Digilent Genesys ZU Reference guide

Type
Reference guide
GenesysZUReferenceManual
TL;DR
Theblackmatteboardyouareholdinginyourhandisaprototypingandevaluationboardproudly
designedbyDigilent.AtitsheartisaXilinxZynqUltraScale+MPSoCARM‐FPGAhybrid,coupledwith
upgradeablememory,networkandmultimediainterfaces,andawidevarietyofexpansionconnectors
makingitaversatilecomputingplatform.
Availableintwovariants,3EGand5EV,differentiatedbytheMPSoCmodelandsomeperipherals.Ifthe
fanstickersays5EV,ontopof3EGyougetslightlyfasterDDR4,moreFPGA,videocodecandGTH
transceiversallowingHDMISource,SinkandSFP+10G.
Usedstand‐alonewithaheartybundleinthebox,poweredbythe12Vpowersupply,itstraightup
bootsLinuxfromthemicroSDcard.ConnecttheUSBmicroBcabletoaPCandopenaterminal(115200‐
8‐N‐1)tothefirstCOMportoutofthetwothatappear.Loginandpasswordareboth“root”.Thered
buttonlabeled“POR”alwaysresetstheMPSoCandstartsthebootprocessagain.
Wanttodivedeepintodevelopment?HeadovertoourGitHubpageandusethereposthereasa
startingpoint.BuildyourownbootimageontheSDcardandbootitliketheOOBdemo.Notenough?
ConnectingtheJTAG‐HS1/HS2cabletoheaderJ28willallowforon‐the‐flyprogramminganddebug
usingXilinxVivadoandSDK.
TheDigilentGenesysZUisastand‐aloneZynqUltraScale+MPSoCprototypinganddevelopmentboard.
Itisanadvancedcomputingplatformwithpowerfulmultimediaandnetworkconnectivityinterfaces.
Theexcellentmixofon‐boardperipherals,upgrade‐friendlyDDR4,MiniPCIeandmicroSDslots,multi‐
cameraandhigh‐speedexpansionconnectorsareboundtosupportawidenumberofuse‐cases.
Furthermore,theGenesysZUisavailableintwovariantswithdifferentMPSoCoptionsandadditional
featuresforevenmoreflexibility.Differencesarehighlighted*throughoutthisdocument.
TheXilinxZynqUltraScale+MPSoCattheheartoftheGenesysZUisabigleapfromtheZynq‐7000
series.Fasterandmoreprocessorcores,upgradedmemoryinterface,integratedgigabittransceivers
bringsupportforDDR4,USBType‐C3.1,PCIe,SATA,DisplayPort,SFP+*andHDMI*.TheGenesysZUis
primarilytargetedtowardsLinux‐basedapplicationsthatallowseasyaccesstoWi‐Fi,cellularradio
(WWAN),SSD,USBSuperSpeedand4Kvideo.ThebundledmicroSDcardincludesanout‐of‐boxdemo
thatbootsaLinuximagebuiltinPetalinuxandincludessometestscriptsforsomeoftheperipherals.
Features
Featuregroup Sub‐feature GenesysZU‐3EG GenesysZU‐5EV Zedboard
Processor
APU QuadA53 DualA9
RPU DualR5

MainMemory
DDR4,4GB,1866
MT/s,upgradeable
DDR4,4GB,2133
MT/s,upgradeable
DDR3,512MB,
1066MT/s,
soldered
GPU
 
VideoCodec
  
Programmable
logic
#oflogiccells 154K 256K 85K
Peripheral
connectivity
USBType‐C3.1Gen1
Dual‐RoleDevice
 
MiniPCIe/mSATA
dualslot
Half‐/Full‐size

USB2.0Host 2xType‐A 1xOTG
On‐boardWi‐Fi 2.4GHz

Featuregroup Sub‐feature GenesysZU‐3EG GenesysZU‐5EV Zedboard
Network
connectivity
Ethernet1Gw/IEEE
1588

