Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are designed to be configured per use and application. The SP701 Evaluation Kit is built for designs requiring sensor fusion. The Spartan®-7 SP701 has high I/O availability and I/O expansion capability, making it the largest IP development canvas for users—the FPGA designed for industrial networking applications, embedded vision, and automotive solutions. The all-in-one form factor is ideal for edge applications with 102K logic cells, 400 I/O pins, and the XC7S100 pair’s expandable connectivity.
Features and Benefits
Spartan®-7 SP701 FPGA Evaluation Kit has XC7S100 FPGA is the highest-density device of the Spartan 7 family. Some key features and benefits of the SP701 Evaluation Kit are given below.
Connectivity
Spartan 7 SP701 FPGA Evaluation Kit has many connectivity features for sensor-heavy applications. It has an expandable I/O via Pmods, FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) interfaces, and dual ethernet for industrial networking. SP701 Video interfaces include MIPI CSI, DSI, and HDMI.
Performance and flexibility
Xilinx Spartan®-7 SP701 FPGA Evaluation Kit provides best-in-class performance and flexibility. It is built for connectivity with 400 available I/O pins and is scalable across the industry’s broadest cost-optimized portfolio.
Easy-to-use
The FPGA Evaluation Kit delivers easy-to-use soft processor options for embedded applications. It has a pre-configured MicroBlaze application processor, a real-time processor, and microcontroller Example Designs with up to 200DMIPS processing power. Arm Cortex-M1 and Cortex-M3 DesignStart FPGA are available and support free Vivado™ HL WebPACK™ Edition.
Specifications
The Spartan®-7 SP701 FPGA board is designed for high performance and lower power with a 28nm, 1V core voltage process and has a 0.9V core voltage option.
Board Specifications
Spartan®-7 SP701 FPGA Evaluation Kit built with dimensions 152.4 mm *152.4 mm with 2.24 mm thickness (+/-5%). Operating and Storage Environmental Temperature are respectively 0◦C to +45◦C and -25◦C to +60◦C.
Configuration and Memory
The SP70 Kit allows JTAG, SPI, and QSPI configuration. The memory specifications are 4 GB (256M x 16) DDR3L, 1 GB Quad-SPI Flash, and I2C EEPROM 32Kb.
Control and I/O
Spartan®-7 SP701 is built with 5 User pushbuttons, 16 DIP switches, and 8 User LEDs. It also has System Controller, PMBUS, VITA 57.1 FMC LPC 1, and 6 Pmod Headers. Display features include HDMI Video Output, MIPI-CSI Camera Interface, and MIPI-DSI Display Interface.
Communication and Networking
SP701 has 1 UART to USB Bridge and 2 RJ-45 Tri-Speed Ethernet Connectors. The FPGA Evaluation Kit also includes I2C Programmable Clock and 12V Wall Adapter.
