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Arty A7-100T and 35T with RISC-V

The Digilent Arty A7 board features the XC7A100T/35T Artix®-7 device from AMD and is able to host a RISC-V core

Image of AMD Arty A7-100T Board AMD Artix-7 technology offers low power consumption and high performance, and its ability to host RISC-V soft architecture makes it ideal for portable equipment. The Artix-7 can also host the MicroBlaze™ soft processing system and adapt to multiple project requirements. Unlike other single board computers (SBC), Arty A7 is not bound to a single set of processing peripherals. Along with other traditional Digilent boards, the Arty A7 has four Pmod connectors and an Arduino Shield expansion connector.

Both the 100T (1286-1206-ND) and 35T (1286-1104-ND) options for the Arty A7 board offer the ability to host RISC-V, with 100T offering the most robust and scalable option. Using RISC-V offers license-free options for designers and is free to download. The Arty A7 is fully compatible with the high‐performance Vivado® design suite. It is supported under the free WebPACK™ license, so designs can be implemented at no additional cost. This free license includes the ability to create MicroBlaze soft‐core processor designs. Design resources, example projects, and tutorials are available for download at the Arty Resource Center, accessible from reference.digilentinc.com.

Running a RISC-V Processor on the Arty A7

Features
  • Internal clock speeds exceeding 450 MHz
  • On‐chip analog‐to‐digital converter (XADC)
  • Programmable over JTAG and Quad‐SPI Flash
  • 90 DSP slices (35T) and 240 DSP slices (100T)
  • 5,200 slices (35T) and 15,850 slices (100T) containing four 6‐input LUTs and eight flip‐flops
  • 256 MB DDR3L with a 16‐bit bus @ 667 MHz
  • 16 MB quad SPI Flash
  • Powered from USB or any 7 V to 15 V source
  • 10/100 Mbps Ethernet and USB-UART bridge
Applications
  • Low-cost ultrasound
  • Multi-protocol machine-vision cameras
  • Programmable logic controllers (PLC)
  • RISC-V controllers/processors
  • Small form-factor and battery-powered software-defined radios

Evaluation Boards

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
ARTY A7-100T: DEV BOARD ARTIX-7410-319-1ARTY A7-100T: DEV BOARD ARTIX-7262 - Immediate$2,461.37View Details
ARTY A7-35T DEV BOARD ARTIX-7410-319ARTY A7-35T DEV BOARD ARTIX-70 - Immediate$1,308.89View Details

Arty A7-100T ICs

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionNumber of I/OOperating TemperaturePackage / CaseAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
IC FPGA 170 I/O 256FTBGAXC7A100T-3FTG256EIC FPGA 170 I/O 256FTBGA1700°C ~ 100°C (TJ)256-LBGA1189 - Immediate$1,584.66View Details
IC FPGA 285 I/O 484FBGAXC7A100T-3FGG484EIC FPGA 285 I/O 484FBGA2850°C ~ 100°C (TJ)484-BBGA62 - Immediate$2,065.41View Details
IC FPGA 210 I/O 324CSBGAXC7A100T-3CSG324EIC FPGA 210 I/O 324CSBGA2100°C ~ 100°C (TJ)324-LFBGA, CSPBGA100 - Immediate$1,894.18View Details
IC FPGA 170 I/O 256FTBGAXC7A100T-2FTG256IIC FPGA 170 I/O 256FTBGA170-40°C ~ 100°C (TJ)256-LBGA93 - Immediate$1,434.01View Details
IC FPGA 300 I/O 676FBGAXC7A100T-2FGG676IIC FPGA 300 I/O 676FBGA300-40°C ~ 100°C (TJ)676-BGA16 - Immediate$2,130.03View Details

Arty A7-35T

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionNumber of I/OOperating TemperaturePackage / CaseAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
IC FPGA 170 I/O 256FTBGAXC7A35T-1FTG256CIC FPGA 170 I/O 256FTBGA1700°C ~ 85°C (TJ)256-LBGA420 - Immediate$366.49View Details
IC FPGA 250 I/O 484FBGAXC7A35T-2FGG484IIC FPGA 250 I/O 484FBGA250-40°C ~ 100°C (TJ)484-BBGA1352 - Immediate$747.96View Details
IC FPGA 170 I/O 256FTBGAXC7A35T-2FTG256IIC FPGA 170 I/O 256FTBGA170-40°C ~ 100°C (TJ)256-LBGA593 - Immediate$485.19View Details
IC FPGA 250 I/O 484FBGAXC7A35T-2FGG484CIC FPGA 250 I/O 484FBGA2500°C ~ 85°C (TJ)484-BBGA891 - Immediate$580.85View Details
IC FPGA 210 I/O 324CSBGAXC7A35T-1CSG324CIC FPGA 210 I/O 324CSBGA2100°C ~ 85°C (TJ)324-LFBGA, CSPBGA2425 - Immediate$409.54View Details
Published: 2019-02-18

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