1 device, the on-chip real-time clock, JTAG, and communication interfaces. Power the board through USB-C with a Microchip controller and TDK μPOL Tm power modules. A combination of slide switches, push buttons, mono- and RGB-LEDs allow user interaction with the board. Both temperature and pressure sensors from ST Micro add environmental data to the system. Additionally, all four ZU+ PS GTR transceivers, 18 PS MIO, and 69 PL I/Os are exposed through three Samtec expansion connectors and one Click BoardTm sites.

With a Vivado-enabled board definition file and PetaLinux BSP, you will be up and running in no time! Whether you want to explore bare metal, Linux, or Vitis AI accelerators, the ZUBoard 1CG will give you a base foundation to experiment.

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Features

  • AMD/Xilinx ZU+ MPSoC ZU1CG
    • Dual A53 APU and Dual R5 RPU
    • 256KB On-chip Memory
    • 81,900 FPGA Logic Cells
  • ISSI 1GB LPDDR4 with on-chip ECC
  • Boot from ISSI 256Mb QSPI or microSD card
  • PetaLinux environment available for download
  • Microchip 10/100/1000 Wired Ethernet PHY and MAC ID EEPROM
  • Microchip USB 2.0 PHY
  • Microchip USB-C input power control
  • Dialog GreenPAKTm on/off controller and power sequencer
  • TDK μPOLTm power modules
  • On-board JTAG and UART debug interface
  • ST Micro Temperature and Pressure Sensors
  • Battery-backed Real-Time Clock and FPGA Bitstream Security enabled with ECS and Custom Power
  • 3 High Speed Expansions and 1 Click, enabled by Samtec connectors
  • User RGB and Monochrome LEDs
  • User Slide Switch and Push Button I/O

Target Applications

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Machine learning
  • Embedded Vision
  • Embedded processing
  • Robotics

Kit Includes

  • ZUBoard 1CG
  • Quick-start card
  • Free downloadable AMD-Xilinx Vitis and Vivado ML Standard Edition
  • Free downloadable PetaLinux BSP and reference designs

Technical Documents

Product Brief

Block Diagram

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