(w/oIEEE1588)
WLAN/WWAN/
LoRa
option‐MiniPCIe

SFP+10GEthernet
  
Storage
SD 104MB/s 25MB/s
SSD option‐mSATA

Flash ISSI256MibSNOR 128Mib
Multimedia
DisplayPort 1.2aDual‐Lane

Pcam 2xDual‐Lane

HDMISource
  
HDMISink
  
AudioCodec
 
Expansion
Lowspeed‐Pmod 4x 5x
Mid‐speed‐SYZYGY
 
Mid‐speed‐FMC
 
High‐speed‐FMC
Gigabit
  
UserI/O
LED,Buttons,
Switches
 
FigureI:GenesysZU‐3EGcalloutdiagram
CalloutwithDescription
Callout
#
Description
Callout
#
Description
Callout
#
Description
1
6pinPCIepower
connector
13 Coinbatteryretainer 25 Type‐CUSB3.1
2 ExternalJTAGport 14 Pmodheaders 26 Powerswitch
3
USBJTAG/UARTport 15
Dualdigital/analog
Pmod
27
ZynqUltrascale+,heat
sinkandfan
Callout
#
Description
Callout
#
Description
Callout
#
Description
4
USB2.0host
connectors
16 Userbuttons 28 SystemMonitorheader
5
Wi‐Fichip 17 Userswitches 29
SIMcardslot(onthe
bottomside)
6
4GiBDDR4SODIMM
module
18 MiniPCIe/mSATAslot

