• For ARM/FPGA SoC Development
• Full support for Vivado and Petalinux design environments
• 667 MHz Cortex-A9 processor with tightly integrated Xilinx FPGA (option between Dual Core and Single Core options)
• 512 MB DDR3 memory

The Digilent Cora Z7 is a ready-to-use, low-cost, and easily embeddable development platform designed around the powerful Zynq-7000 All-Programmable System-on-Chip (APSoC) from Xilinx. The Zynq-7000 architecture tightly integrates a single or dual-core 667MHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor with a Xilinx 7-series FPGA. This pairing grants the ability to surround the processor with a unique set of software-defined peripherals and controllers, tailored for the target application.

The Cora Z7’s wide array of hardware interfaces, from a 1Gbps Ethernet PHY to analog-to-digital converters and general-purpose input/output pins, make it an ideal platform for the development of a vast variety of embedded applications. The small form factor and mounting holes make the Cora Z7 ready to be used as one component of a larger solution. The onboard SD Card slot, Ethernet, and Power solution allow the Cora Z7 to operate independently of a host computer.

ZYNQ Processor

• 667MHz dual-core (*single-core) Cortex-A9 processor
• FPGA Programmable logic equivalent to Artix-7 FPGA
  - 4,400 Programmable logic slices (*3,600)
  - 80 DSP slices (*60)
  - 270 KB of block RAM (*225 KB)
• DDR3 memory controller with 8 DMA channels and 4 High Performance AXI3 Slave ports
• High-bandwidth peripheral controllers: 1G Ethernet, USB 2.0, SDIO
• Low-bandwidth peripheral controllers: SPI, UART, CAN, I2C
• Dual-channel, 1 MSPS internal analog-digital converter
• Programmable from JTAG and microSD card

Memory

• 512MB DDR3 with 16-bit bus @ 1050Mbps
• microSD slot

Power

• Powered from USB or any 4.5V-5.5V external power source

USB and Ethernet

• Gigabit Ethernet PHY with 48-bit globally unique EUI-48/64™ compatible identifier available on sticker
• USB-JTAG programming circuitry
• USB-UART bridge
• USB OTG PHY (supports host only)

Push-buttons and LEDs

• Two Push-buttons
• Two RGB LEDs

Expansion Connectors

• Two Pmod connectors
  - 16 Total FPGA I/O
• Arduino/chipKIT Shield connector
  - Up to 49 Total FPGA Digital I/O
  - 6 Single-ended 0-3.3V Analog inputs to XADC
  - 8 Differential 0-1.0V Analog inputs to XADC
• Unloaded expansion header
  - 12 additional FPGA Digital I/O