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EK-U1-ZCU102-G-J

EK-U1-ZCU102-G-J

AMD
XCZU9EG Zynq® UltraScale+™ FPGA + MCU/MPU SoC Embedded Evaluation Board
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Overview

The ZCU102 is a high-performance evaluation kit built around the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC XCZU9EG, designed for rapid development of data-center and industrial systems. It combines a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor and dual-core Cortex-R5 real-time processor with programmable logic for massive parallel processing.

Why Choose This Part

This board provides a versatile prototyping platform with 4GB DDR4 memory for the processor system and 500MB for programmable logic, ensuring high-bandwidth data handling. It features dual FMC expansion slots and various high-speed interfaces like PCIe Gen2x4 and SFP+ for flexible hardware integration.

Applications

Video Processing
Accelerating 4K UHD video encoding and decoding using the integrated hardware H.264/H.265 video codec unit.
Edge AI Inference
Implementing deep learning workloads on the FPGA fabric while maintaining low latency and high deterministic throughput.
5G Wireless Prototyping
Developing baseband processing and radio-frequency signal chains using high-speed transceivers and DSP slices.

Key Specifications

Type FPGA + MCU/MPU SoC
Contents Board(s), Cable(s), Accessories - Power Supply Not Included -
Utilized IC / Part XCZU9EG

Getting Started

Develop applications using the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite for hardware synthesis and Vitis Unified Software Platform for C/C++ based development. The kit includes all necessary power supplies and cables to begin booting Linux on the Cortex-A53 cores immediately upon arrival.

Also Consider

Zynq UltraScale+ ZCU104 Evaluation Kit AMD - Specifically optimized for vision-centric applications with built-in specialized peripherals for image processing.
Zynq UltraScale+ ZCU106 Evaluation Kit AMD - Features the ZU7EV device which includes the integrated Video Codec Unit, ideal for high-end broadcast and surveillance applications.