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

Features and Specifications

• Board
  • FPGA part XC7A100TCSG324-1
  • Logic Cells 101,440
  • DSP Slices 240
  • Memory (Kbits) 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 at 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

Arty A7 Overview

The Digilent Arty A7 FPGA/SoC board is a versatile and flexible tool, designed with adaptability in mind. It stands out from other Single Board Computers due to its ability to switch between different sets of processing peripherals. It can function as a communication hub filled with UARTs, SPIs, IICs, and an Ethernet MAC, or serve as a precise timekeeper with numerous 32-bit timers.

The Arty A7 is a plug-and-play development platform built around the Xilinx's Artix-7 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The board, equipped with Artix-7 devices, offers the highest performance-per-watt fabric, transceiver line rates, DSP processing, and AMS integration. The MicroBlaze Soft Processor Core from Xilinx allows for the creation of embedded applications with a wide range of peripherals, memory, and interfaces.

Xilinx's Vivado Design Suite, including the complimentary WebPACK version, supports the Arty A7. The Vitis Core Development Kit or Xilinx Software Development Kit can be utilized to begin development for the MicroBlaze processor, even without prior FPGA experience.

What's in the Box

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