7 Audiojacks 19 Userbuttons

8
Bootmodeselect
j
umper
20
MIPI(Pcam)
connectors

9
Resetbuttons 21
WirelessandSSD
activityLEDs

10
INIT,DONE,ERRand
STSLeds
22 MicroSDCardSlot

11
Zmod(SYZYGY)
connector
23 MiniDisplayPort

12 FMCLPCconnector 24 1GEthernetport

SoftwareSupport
ZynqUltraScale+MPSoCplatformsarewell‐suitedtobeembeddedLinuxtargets,andtheGenesysZUis
noexception.DigilentprovidesaPetalinuxprojectthatwasusedtobuildtheout‐of‐boximage.
TheGenesysZUisfullycompatiblewithXilinx’shigh‐performanceVivado®DesignSuiteHLWebPACK™
Edition.ThistoolsetmeldsFPGAlogicdesignandembeddedARMsoftwaredevelopmentintoaneasy
touse,intuitivedesignflow.Itcanbeusedfordesigningsystemsofanycomplexity,fromacomplete
operatingsystemrunningmultipleserverapplications,downtoasimplebare‐metalprogramthat
controlssomeLEDs.ItisalsopossibletotreattheMPSoCasastandaloneFPGAforthosenotinterested
inusingtheprocessorintheirdesign.ThetwoMPSoCpartstheGenesysZUisavailablewith,XCZU3EG
andXCZU5EV,aresupportedunderVivado'sfreeWebPACK™license,whichmeansthesoftwareis
completelyfreetouse,includingtheLogicAnalyzerandHigh‐levelSynthesis(HLS)features.TheLogic
Analyzerassistswithdebugginglogicthatisrunninginhardware,andtheHLStoolallowsCcodetobe
directlycompiledintoHDL.
InthekityouwillalsofindafreevoucherfortheXilinxMIPICSI‐2IPcores.Followtheinstructionsonthe
vouchersliptoactivatethelicense.ThisisatemporarymeasureuntilVivado2020.1hits,whichshould
includealicensefortheseIPsfreeofcharge.SeethenexttableforIP‐supportstatusforother
peripherals.
TableI:IPsupportstatus
Feature/Peripheral IPsupport Version
DDR4memory
controller
PShard‐core,WebPACKbuilt‐in 2019.1
MIPICSI‐2/Pcam PLsoft‐core,MIPICSIControllerSubsystems,bundledvoucher 2019.1
DisplayPortcontroller PShard‐core,WebPACKbuilt‐in 2019.1
Ethernet1G PShard‐core,WebPACKbuilt‐in 2019.1
USB2.0/3.0 PShard‐core,WebPACKbuilt‐in 2019.1
PCIeRoot/MiniPCIe PShard‐core,WebPACKbuilt‐in 2019.1
SATA/mSATA PShard‐core,WebPACKbuilt‐in 2019.1
On‐boardWi‐Fi/SPI
controller
PShard‐core,WebPACKbuilt‐in,open‐sourceLinuxdriver 2019.1
SFP+* PLsoft‐core,10G/25GEthernetSubsystem,licenserequired 2019.1
HDMI2.0Source/Sink* PLsoft‐core,HDMISubsystem,licenserequired 2019.1
VideoPHYController*
PLsoft‐core,WebPACKbuilt‐in,requiresprotocol‐implementationlike
theHDMISubsystemabove,supportedby5EVonly
2019.1
TheinitialVivadoversionsupportedbyDigilentforGenesysZU‐relatedprojectsis2019.1.Digilent
currentlydoesnotprovidehardwareplatformsorexamplesforXilinx'sVitisUnifiedSoftwarePlatform,
howeverVitissupportisplannedforthenearfuture.
Designresources,exampleprojects,andtutorialsareavailablefordownloadattheGenesysZU
ResourceCenter.
ZynqUltraScale+MPSoCArchitecture
ZynqUltraScale+MPSoCistheXilinxsecond‐generationZynqplatform,combiningapowerfulprocessing
system(PS)anduser‐programmablelogic(PL)intothesamedevice.TheZynqUltraScale+Processing
SystemcoreactsasalogicconnectionbetweenthePSandtheProgrammableLogic(PL)whileassisting
youtointegratecustomizedandintegratedIPcoreswiththeprocessingsystemusingtheVivadoIP
integrator.Asyoumayseeinthepicturebelow,theprocessingsystemfeaturestheArmflagshipCortex
‐A5364‐bitquad‐corerunningupto1.5GHzandCortex‐R5dual‐corereal‐timeprocessoralongwith
otherinterfacessuchas:DDRMemoryController,High‐Connectivity,GeneralConnectivity,System
Functionsetc.TheZynqUltraScale+MPSoCProcessingSystemwrapperinstantiatestheprocessing
systemsectionoftheZynqUltraScale+MPSoCfortheprogrammablelogicandexternalboardlogic.The
wrapperincludesunalteredconnectivitywiththeonespresentedabove.
FigureII:ZynqUltraScale+EG
ThePSandPLcanbecoupledwithmultipleinterfacesandothersignalstoeffectivelyintegrateuser‐
createdhardwareacceleratorsandotherfunctionsinthePLlogicthatareaccessibletotheprocessors.
Theinterfacesbetweentheprocessingsystemandprogrammablelogicmainlyconsistofthreemain
groups:theextendedmultiplexedI/O(EMIO),programmablelogicI/O,andtheAXII/Ogroups.Besides
those,thereareupto78MultiplexedI/O(MIO)portsavailablefromtheprocessingsystem.The78MIO
signalsaredividedintothreebanks,andeachbankincludes26devicepins.Eachbank(500,501,and
502)hasitsownpowerpinsforthehardwareinterface.
MIO0‐25:Bank500
MIO
500
3.3
V
Peripherals
Pin QSPI
Mini
PCIe/
SATA
DDR4
SODI
MM
MIO
Butt
ons
WI‐FI UART
MI
O
LE
D
I2CMUXUSB3.0
8‐bitI/O
Expander
0
QSPI_SCLK
0OUT

1 QSPI_D1

2 QSPI_D2

3 QSPI_D3

4 QSPI_D0

5
QSPI_SS_O
UTN

6(N/
C)

