{"id":17319,"date":"2016-11-01T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=17319"},"modified":"2021-06-11T11:05:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T18:05:12","slug":"zynq-for-makers-introducing-the-arty-z7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/zynq-for-makers-introducing-the-arty-z7\/","title":{"rendered":"Zynq for Makers- Introducing the Arty Z7"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have been paying close attention to our Website<\/a>, or our\u00a0GitHub<\/a>, you may have noticed that there have\u00a0been rumblings of a new Zynq-based board.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0For the first time in over three years, we’re going to be bringing new<\/strong> Zynq boards into the marketplace and we couldn’t be more excited! Since our introduction of the Zedboard<\/a> in 2011 and the introduction of the Zybo<\/a>\u00a0after that, the market for Zynq-based technology has only gotten stronger.<\/p>\n

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To \u00a0understand this phenomenon, we have to first understand the appeal of the Zynq APSoC technology.<\/p>\n

Why Zynq?<\/strong>\"zynq-chip\"<\/p>\n

Zynq is an\u00a0A<\/strong>ll P<\/strong>rogrammable\u00a0S<\/strong>ystem\u00a0o<\/strong>n a\u00a0C<\/strong>hip, or\u00a0APSoC<\/strong>. Xilinx usually uses the term “All Programmable” to describe their FPGA technology. One can read the APSoC part of the name as, ‘an FPGA technology system in a single chip.’ So what does the “System” actually mean since FPGA chips are generally used to create custom system chips (or ASIC = Application Specific Integrated Circuits)?<\/p>\n

In the case of Zynq It means that there are dedicated processors (two Dual-ARM Cortex A9 processors) inside of the chip as well as FPGA technology. This combination allows users to leverage the best of the Processor world and<\/em> the FPGA world.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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  • Programmable Hardware<\/li>\n
  • High Speed<\/li>\n
  • Reusable<\/li>\n
  • Flexible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Accessibility<\/li>\n
  • Operating System<\/li>\n
  • Common memory and peripherals<\/li>\n
  • Ready to use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Examples:\u00a0Artix 7, Kintex 7 etc.\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\nExamples:\u00a0Raspberry Pi, Arduino<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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