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Arty A7-100T: Artix-7 FPGA Development Board

$299.00

Add a free USB A to Micro-B cable with your FPGA purchase!

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SKU:
410-319-1
UPC:
4250798401787
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Note: The Arty A7-35T variant is no longer in production and is retired.

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 A7 is a ready-to-use development platform designed around the AMD Artix-7 FPGA family. With the Artix-7 devices, the Arty A7 board provides the highest performance-per-watt fabric, transceiver line rates, DSP processing, and AMS integration in the Arty family. With the MicroBlaze Soft Processor Core from AMD, you can create embedded applications with a variety of peripherals, memory, and interfaces.

The Arty A7 is supported by AMD's Vivado Design Suite, including the free WebPACK version. You can also leverage the Vitis Core Development Kit or AMD Software Development Kit to start developing for the MicroBlaze processor with no prior FPGA experience.

There are two variants of the Arty A7: The Arty A7-35T features the XC7A35TICSG324-1L, and the Arty A7-100T features the larger XC7A100TCSG324-1.

If the Arty A7 offers more performance than your application requires, the more affordable Arty S7, featuring the Spartan-7 FPGA, may be a better option. If you are looking for an SoC-based development board, consider the Arty Z7, featuring the Zynq-7000 APSoC.

Guides and demos are available to help you get started quickly with the Arty A7. These can be found through the Support Materials tab.

Note for repeat customers: There has been a change to this product. Please see the memory section of the Features tab.

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   Arty A7-35T  Arty A7-100T
 FPGA part  XC7A35TICSG324-1L  XC7A100TCSG324-1
 Logic Cells  33,280  101,440
 DSP Slices  90  240
 Memory (Kbits)  1,800  4,860

  • FPGA Features
    • Internal clock speeds exceeding 450MHz
    • On-chip analog-to-digital converter (XADC)
    • Programmable over JTAG and Quad-SPI Flash
  • System Features
    • 256MB DDR3L with a 16-bit bus @ 333 MHz (667 MT/s)
    • 16MB Quad-SPI Flash
      • Due to supply chain constraints, either the S25FL127S or S25FL128S Flash Memory may be loaded on your board. These parts are not functionally equivalent, but flash programming through Vivado and the QSPI boot mode are not affected. More information can be found in the Arty A7 Reference Manual, available in the Support tab. 
    • USB-JTAG Programming circuitry (Micro B USB cable required)
    • Powered from USB or any 7V-15V source
  • System Connectivity
    • 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
    • USB-UART Bridge
  • Interaction and Sensory Devices
    • 4 Switches
    • 4 Buttons
    • 1 Reset Button
    • 4 LEDs
    • 4 RGB LEDs
  • Expansion Connectors
    • 4 Pmod connectors
    • Arduino/chipKIT Shield connector
  • Product Compliance: 
    • HTC: 8471500150
    • ECCN: EAR99
  • Arty A7-100T: Artix-7 Development Board
    • Receive a free USB A to Micro-B cable with your Arty A7 purchase! (Must have the USB cable and Arty A7 in your cart for the discount).
  • Digilent cardboard packaging with protective foam

To create and modify designs for your Arty A7, you can use AMD's Vivado Design Suite. Vivado is a software designed for the synthesis and analysis of HDL designs. Both variants of the Arty A7 are supported by the free WebPACK edition of the Vivado Design Suite.

If you are using the MicroBlaze Soft Processor Core from AMD, you can make use of the Vitis Core Development Kit or AMD Software Development Kit to create embedded applications for your Arty A7.

Note: AMD software tools are not available for download in some countries. Prior to purchasing the Arty A7, please check the supporting software's availability, as it is required for the board's use.

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  • 1
    Not able to get Arty working on my computer. Also get Blue Screen of Death

    Posted by Ken Samuelson on 19th Jul 2016

    Having significant trouble getting the serial FTDI driver working on my Asus laptop running Windows 10. The Serial port is not recognizing and the Install_Digilent.exe crashes my computer with Blue Screen of death. I tried it on a desktop computer and it seems to work and is recognized and communicates. It seems to be a computer thing but I need to run Arty on my laptop to be most efficient. I wish I could have tested this prior to purchasing Arty.

  • 5
    Working well til' now

    Posted by Ric on 10th May 2016

    Everything arrived in time. Package was in very good conditions and it didn't have a excessive size. Now, the product itself hasn't shown any problems yet, everything seems to be fine. Very portable and practical, since you only need and PC, VIvado on it, and your phone's cable to start using. Maybe more documentation will be needed in the future, but this is an awesome product.

  • 4
    Great Kit for the price

    Posted by SteveD on 18th Feb 2016

    This kit is unbeatable for the price. A very good entry level product to get people involved with FPGA prototype development. The main pull here is the access to Vivado and the SDK for MicroBlaze CPU, which are generally excellent tools. Doesn't take long before you can have your own simple design up and running (flashing some LEDs), or to run and modify one their existing designs. One minor groan was that the out of the box demo that you have access to and then modify, wouldn't actually work initially without modifying the schematics (need to delete a port) which seems strange. I bought a much more capable high-end Virtex-Ultrascale board for my company ($600k) but you really can't go wrong with this $99 board for home use to try out some simple ideas, play with the tools etc. Especially considering the Vivado SW is exactly the same (albeit locked to this board). Well worth it.

  • 5
    The best tool for beginners and advanced users

    Posted by Inderpreet Singh on 15th Feb 2016

    FPGA boards are generally expensive which puts most people off from getting started. With the Arty board, the value for money is remarkable and the one year licence for Vivado is just the icing on the cake. The arduino form factor means that you can use existing shields and protoboards with the arty to expand your project and the onboard ethernet along with support for microblaze means that you can implement connected and IoT applications easily and quickly. The only caveat is the absence of simple peripherals like a accelerometer or light sensor etc which can be beneficial when testing simple things out. Beyond the above stated, the Arty board is well worth the small cost and can cater to teachers and students on a budget.

  • 4
    Nice development board

    Posted by Sven Meier on 29th Jan 2016

    Nice board for prototyping but FPGA could be bigger