7
PCIE_PE
RSTN

8

DDR_S
CL

9

DDR_S
DA

10

BTN1

11

BTN0

12

WIFI_PORTEX
_
SCK

WIFI_PORTEX
_
SCK
13

PORTEXP_RES
ETN
14

PORTEX_SSN
15

WIFI_SSN

16

WIFI_PORTEX
_
MISO

WIFI_PORTEX
_
MISO
17

WIFI_PORTEX
_
MOSI

WIFI_PORTEX
_
MOSI
18

UART_TXD
_
IN

19

UART_RXD
_
OUT

20
PCIE_WA
KEN

21

LD
0

22

MUX_SC
L_LS

23

MUX_SD
A_LS

24

USB30_I
NTN
25

PORTEXP_INT
N
Note:TheWI‐FIsignalsaresharedbythesamebusthatgoesthroughtheI/Oexpander.
MIO26‐51:Bank501
MIO5011.8VPeripherals
Pin Ethernet SD
26 ETH_TX_CLK
27 ETH_TX_D0
28 ETH_TX_D1
29 ETH_TX_D2
30 ETH_TX_D3
31 ETH_TX_CTL
32 ETH_RX_CLK
33 ETH_RX_D0
34 ETH_RX_D1
35 ETH_RX_D2
36 ETH_RX_D3
37 ETH_RX_CTL
38 ETH_INTN_PWDNN
39
SDIO_SEL
40
SDIO_DIR_CMD
41
SDIO_DIR_DAT0
42
SDIO_DIR_DAT1_3
43
SDIO_POW_EN
44 ETH_RSTN
45
SDIO_CDN
46
SDIO_R_DAT0
47
SDIO_R_DAT1
48
SDIO_R_DAT2
49
SDIO_R_DAT3
50
SDIO_R_CMD
51
SDIO_R_SCLK
MIO52‐77:Bank502
MIO5021.8VPeripherals
Pin USB2.0 Ethernet
52 USB20_CLK
53 USB20_DIR
54 USB20_DATA2
55 USB20_NXT
56 USB20_DATA0
57 USB20_DATA1
58 USB20_STP
59 USB20_DATA3
60 USB20_DATA4
61 USB20_DATA5
62 USB20_DATA6
63 USB20_DATA7
64 USB20H_CLK
65 USB20H_DIR
66 USB20H_DATA2
67 USB20H_NXT
68 USB20H_DATA0
69 USB20H_DATA1
70 USB20H_STP
71 USB20H_DATA3
72 USB20H_DATA4
73 USB20H_DATA5
74 USB20H_DATA6
75 USB20H_DATA7
76
ETH_MDC
77
ETH_MDIO
FunctionalDescription
1.PowerSupplies
1.1.PowerInput
TheGenesysZUpowerdistributionnetworkwasdesignedtomeetthespecificrequirementsofXilinx
ZynqUltraScale+MPSoCsandofthesupportedperipheraldevices.Powertotheboardisprovidedviaa
2×3PCIeATXpowerconnector.XilinxevaluationboardsuseapinoutthatisnotcompatiblewithATX,
thereforemixingpowersuppliesisnotpossible.Thebundledsupplyis12V60W‐100W,dependingon
variant.TheboardpowersuppliesareturnedonoroffwiththeSW5slideswitch.
1.2.PowerSpecifications
Figure1.2.1givesanoverviewoftheGenesysZUpowerdistributionnetwork.
Figure1.2.1:GenesysZUpowerdistributionnetworkandsupplysequencing
Note:TheVCC0V9_MGTAVCC*andVCC0V9_VCU*railsarenotusedontheGenesysZU‐3EGvariant.
Whentheboardisturnedon,the12VinputvoltageprovidedbythebundledPCIeATXsupplyisfiltered
andfedtotheseriesMOSFETsoftheprotectioncircuit.TheLM5060ICmonitorstheinputvoltageand
thecurrentdrawnbytheentireboard.Ifaninputovervoltage/undervoltageoranovercurrentcondition
isdetected,theLM5060isolatestheVCC12V0netfromtheexternalsupplybyturningofftheseries
MOSFETs.
DuringnormaloperationtheMOSFETsprovidealowimpedancepathandtheVCC12V0netiscorrectly
biasedwith12V.ThisvoltageservesbothasoutputrailfortheFMCportandpowerinputfor
downstreamvoltages.
Table1.2.1describesthelistofpowersupplyrailsimplementedonGenesysZU.Thistablecanbeused
toestimatetheavailablepowerbudgetforagivenproject.
Table1.2.1:GenesysZUpowerrails
VoltageRail Generatedfrom Min/Typ/MaxVoltage
