Alinx AC7010C User manual

ZYNQ7000 FPGA
Core Board
AC7010C/AC7020C
User Manual

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Version Record
Revision
Date
Release By
Description
Rev 1.0
2022-09-07

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Table of Contents
Version Record .............................................................................................2
Part 1: Introduction ....................................................................................... 5
Part 2: Dimensional structure .......................................................................8
Part 3: Power Supply ....................................................................................8
Part 4: ZYNQ Chip ......................................................................................10
Part 4.1: JTAG Interface ..................................................................... 13
Part 4.2: FPGA Power System ........................................................... 14
Part 4.3: ZYNQ boot configuration ..................................................... 15
Part 5: Clock Configuration ........................................................................ 15
Part 5.1: PS system clock source .......................................................15
Part 5.2: PL system clock source ....................................................... 16
Part 6：ZYNQ Processor System (PS) peripherals ..................................16
Part 6.1: QSPI Flash ........................................................................... 17
Part 6.2: DDR3 DRAM ........................................................................ 18
Part 6.3: Gigabit Ethernet Interface ....................................................23
Part 6.4: USB2.0 Interface ..................................................................25
Part 6.5: USB to Serial Port ................................................................ 27
Part 6.6: SD Card Slot ........................................................................ 28
Part 6.7: User LEDs ............................................................................ 29
Part 6.8: Reset Key .............................................................................30
Part 7：ZYNQ PL Peripherals ................................................................... 31
Part 7.1: User LEDs ............................................................................ 31
Part 7.2: Expansion Port J10 ..............................................................32
Part 7.3: Expansion Port J11 .............................................................. 34
Part 7.4: Expansion Port J12 ..............................................................37

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The two core boards of the ALINX XILINX ZYNQ7000 development
platform were officially released in 2022, models: AC7010C and AC7020C
(industrial grade). Their development platform is the solution for XILINX's
Zynq7000 SOC chip. It uses ARM+FPGA SOC technology to integrate
dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 and FPGA programmable logic on a single chip. The
AC7010C core board uses Xilinx's Zynq7000 series XC7Z010-1CLG400C as
the core processor, and the AC7020C core board uses the industrial grade
XC7Z020-2CLG400I chip. Extensive peripheral interfaces such as Gigabit
Ethernet, USB2.0, serial port, SD card, etc. are extended on the ARM side. In
addition, the core board expands a large number of IOs to the outer three
connectors, including 94 IO ports of the PL (47 pairs of LVDS differential) and 8
MIO ports of the PS. For users who need a lot of IO, this core board will be a
good choice, and it is also very suitable for secondary development.
The design of the core board adheres to the design concept of “exquisite,
practical and concise”. It is not only suitable for the software verification of the
software staff, but also suitable for the hardware design of hardware
developers, that is, the system cooperation of software and hardware, and
accelerated the development process of the project.

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Part 1: Introduction
Here, a brief introduction to the ZYNQ7000 core board
AC7010C/AC7020C is provided.
The core board uses Xilinx's Zynq7000 series of chips, the AC7010C uses
the Zynq7000's XC7Z010-1CLG400C chip, and the AC7020C uses the
Zynq7000's XC7Z020-2CLG400I chip, both of which are 400-pin FBGA
packages. The ZYNQ7000 chip can be divided into a processor system part
processor system (PS) and a programmable logic part Programmable Logic
(PL).

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On the AC7010C/AC7020C core board, the PS part of the ZYNQ7000 is
equipped with a wealth of external interfaces and devices for user convenience
and function verification. The IO ports on the PL side are all led to the 2.54mm
connector on the board for user expansion. In addition, there is a 7 x 2 JTAG
connector on the core board that can be downloaded and debugged via the
ALINX Xilinx USB Cable Downloader. Figure 1-2 shows the structure of the
entire AC7010C/AC7020C system:
Figure 1-1: The Schematic Diagram of the AC7010C/AC7020C
Through this diagram, you can see the interfaces and functions that the
AC7010C/AC7020C FPGA Core Board contains:
DC5V power input, maximum current does not exceed 500mA
Xilinx ARM+FPGA chip Zynq-7000 XC7Z010-1CLG400C for AC7010C,
Zynq-7000 XC7Z020-2CLG400I for AC7020C
DDR3
Two large-capacity 2Gbit (A total of 4Gbit) high-speed DDR3 SDRAMs
can be used as a cache for ZYNQ chip data or as a memory for the
operating system

