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Versal AI Edge VEK280 Evaluation Kit

Versal AI Edge VEK280 Evaluation Kit

MPN: EK-VEK280-G
AMD
Versal AI Edge Adaptive SoC VEK280 PCIe Card XCVE2802 Versal™ AI Edge FPGA + MCU/MPU SoC Embedded Evaluation Board
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Overview

The VEK280 is a high-performance evaluation platform featuring the AMD Versal AI Edge XCVE2802 adaptive SoC, designed specifically for AI-intensive edge applications. It combines scalar processing with Arm Cortex-A72 and Cortex-R5F cores, programmable logic, and specialized AI Engines (AIE-ML) to provide high throughput for machine learning inference. The board supports high-speed connectivity through PCIe Gen4 x16, 40G Ethernet, and SFP28 interfaces.

Why Choose This Part

It offers 12GB of RAM and specialized AIE-ML tiles that deliver significantly higher performance-per-watt for inference compared to traditional FPGAs or GPUs. The inclusion of hardware-based Video Decoder Engines and 40G Multirate Ethernet MACs offloads intensive communication and media tasks from the programmable logic.

Applications

Automotive ADAS
Processing sensor fusion data and running real-time object detection models for autonomous driving systems.
Edge AI Inferencing
Deploying low-latency deep learning models for industrial vision and smart city infrastructure.
Medical Imaging
Real-time video processing and enhancement using the Video Decoder Engines and AI-driven image reconstruction.
Industrial Robotics
Coordinating complex motion control with the dual-core Cortex-R5F while performing high-speed path planning via AI Engines.

Key Specifications

Type FPGA + MCU/MPU SoC
Contents Board(s)
Platform Versal AI Edge Adaptive SoC VEK280 PCIe Card
Utilized IC / Part XCVE2802

Getting Started

Developers should use the AMD Vivado Design Suite for hardware synthesis and the Vitis Unified Software Platform for AI Engine and embedded software development. The board supports booting from MicroSD for quick prototyping and utilizes the FMC+ connector for expanding I/O capabilities with daughter cards.