Max
current
Usedfor
VCC12V0
12Vpower
input
12V+‐5% 8.5A
FMC,powerinputfor
otherrails
VCC5V0_STABLE VCC12V0 5V+‐5% 0.306A
IC81+IC80,
VCC3V3_STABLE
VCC5V0 VCC12V0 5V+‐5% 4A
SYZYGY,RGBLED,
Audio,USB‐s,HDMIRx
AUX
VCC3V3_STABLE VCC5V0_STABLE3.16V/3.3V/3.465V 0.224A
PlatformMCU,Supply
I2Cpull‐ups,FMC,SFP,
HDMIClock,PCIe
REFCLK
VCC3V3 VCC12V0 3.154V/3.3V/3.4V 7.64A
DDR4VDDSPD(I2C
interface),PCAMs,
LEDs,SFP,HDMI,FMC,
FPGAInternals,
SYZYGY,PMODs,PCIe,
SDCard,WI‐FI,USB
3.0,USB2.0Hub,USB
Config,DisplayPort,
Flash
VADJ VCC12V0
Selectable‐1.2V/1.5V/1.8V+‐
5%
2.4A FMC,SYZYGY,FPGA
VCC2V5 VCC12V0 2.375V/2.5V/2.625V 2.1A
DDR4VPP,MGT
Oscillators,Ethernet
VCC1V8_AUX VCC12V0 1.746V/1.8V/1.854V 1.59A
FPGAInternals,
Ethernet,DisplayPort,
Audio,USB3.0,USB
2.0,USBProg,SDCard
VCC1V8_MGT VCC2V7_LDOIN 1.746V/1.8V/1.854V 0.09A FPGAInternals
VCC1V5_PCI VCC12V0 1.5V=‐5% 0.5A PCIeport
VREF1V25 VCC3V3 1.25V+‐5% 0.01A XADCreference
VCC1V2_MGTAVTT VCC12V0 1.164V/1.2V/1.236V 0.77A FPGAInternals
VCC1V2_PSDDR VCC12V0 1.14V/1.2V/1.26V 6.87A FPGAInternals,DDR4
VCC1V1 VCC1V8_AUX 1V/1.1V/1.155V 0.49A Ethernet,HDMI
VCC0V9_MGTAVCC* VCC12V0 0.873V/0.9V/0.927V 0.55
FPGAInternals(5EV
variantonly)
VCC0V9_VCU* VCC12V0 0.873V/0.9V/0.927V 2A
FPGAInternals(5EV
variantonly)
VCC0V85_PSMGTRAVCCVCC2V7_LDOIN 0.825V/0.85V/0.875V 0.3A FPGAInternals
VCC0V85_INT VCC12V0 0.825V/0.85V/0.875V 11A FPGAInternals
VTT0V6 VCC1V2_PSDDR
0.6V(0.49xVCC1V2_PSDDR‐
0.02V…
…0.51xVCC1V2_PSDDR+0.02V)
1A DDR4VTT
VREF0V6 VCC1V2_PSDDR
0.6V(0.49xVCC1V2_PSDDR…
…0.51xVCC1V2_PSDDR)
0.01A
DDR4reference
voltage
1.3.PowerSequencing
TheboardispoweredupbyslidingtheSW5switchtotheONposition.Thevoltagesuppliesstart‐up
sequenceisdefinedbyimplementingapowergooddaisychainthatselectivelyenablesgroupsof
voltagesthatshouldstarttogether.Allsuppliesuseasoftstartmechanismtoreducethesurgecurrents
duringturnon.Thestart‐upsequenceissuggestedinFigure1.2.1andcanbedescribedinthefollowing
steps:
WhentherampingVCC12V0exceedstheturn‐ONthresholdofIC78,theVCC5V0_STABLErailstartsup.
ThistriggerstheVCC3V3_STABLEsupplyandpowerstheIC81internallogic.TheVCC3V3_STABLErail
powerstheplatformMCU.ItsvalidstateismarkedbythegreenAuxpowerONLED(LD19).
Whentheprotectioncircuitdetectsavalid12Vinput,itassertstheINPUT_PGDsignalthattriggersthe
VCC5V0startup.ThisvoltagepowerstheinternallogicofIC83andIC84.
IfVCC5V0reachesitspower‐goodthreshold,thePGOOD0=En1signalisasserted.Thisenablesthe
VCC0V85_INT,VCC0V9_MGTAVCC*,VCC2V7_LDOINandVCC0V9_VCU*voltages.Thepower‐good
signalsofallthesesuppliesarejoinedinawiredANDconfigurationandactivatePGOOD1whenallrails
havereachedtheirnominalvoltages.
Whenallvoltagesfromthefirststartinggrouphavecrossedtheirpower‐goodthresholds,the
PGOOD1=En2signalisasserted.ThisenablestheVCC1V8_AUXandVCC0V85_PSMGTRAVCCvoltagesof
