Arty A7: Artix-7 FPGA Development Board for Makers and Hobbyists

Vivado Design Suite voucher not included — Vivado Design Suite Edition is available for free download (Vivado WebPACK). 

Arty is a ready-to-use development platform designed around the Artix-7™ Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) from Xilinx. It was designed specifically for use as a MicroBlaze Soft Processing System. When used in this context, Arty becomes an incredibly flexible processing platform, capable of adapting to whatever your project requires. Unlike other single board computers, Arty isn’t bound to a single set of processing peripherals; one moment it’s a communication powerhouse chock-full of UARTs, SPIs, IICs, and an Ethernet MAC, and the next it’s a meticulous timekeeper with a dozen 32-bit timers. Additionally, with the universally popular expansion headers (Arduino™ R3 Headers and our Pmod™ headers), Arty will become the most adaptable tool in your project tool box.

Note:

The official distribution channel for the Arty A7-35T is through Avnet and Digilent only.

Features:

• Arty A7 comes in two FPGA variants: Arty A7-35T features Xilinx XC7A35TICSG324-1L. Arty A7-100T features the larger Xilinx XC7A100TCSG324-1. Arty A7 variants have the features listed below:

• Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA
  • 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 @ 667MHz
  • 16MB Quad-SPI Flash
  • USB-JTAG Programming circuitry (Micro USB cable not included)
  • 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