{"id":27147,"date":"2019-06-14T17:03:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T00:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=27147"},"modified":"2021-06-09T12:57:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T19:57:06","slug":"let-that-zynq-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/let-that-zynq-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Let That Zynq In"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the past two years Digilent has released several Xilinx Zynq platforms. We thought it would be a good time to review the offering and help navigate users to a board that is optimized for their end use!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Zynq?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Why Zynq?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\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.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what does “System” actually mean, since FPGA chips are generally used to create custom system chips (or ASIC = Application Specific Integrated Circuits)?<\/p>\n\n\n\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. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\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: Artix 7, Kintex 7 etc. <\/em><\/td>\nExamples: Raspberry Pi, Arduino<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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