thesecondgroup.
Asimilartriggermechanismappliestothethird(PGOOD2=En3)andthefourth(PGOOD3=En4)voltage
groupsasillustratedinFigure1.2.1.ThefourthgroupalsoincludesthededicatedDDR4powersupply
withallitsoutputvoltages.
Ifallvoltagesfromthefourthgrouphavesuccesfullyreachedtheirdesignedvalues,theirpower‐good
(PG_ALL)lightsupthegreenMainPowerONLED(LD20).Atthispointtheboardisfullyfunctional.
Note:theVADJrailiscontrolledseparatelybytheplatformMCUthatmustfirstsetVADJdependingon
theperipheralsusingthosevoltage.VADJisinthefourthstart‐upgroupbutitisconditionedbyavalid
EN_VADJ_CTRLsignalgeneratedbytheplatformMCU.
SlidingtheSW5switchtotheOFFpositiondisablesthepowersuppliesbypullingINPUT_PGDtoground.
ThecapacitorC405connectedtotheENterminaloftheLM5060monitoringICdelaystheVCC12V0turn
offwithapproximately200msuntilallpowersupplieshavebeensafelypoweredoff.
2.MPSoCBootProcess
Figure2.1:GenesysZUBootDiagram
2.1.JTAGBootMode
JTAGisthemostimportantcomponentofthedebugfeaturesforsoftwareandPLdevelopment.The
JTAGarchitecturehasthreeTestAccessPort(TAP)controllers:
PSTAP(mainPScontrollerwithIDCODE)
PLTAP(usedforPLconfigurationandboundaryscan)
DAP(usedforARMdebugging,Realtimeprocessingunit(RPU)andApplicationProcessingUnit(APU))
Takingintoaccountthisarchitecture,whenplacedinJTAGbootmode,theprocessor(APU)willwait
untilsoftwareisloadedbyahostcomputerusingtheXilinxtools.Aftersoftwarehasbeenloaded,itis
possibletoeitherletthesoftwarebeginexecuting,orstepthroughitlinebylineusingXilinxSDK.
ItisalsopossibletodirectlyconfigurethePLoverJTAG,independentoftheprocessor.Thiscanbedone
usingtheVivadoHardwareServer.
TheGenesysZUisconfiguredtobootinCascadedJTAGmode,whichallowsthePStobeaccessedvia
thesameJTAGportasthePL.
YouneedaJTAGprogrammertoconnectintotheJTAGchainoftheGenesysZU.Thereisanon‐board
USB‐JTAGcontrollerforwhichVivadosupportisexpectedinversion2020.1.Untilbuilt‐inVivado
supportisavailableaDigilentJTAG‐HS1orJTAG‐HS2programmingcablewillbebundledwiththekit.
Thiscableconnectstothe6‐pinheaderJ28andisalreadysupportedbyVivado.
Connectingboththeon‐boardprogrammerandthebundledprogrammingcabletothePCmightcause
conflictinVivadoHardwareServerwithnottherightcablebeingopenedandnotargetsbeingfound.
ThesolutionislaunchingHardwareServermanuallybeforeanyconnectionattemptismade,orafter
killinganyautomaticallylaunchedinstancesofhw_server.exe.LaunchingHardwareServermanuallycan
bedonefromtheVivadoTclShellusingthecommandbelow.
Vivado%hw_server‐e"setjtag‐port‐filter210205,210249"
WARNING:[Common17‐259]UnknownTclcommand'hw_server‐esetjtag‐port‐filter210205,210249'
sendingcommandtotheOSshellforexecution.Itisrecommendedtouse'exec'tosendthecommand
totheOSshell.
