Development Board with Zynq SDSoC Voucher
The Arty family of Digilent FPGA/SoC boards was designed with versatility and flexibility in mind. With universally popular Arduino headers and multiple Pmod ports, an Arty will be the most adaptable FPGA/SoC board in your toolbox.
The Arty Z7 is a ready-to-use development platform designed around the Xilinx Zynq-7000 System-on-a-chip (SoC) family. The Zynq-7000 SoC family integrates the software programmability of an ARM-based processor with the hardware programmability of an FPGA, enabling key analytics and hardware acceleration while integrating CPU, DSP, ASSP, and mixed signal functionality on a single device.
The Arty Z7 is supported by Xilinx's Vivado Design Suite, including the free WebPACK version. The SDSoC Development Environment provides a familiar embedded C/C++/OpenCL application development experience for heterogeneous Zynq SoC deployment.
There are two variants of the Arty Z7: The Arty Z7-10 features the XC7Z010-1CLG400C, and the Arty Z7-20 features the larger XC7Z020-1CLG400C. There is a third option available, the Arty-Z7-20 with a Xilinx SDSoC voucher, which is recommended for those interested in video processing applications.
If your application does not require the processing system of an SoC, the Arty A7, or Arty S7 may be better options.
Software
To create and modify designs for your Arty Z7, you can use Xilinx's Vivado Design Suite. Vivado is a software designed for the synthesis and analysis of HDL designs.
The Xilinx SDSoC Development environment provides a familiar embedded C/C++/OpenCL application development experience for heterogeneous Zynq® SoC deployment. A voucher for the SDSoC Development Environment is available for purchase with the Arty Z7-20. This voucher does not include access to the Vivado Design Suite, but both variants of the Arty Z7 are supported by the free WebPACK edition of the Vivado Design Suite.