Board Support Package For Xilinx FPGA Development Boards

Introduction

Digilent Arty S7

Digilent Arty A7

 Digilent Arty Z7

 

This board support package (BSP) supports Digilent Arty-S7-50T, A7-35T & 100T and Z7-20 Boards with Xilinx 7 FPGAs. The BSP is based on Xilinx Vitis HLS Compiler software tool for generating required RTL from a user created CASP model. On Xilinx Z7 platform this BSP targets programmable logic (PL) part of the SoC, processing system (PS) part is available in separate BSP.

Getting Started

·       Install Xilinx Vivado and Vitis software tools along with Digilent drivers.

·       It is recommended to use one of the template projects (based on the selected target) available at /hardware/xilinx/fpga directory. Accordingly, open CASP project named ‘CaspHlsDefault’ available in one of the template project directory. Modify the model as required and build to generate required RTL as an IP. If user creates a project at any other location, then the RTL path shall be manually specified in Xilinx Vivado IP Catalogue for importing the RTL into the Vivado Design.

·       Follow the documentation available in above mentioned project for further instruction on how to generate final bit stream file. Also, refer to individual board documentation from Digilent website for details about individual board.

Board Configuration

·      General Configuration

Configuration Parameter

Arty S7-50T

Arty A7-35T

Arty A7-100T

Arty Z7-20

Board Title

ArtyS7_XC7S50T

ArtyA7_XC7A35T

ArtyA7_XC7A100T

ArtyZ7_XC7Z020_PL

Tool Chain Type

Local Build

Local Build

Local Build

Local Build

Board Preprocessor Symbol

_BUILD_BRD_ARTY_XC7S50T

_BUILD_BRD_ARTY_XC7A35T

_BUILD_BRD_ARTY_XC7A100T

_BUILD_BRD_ARTY_XC7Z020_PL

Platform Preprocessor Symbol

_BUILD_PLT_XC7S

_BUILD_PLT_XC7A

_BUILD_PLT_XC7A

_BUILD_PLT_XC7Z

Compiler Preprocessor Symbol

_BUILD_CMP_VIVADO_HLS

_BUILD_CMP_VIVADO_HLS

_BUILD_CMP_VIVADO_HLS

_BUILD_CMP_VIVADO_HLS

C++11 Standard Support

No

No

No

No

Debug Support

No

No

No

No

File System Support

No

No

No

No

OpenMP/OpenCL/CUDA Support

No/No/No

No/No/No

No/No/No

No/No/No

Simulation Panel Support

No

No

No

No

 

·      Hardware Configuration

Configuration Parameter

Arty S7-50T

Arty A7-35T

Arty A7-100T

Arty Z7-20

Number of CPU cores

-

-

-

-

Dynamic Memory Support

No

No

No

No

Prefer Fixed/Floating Point

Fixed Point

Fixed Point

Fixed Point

Fixed Point

DI/DO Pins

LED0_R[0], LED0_G[1], LED0_B[2], LED1_R[3], LED1_G[4], LED1_B[5], LED2[6], LED3[7], LED4[8], LED5[9], BTN0[10], BTN1[11], BTN2[12], BTN3[13], SW0[14], SW1[15], SW2[16], SW3[17], IO0[18], IO1[19], IO2[20], IO3[21], IO4[22], IO5[23], IO6[24], IO7[25], IO8[26], IO9[27], IO26_JD1[28], IO27_JD2[29], IO28_JD3[30], IO29_JD4[31], IO30_JD7[32], IO31_JD8[33], IO32_JD9[34], IO33_JD10[35], IO34_JC1[36], IO35_JC2[37], IO36_JC3[38], IO37_JC4[39], IO38_JC7[40], IO39_JC8[41], IO40_JC9[42], IO41_JC10[43]

LED0_R[0], LED0_G[1], LED0_B[2], LED1_R[3], LED1_G[4], LED1_B[5], LED2_R[6], LED2_G[7], LED2_B[8], LED3_R[9], LED3_G[10], LED3_B[11], LED4[12], LED5[13], LED6[14], LED7[15], BTN0[16], BTN1[17], BTN2[18], BTN3[19], SW0[20], SW1[21], SW2[22], SW3[23], IO0[24], IO1[25], IO2[26], IO3[27], IO4[28], IO5[29], IO6[30], IO7[31], IO8[32], IO9[33], IO10[34], IO11[35], IO12[36], IO13[37], IO26[38], IO27[39], IO28[40], IO29[41], IO30[42], IO31[43], IO32[44], IO33[45], IO34[46], IO35[47], IO36[48], IO37[49], IO38[50], IO39[51], IO40[52], IO41[53]