******Xilinxhw_serverv2019.1
****Builddate:May242019at15:13:31
**Copyright1986‐2019Xilinx,Inc.AllRightsReserved.
INFO:hw_serverapplicationstarted
INFO:UseCtrl‐Ctoexithw_serverapplication
INFO:Toconnecttothishw_serverinstanceuseurl:TCP:<hostname>:3121
VivadoHardwareServerislaunchedintheshellandwillbelisteninguntiltheshellisclosed.Allother
XilinxtoolswillautomaticallyconnecttothisinstanceoftheHardwareServer.
FormoredetailsaboutJTAGsee“JTAGFunctionalDescription”sectioninZynqUltraScale+Device
TechnicalReferenceManual(UG1085).
2.2.microSDBootMode
TheGenesysZUsupportsbootingfromamicroSDcardinsertedintoconnectorJ9.TheSDsupported
versionis3.0.ThisbootmodesuportFAT16/32filesystemsforreadingthebootimages.Imagesearch
formulti‐bootissupported.ForSDbootmode,thebootimagefileshouldbeattherootoffirstpartition
oftheSDcard(notinsideanydirectory).ThefollowingprocedurewillallowyoutoboottheZynq
UltraScale+frommicroSDwithastandardZynqUltraScale+BootImagecreatedwiththeXilinxtools:
FormatthemicroSDcardwithaFAT32filesystem.
CopytheZynqUltraScale+BootImagecreatedwithXilinxSDKtothemicroSDcard.
RenametheZynqUltraScale+BootImageonthemicroSDcardtoBOOT.bin.
EjectthemicroSDcardfromyourcomputerandinsertitintoconnectorJ9ontheGenesysZU.
AttachapowersourcetotheGenesysZU.
PlaceasinglejumperonJP3,shortingthepinslabeled“SD”.
Turntheboardon.TheboardwillnowboottheimageonthemicroSDcard.
FormoredetailsaboutSDbootmodesee“SDBootMode”sectioninZynqUltraScale+MPSoCSoftware
DeveloperGuide(UG1137).
2.3.QuadSPIBootMode
TheGenesysZUhasanon‐board256MbitQuad‐SPIFlashfromISSIthattheZynqUltraScale+canboot
from.DocumentationavailablefromXilinxdescribeshowtouseXilinxSDKtoprogramaZynq
UltraScale+BootImageintoaFlashdeviceattachedtotheZynqUltraScale+.OncetheQuadSPIFlash
hasbeenloadedwithaZynqUltraScale+BootImage,thefollowingstepscanbefollowedtobootfrom
it:
AttachapowersourcetotheGenesysZU.
PlaceasinglejumperonJP3,shortingthetwocenterpins(labeled“QSPI”).
Turntheboardon.TheboardwillnowboottheimagestoredintheQuadSPIflash.
FormoredetailsaboutQuadSPIbootmodesee“QSPI24andQSPI32BootModes”sectioninZynq
UltraScale+MPSoCSoftwareDeveloperGuide(UG1137).
2.4.USBBootMode
ItistheonlybootmodeapartfromJTAGwheretheMPSoCtakesaslaverole.ItshowsupasaDFU
(DeviceFirmwareUpgrade)USBdevicetothePC,waitingforaconfiguration.Usingthisbootmodeyou
willbeabletoloadthenewlycreatedimageonZynqUltraScale+viatheUSBPort.Formoredetailssee
the“BootSequenceforUSBBootMode”modeinZynqUltraScale+MPSoC:EmbeddedDesignTutorial
(UG1209).
2.5.StatusLEDs
TheGenesysZUhasfourstatusLEDs:
ERR:itisassertedforaccidentallossofpower,ahardwareerrororanexceptioninthePlatform
ManagementUnit(PMU);
STS:itisassertedinsecurelockdownstate;
INIT:indicatesthePLisinitializedafterthepower‐onreset(POR);
DONE:itisassertedwhenthePLconfigurationiscompleted;
