SYZYGY Brain-1 is an open source, modular ARM + FPGA development platform featuring the new SYZYGY standard for high-performance peripherals. This new development board bridges the gap between Pmods and FMCs allowing high performance peripherals to be used with ease. The author claims it’s the first realization of a carrier board supporting SYZYGY that can be used in various high performance applications. The development board is live on crowdsupply.com and has 50 days to go.
Applications
- Data Acquisition
- Machine Vision
- Digital Communications
- Software Defined Radio (SDR)
- Video Output
- Multi-channel I/O
- Sensors
- Robotics
Features and Specifications
- Xilinx Zynq 7012S Single-core ARM + FPGA (dual-core 7015 optional)
- 667 MHz ARM Cortex-A9
- 55,000 programmable logic cells
- 2.5 Mb block memory on FPGA
- 120 DSP slices
- Open source hardware – Schematics and PCB artwork will be available for free.
- Open source software – Linux board support package sources will be available for free.
- Compact form factor: 110 mm x 75 mm
- Wide input power supply: +5 V to +18 V
- 3 x SYZYGY standard ports
- 28 I/O each
- 2 x clock pairs each (could also be used as I/O)
- 1 x SYZYGY transceiver port
- 18 I/O
- 2 x GTP receive pairs (up to 3.75 Gb/s)
- 2 x GTP transmit pairs (up to 3.75 Gb/s)
- 1 x transceiver reference clock pair
- 1 GB DDR3 memory
- 1 x Gigabit Ethernet (via RJ-45)
- 1 x USB Type-C OTG
- 1 x USB (serial console for ARM)
- SYZYGY SmartVIO support with two groups
- microSD card slot
- JTAG
- 8 x LEDs
- 2 x User I/O pushbuttons
- 1 x Reset pushbutton
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