{"id":24742,"date":"2018-06-15T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=24742"},"modified":"2024-12-28T16:52:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T00:52:54","slug":"introducing-the-cmod-s7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/introducing-the-cmod-s7\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Cmod S7-25!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier in the year we announced the release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/new-product-the-arty-s7\/\">Arty S7-50<\/a>, featuring Xilinx&#8217;s cost optimized Spartan-7 FPGAs, as a first-of-its-kind development board on the market. A few months later, we released a variant, the Arty S7-25\u00a0for users who wanted additional savings by using the smaller XC7S25-CSGA324, or Spartan-7-25, FPGA.<\/p>\n<p>Now we are excited to announce the smallest form factor Spartan-7 development board on the market&#8230;the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/cmod-s7-breadboardable-spartan-7-fpga-module\/\">Cmod S7-25<\/a>! See below for an actual size comparison to the Arty S7.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24755 size-medium\" style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.26-AM-600x383.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" data-wp-pid=\"24755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.26-AM-600x383.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.26-AM-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.26-AM-1024x654.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.26-AM-800x511.png 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.26-AM.png 1494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cmod S7-25 is the latest member to our Cmod product line.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/search.php?Search=&amp;search_query=Cmod\">Cmod<\/a>\u00a0(or\u00a0<strong>C<\/strong>arrier\u00a0<strong>Mod<\/strong>ules) were designed to speed up prototyping for design engineers. Unlike our standard\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/fpga-programmable-logic\/system-boards\/\">systems boards<\/a>\u00a0where all of the FPGA I\/O is designed into a function (think 16 switches + 16 LED= 32 I\/O tied up on the Basys 3 board), a Cmod allows the user to choose what I\/O functionality they would like to have. This is ideal for teaching students, because a teacher can emphasize the hardware design by having students physically wire up external hardware to their FPGA (instead of having it already done for them).\u00a0It can be configured for digital logic circuits, Micoblaze designs, or for addition of peripherals. It is also useful for prototyping ASIC designs. The compact size and 100 mil spaced through-hole pins make it possible to load the Cmod into standard sockets or breadboards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24754\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.15-AM-600x425.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" data-wp-pid=\"24754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.15-AM-600x425.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.15-AM-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.15-AM-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.15-AM-800x567.png 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-13-at-4.59.15-AM.png 1344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cmod S7-25 features the same FPGA that is on the Arty S7-25. With the addition of 4 LEDs, 2 push buttons, RGB LED and a Pmod port,\u00a0the Cmod S7 is the most suited for teaching and breadboarding out of the Cmod family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24756 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cmods7walkaround-1024x320.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"219\" data-wp-pid=\"24756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cmods7walkaround-1024x320.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cmods7walkaround-600x187.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cmods7walkaround-768x240.png 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cmods7walkaround-800x250.png 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cmods7walkaround.png 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Xilinx Spartan-7 FPGA (XC7S25-1CSGA225C) features the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">3,650 slices containing four 6-input LUTs and 8 flip-flops<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">1,620 Kbits of fast block\u00a0<abbr title=\"\" data-original-title=\"Random Access Memory\">RAM<\/abbr><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">3 clock management tiles, each with a phase-locked loop and mixed-mode clock manager<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">80 DSP slices<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">Internal clock speeds exceeding 450\u00a0<abbr title=\"\" data-original-title=\"Megahertz (million times per second)\">MHz<\/abbr><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">On-chip analog-to-digital converter (XADC)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">Programmable over JTAG and Quad-SPI Flash<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note, the Cmod S7 is unique among Digilent Cmods in its pin form factor. The Cmod S7 is similar to the 48-pin DIP form factor of the Cmod A7, but only has 36 pins populated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/reference\/_media\/reference\/programmable-logic\/cmod-s7\/cmod_s7-bottom-600.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"148\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The removal of these pins allowed the placement of the FPGA, but also helps with the removal and insertion of the Cmod into breadboards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24757\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/41751056775_f952ae14af_h-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" data-wp-pid=\"24757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/41751056775_f952ae14af_h-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/41751056775_f952ae14af_h-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/41751056775_f952ae14af_h-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/41751056775_f952ae14af_h-800x451.jpg 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/41751056775_f952ae14af_h-1200x675-cropped.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/41751056775_f952ae14af_h.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Between its hardware and versatile form factor, this board is an ideal choice both for education and personal use. 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