Spartan 7 SP701 FPGA Evaluation Kit

by: AMD

The SP701 Evaluation Kit, equipped with the best-in-class performance-per-watt Spartan 7 FPGA, is built for designs requiring sensor fusion such as industrial networking, embedded vision, and automotive applications.

Overview

Product Description

The SP701 Evaluation Kit, equipped with the best-in-class performance-per-watt Spartan™ 7 FPGA, is built for designs requiring sensor fusion such as industrial networking, embedded vision, and automotive applications. The SP701 features high I/O availability and I/O expansion capability via Pmods and FMC connectors, making it the largest IP development canvas for Spartan 7 FPGA users. The included XC7S100 FPGA is the highest density device of the Spartan 7 family. With 102K logic cells and 400 I/O pins, the XC7S100 pairs expandable connectivity with high processing capability, all in a form factor ideal for edge applications.


Connectivity for sensor heavy applications

  • Video interfaces including MIPI CSI, DSI, and HDMI
  • Expandable I/O via Pmods and FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) interfaces
  • Dual ethernet for industrial networking

Best-in-class performance and flexibility with the largest Spartan 7 device

  • Built for connectivity with 400 available I/O pins
  • Scalable across the industry’s broadest cost-optimized portfolio

Key Features & Benefits

Easy-to-use soft processor options for embedded applications

  • Pre-configured MicroBlaze™ application processor, real-time processor, and microcontroller Example Designs with up to 200DMIPS of processing power
  • Arm® Cortex®-M1 and Cortex-M3 DesignStart FPGA available

Free Vivado™ HL WebPACK™ Edition support

  • Includes AMD Software Development Kit (XSDK) for C compilation and debug
  • Customize designs quickly and easily with drag & drop peripherals

Featured AMD Devices

Featuring the Spartan 7 XC7S100 FPGA

System Logic Cells 102,400
Memory 1,100Kb DRAM, 4,320Kb Block RAM
DSP Slices 160
Maximum I/O Pins 400
Additional Features 8 clock management tiles (1MMCM + 1 PLL)
1 analog to digital converter (XADC)
1 configuration AES / HMC Block
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Product Information

Specifications

Board Features

Featuring the Spartan™ 7 XC7S100 FPGA

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Board Specifications Value
Length 6 inch (152.4 mm)
Height 6 inch (152.4 mm)
Thickness (+/-5%) 0.088 inch (2.24 mm)
Operating Environmental Temperature 0◦C to +45◦C
Storage Environmental Temperature -25◦C to +60◦C
Configuration
JTAG Yes
SPI Yes
QSPI Yes
Memory
DDR3L 4Gb (256M x 16)
Quad-SPI Flash 1Gb
I2C EEPROM 32Kb
Control & I/O
User pushbuttons 5
DIP switches 16
User LEDs 8
System Controller Yes
PMBUS Yes
Expansion Connectors
VITA 57.1 FMC LPC 1
Pmod Headers 6
Communication & Networking
UART to USB Bridge 1
RJ-45 Tri-Speed Ethernet Connectors 2
Display
HDMI Video Output Yes
MIPI-CSI Camera Interface Yes
MIPI-DSI Display Interface Yes
Clocking
I2C Programmable Clock Yes
Power
12V Wall Adapter Yes
What’s Inside

What's Inside the Box

Featuring the Spartan™ 7 XC7S100 FPGA

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Tools & IP

Design Tools

Name Description License Type
Vivado™ Design Suite: System Edition The AMD Vivado Design Suite is a revolutionary IP and system centric design environment built from the ground up to accelerate the design for all programmable devices. Node-locked and device-locked to the XC7S100 FPGA, with one year of updates
AMD SDK Full suite of tools for embedded software development and debug targeting AMD platforms. Included
PetaLinux Tools Configure, build, and deploy Linux operating system to AMD platforms. Included

Intellectual Property

Name Description License Type
MIPI MIPI CSI (RX/TX) and MIPI DSI (TX) Node-locked and device-locked to the XC7S100 FPGA, with one year of updates
Ethernet MAC (TEMAC) 10/100/1000Mb/s Tri-mode Ethernet MAC IP Node-locked and device-locked to the XC7S100 FPGA, with one year of updates
Memory Interface Generator (MIG) MIG is a free software tool used to generate memory controllers and interfaces for AMD FPGAs. Included

Additional Tools, IP and Resources

Provider Name Product Category Item Description
Open Source Software Tool TeraTerm One of many possible terminal emulators used for serial connection from your PC to the evaluation kit.
Training & Support