ZTEX USB-FPGA Module 2.14

Description

USB-FPGA Module 2.14 is an Artix 7 FPGA Board with an USB 3.0 interface, 256 MB DDR3 SDRAM and Flash memory. Its available in 5 variants from XC7A15T to XC7A100T.

Features

• USB 3.0 interface with Micro-USB connector
• Cypress CYUSB3033 EZ-USB FX3S Microcontroller:
  • ARM926EJ core at 200 MHz
  • 512 KByte SRAM
  • 1 Storage Port
  • 16 Bit GPIF II at 104 MHz (bandwidth between EZ-USB FX3S and FPGA: 208 MByte/s)
• Xilinx Artix 7 FPGA in 5 variants:
  • XC7A15T, SG 1
  • XC7A35T, SG 1
  • XC7A50T, SG 1
  • XC7A75T, SG 2
  • XC7A100T, SG2
• External I/O connector (consisting in two female 2x32 pin headers with 2.54mm grid) provides:
  • 100 General Purpose I/O's (GPIO) connected to FPGA
  • JTAG signals
  • Reset signal
  • External power (6 V .. 16 V) input
  • 3.3V output
  • I/O voltage output or input
  • Same pin assignment as USB-FPGA Module 2.13
• 256 MByte DDR3 SDRAM:
  • Up to 400 MHz clock frequency
  • 16 Bit bus width
  • Up to 1600 MByte/s data rate
  • Usable with the Xilinx Memory Interface Generator (MIG)
• 128 MBit on-board Flash memory
  • Allows storage and auto-boot of Firmware
  • Allows storage and auto-boot of Bitstream
  • Accessible from EZ-USB FX3S and from FPGA
• SD card socket
  • SD 3.0 (SDXC) support
  • SDIO 3.0 support
• 2 Kbit MAC-EEPROM: contains a unique non erasable MAC-address and is used to store firmware settings
• On-Board power supply:
  • Two reverse current protected supply inputs: External power (6 V .. 16 V) and USB power
  • 5.0 V: 250 mA
  • 3.3 V: 3000 mA
  • 1.8 V: 1500 mA
  • 1.5 V: 1500 mA
  • 1.2 V; 1500 mA
  • 1.0 V; 4000 mA
  • OTG supply switchable and reverse current protected
• Optional:
  • Battery to store a key for bitstream encryption
• Temperature range: 0-70°C
• Usable with free Xilinx Vivado Webpack
• Powerful Open-Source SDK with many examples

Block diagramm

Images

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Top side of the ZTEX> USB-FPGA Module 2.14 with Artix 7, DDR3 SDRAM and EZ-USB FX3 USB 3.0 controller

ZTEX USB-FPGA Module 2.14 with heat sink and battery option on a ZTEX Debug Board

References

• USB-FPGA Module 2.14 product page
• Overview of Series 2 FPGA Boards
• ZTEX Wiki
• Schematics (PDF)