Formoredetailsaboutconfigurationpinssee“Clock,Reset,andConfigurationPins”sectioninZynq
UltraScale+DeviceTechnicalReferenceManual(UG1085).
3.MainMemory
Mainmemoryisasingle‐slotpopulatedDDR4SODIMM,alwaysupgradeablebytheuser.Itiswiredto
thePS(ProcessingSystem)sideusingthehard‐corememorycontroller.Thebundledmoduleisa4GiB
KingstonHyperXHX424S14IB/4.AlthoughthemodulesupportsDDR4‐2400CL14‐14‐14timing,datarate
islimitedbytheMPSoCandtheboard.The5EVboardvariantsupportsDDR4‐2133*,whilethe3EG
supportsDDR4‐1866.
AlthoughthebundledmoduleisnotECC‐capable,theGenesysZUis.JustpairitwithanECCmoduleand
enablethefeatureintheVivadoMPSoCPSConfigurationWizard.
3.1.Implementation
ThereisasingleSODIMMslotonthetopsideoftheGenesysZUjustnorthoftheMPSoC.Itiswiredto
thePS‐sidememorycontrollerandsupportsanySODIMMmodulecomplyingwiththememory
controller'srestrictions.ThesearedetailedintheZynqUltraScale+DeviceTechnicalReferenceManual
(UG1085),butcommonmodulesof1R/2R,x8/x16,64b/72baresupported.
Theserialpresencedetect(SPD)interfaceiswiredtoMIO8(DDR_SCL)andMIO9(DDR_SDA),accessible
throughtheI2C1controller.
ForbetterroutingsomebyteswapswereperformeddetailedinTable3.1.1.Nonibbleorbitswapswere
needed.
Table3.1.1:DDR4interfacebyteswaps.
System 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 8
Slot 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
ECCbyte(lane8)isequivalenttoanyofthedatabytesfromtheperspectiveoftheDRAMcomponents.
ThecontrollerandSODIMMconnectorhavededicatedECCpins(CBx),whicharenotusedonnon‐ECC
systems.ThereforetheECClane(CBx)cannotbeswappedwithotherlanes.However,byteandbit
swapsindatalanesaretransparenttotheECCfeaturesinceanyswapperformeduponwriteisreversed
backuponread.
TheWriteCRCisanewfeatureofDDR4andiscomplementaryandunrelatedtotheECCfeature.Write
CRCprotectsdataintransit,ECCprotectsdatainstorage.CRCiscalculatedbothbythecontrollerand
theDRAMtoavoiddatacorruptioninthethewritedataburst.Itcandetectsinglebit,doublebit,odd
countandonemulti‐bitUIverticalcolumnerrors.Uponerrordetection,DRAMwillasserttheALERT_n
line.Thecontrollershouldretrythewriteuponerror.
Itshouldbeenabledinsystemsthatexpectahighamountofsignalintegrityissuesandwherehigh
reliabilityisdesired.Ittradesdatarateforreliability.CRCsupportisoptionalinSODIMMmodules.Even
ifthemodulesupportsit,implementationisnoteasy.ForCRCtoworkthecontrollermustknowwhat
pinswapswereperformedonthememoryinterface.IncaseofSODIMMmodules,therearesome
restrictedpinswapspossibleandmustbedocumentedintheSPDEEPROM.Thecontrollerisexpected
toreadthese,combineitwithpinswapsonthesystemboardandassignthebitstoCRCinputs
accordingly.AccordingtoAR#68788thiscanbeachievedthroughtheDDRC.DQMAPregisters,notwell
documented.
4.Storage
4.1.Quad‐SPIFlash
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