LED0_R[0], LED0_G[1], LED0_B[2], LED1_R[3], LED1_G[4], LED1_B[5], LED2_R[6], LED2_G[7], LED2_B[8], LED3_R[9], LED3_G[10], LED3_B[11], LED4[12], LED5[13], LED6[14], LED7[15], BTN0[16], BTN1[17], BTN2[18], BTN3[19], SW0[20], SW1[21], SW2[22], SW3[23], IO0[24], IO1[25], IO2[26], IO3[27], IO4[28], IO5[29], IO6[30], IO7[31], IO8[32], IO9[33], IO10[34], IO11[35], IO12[36], IO13[37], IO26[38], IO27[39], IO28[40], IO29[41], IO30[42], IO31[43], IO32[44], IO33[45], IO34[46], IO35[47], IO36[48], IO37[49], IO38[50], IO39[51], IO40[52], IO41[53]

LED0[6], LED1[7], LED2[8], LED3[9], LED4_R[0], LED4_G[1], LED4_B[2], LED5_R[3], LED5_G[4], LED5_B[5], BTN0[10], BTN1[11], BTN2[12], BTN3[13], SW0[14], SW1[15], IO0[18], IO1[19], IO2[20], IO3[21], IO4[22], IO5[23], IO6[24], IO7[25], IO8[26], IO9[27], IO10[28], IO11[29], IO12[30], IO13[31], IO26[32], IO27[33], IO28[34], IO29[35], IO30[36], IO31[37], IO32[38], IO33[39], IO34[40], IO35[41], IO36[42], IO37[43], IO38[44], IO39[45], IO40[46], IO41[47]

ADC Default Resolution

12

12

12

12

ADC Pins

CH_A0[0], CH_A1[1], CH_A2[2], CH_A3[3], CH_A4[4], CH_A5[5], CH_A6A7[6], CH_A8A9[7], CH_VPVN[8]

CH_A0[0], CH_A1[1], CH_A2[2], CH_A3[3], CH_A4[4], CH_A5[5], CH_A6A7[6], CH_A8A9[7], CH_A10A11[8]

CH_A0[0], CH_A1[1], CH_A2[2], CH_A3[3], CH_A4[4], CH_A5[5], CH_A6A7[6], CH_A8A9[7], CH_A10A11[8]

CH_A0[0], CH_A1[1], CH_A2[2], CH_A3[3], CH_A4[4], CH_A5[5], CH_A6A7[6], CH_A8A9[7], CH_A10A11[8]

PWM Default Resolution

12

12

12

12

PWM Pins

LED0_R[0], LED0_G[1], LED0_B[2], LED1_R[3], LED1_G[4], LED1_B[5], LED2[6], LED3[7], LED4[8], LED5[9]

LED0_R[0], LED0_G[1], LED0_B[2], LED1_R[3], LED1_G[4], LED1_B[5], LED2_R[6], LED2_G[7], LED2_B[8], LED3_R[9], LED3_G[10], LED3_B[11], LED4[12], LED5[13], LED6[14], LED7[15]

LED0_R[0], LED0_G[1], LED0_B[2], LED1_R[3], LED1_G[4], LED1_B[5], LED2_R[6], LED2_G[7], LED2_B[8], LED3_R[9], LED3_G[10], LED3_B[11], LED4[12], LED5[13], LED6[14], LED7[15]

LED0[0], LED1[1], LED2[2], LED3[3], LED4_R[4], LED4_G[5], LED4_B[6], LED5_R[7], LED5_G[8], LED5_B[9]

DAC Default Resolution

-

-

-

-

DAC Pins

-

-

-

-

UART0

Via USB Programmer Port. Implemented through ‘FPGA Communication’ block

Via USB Programmer Port. Implemented through ‘FPGA Communication’ block

Via USB Programmer Port. Implemented through ‘FPGA Communication’ block

Not supported in PL. Implemented through PS

UART1 Pins

-

-

-

-

UART2 Pins

-

-

-

-

UART3 Pins

-

-

-

-

UART4 Pins

-

-

-

-

SPI Pins

-

-

-

-

I2C Pins

-

-

-

-

Ethernet Support

No

Implemented through ‘FPGA Communication’ block

Implemented through ‘FPGA Communication’ block

Not supported in PL. Implemented through PS

 

Programmer

Not Applicable

Debugging

Debugging is not supported.

Known Issues & Limitations

·     This BSP is currently work in progress.