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QSPI FLASH
A 256Mbit QSPI FLASH memory chip can be used as a Uboot file for
ZYNQ chips, storage of system files and user data;
Gigabit Ethernet Interface
1-channel 10/100M/1000M Ethernet RJ45 interface for Ethernet data
exchange with computers or other network devices.
USB2.0 HOST Interface
1-channel USB HOST interface, to connect with external USB slave
devices, such as connecting a mouse, keyboard, USB flash drive etc.
The USB interface uses a flat USB interface (USB Type A).
USB OTG Interface
1-channel high-speed USB2.0 OTG interface for OTG communication
with PC or USB devices
USB Uart Interface
1-channel USB Uart interface for serial communication with PC or
external devices
LED Light
2 LEDs, 1 PS control LED, 1 PL control LED.
Key
1 reset button for CPU reset
Clock
An on-board 33.333Mhz active crystal oscillator provides a stable clock
source for the PS system, a 50MHz active crystal oscillator that
provides additional clocking for the PL logic
3-way 40-pin expansion port (0.1inch Spacing)
3-way 40-pin 0.1inch spacing expansion port for extending the IOs of
ZYNQ PL and PL parts, and can be connect to various ALINX modules
(binocular camera, TFT LCD screen, high-speed AD module, etc.)
14-pin JTAG Interface (0.08inch Spacing)

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Used to debug and download the ZYNQ system
Micro SD card holder
1-channel Micro SD card holder, to insert SD card for stores operating
system images and file systems.
Part 2: Dimensional structure
The size of the development board is 2.95 inch x 2.52 inch, and the PCB is
designed with an 8-layer board. There are 4 screw positioning holes around the
board for fixing the development board. The holes diameter of the positioning
hole is 0.09 inch, and the dxf structure diagram is provided in the documents.
Figure 2-1: FPGA Size Dimension
Part 3: Power Supply
The power input voltage of the development board is DC5V, The
schematic diagram of the power supply design on the AX7010 FPGA

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development board is shown in Figure 3-1
Power input: The core board supply voltage is DC5V. When the core board
works alone, connect the USB cable to the USB port of the computer to supply
power to the core board. When working with carrier board together, the core
board can also be powered through the carrier board. If the
AC7010C/AC7020C core board is powered by the carrier board, remove the
0Ω resistor (R161) on the board. Please do not use other specifications of the
power supply to avoid damage to the core board. The power supply design on
the core board is as follows:
Figure 3-1: Power Supply Schematic
The development board is powered by +5V, and is converted into +1.5V,
+1.8V, +1.0V three-way power supply through three DC/DC power supply chip
TLV62130RGT. Each output current can be up to 3A. The 3.3V, VCCIO34 and

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VCCI35 power supplies are generated by the three LDOs “SPX3819M5-3-3”,
the VCCIO34 is powered by the BANK34 of ZYNQ, and the VCCIO35 is
powered by the BANK35 of ZYNQ. By replacing with other LDO chips, BANK34
and BANK35IO adapts to different voltage standards. +1.5V Generates VTT
and VREF voltages required by DDR3 via TI's TPS51200
The functions of each power distribution are shown in the following table
below:
Power Supply
Function
+1.0V
ZYNQ Core Voltage
+1.5V
DDR3, ZYNQ Bank502
+1.8V
ZYNQ auxiliary voltage, ZYNQ PLL, ZYNQ BANK501, VCCIO,
Ethernet, USB 2.0
+3.3V
ZYNQ VCCIO, Gigabit Ethernet, Serial Port, HDMI, RTC,
FLASH,EEPROM SD Card
VREF, VTT
DDR3
VCCIO34
ZYNQ Bank34
VCCIO35
ZYNQ Bank35
Because the power supply of the PS and PL parts of ZYNQ has the
power-on sequence requirements, in the circuit design, we have designed
according to the power requirements of ZYQN. The power-on sequence is
+1.0V->+1.8V->+1.5 V-> (3.3V, VCCIO34, VCCIO35). Figure 3-2 shows the
circuit design of the power supply:
In the PCB design, an 8-layer PCB is used, and a separate power supply
layer and GND layer are reserved, so that the power supply of the entire
development board has very good stability.
Part 4: ZYNQ Chip
The Core development board uses Xilinx's Zynq7000 series chip,
AC7010C chip model is XC7Z010-1CLG400C (AC7020C chip model is
XC7Z020-2CLG400I). The chip's PS system integrates two ARM CortexTM-A9
processors, AMBA® interconnects, internal memory, external memory