Arty S7-50: Spartan-7 FPGA Board for Makers and Hobbyists

The Arty S7 board features new Xilinx Spartan-7 FPGA and is the latest member of the Arty family for Makers and Hobbyists.

The Spartan-7 FPGA offers the most size, performance, and cost-conscious design engineered with the latest technologies from Xilinx and is fully compatible with Vivado Design Suite. Putting this FPGA in the Arty form factor provides users with a wide variety of I/O and expansion options. Use the dual row Arduino^® connectors to mount one of the hundreds of hardware compatible shields available, or use the Pmod ports with Digilent's pre-made Pmod IP blocks for a more streamlined design experience. Arty S7 was designed to be MicroBlaze ready and comes out of the box ready to use with Xilinx's WebPACK licensing. 

Arty S7 block diagram.

Features:

• Arty S7 comes in two FPGA variants: Arty S7-25 features Xilinx XC7S25-CSGA324. Arty S7-50 features the larger Xilinx XC7S50-CSGA324. Arty S7 has the features listed below:

• Internal clock speeds exceeding 450MHz;

• On-chip analog-to-digital converter (XADC).

• Programmable over JTAG and Quad-SPI Flash

• System Features:

  • 256 MB DDR3L with a 16-bit bus @ 650 MHz

  • 128 Mbits Quad-SPI Flash

  • 100 MHz External Clock 

  • USB-JTAG Programming circuitry (USB Micro cable required, NOT INCLUDED). 

  • Powered from USB or any 7V-15V source

• System Connectivity:

  • USB-UART Bridge

• Interaction and Sensory Devices

  • 4 Switches

  • 4 Buttons

  • 1 Board Reset Button

  • 1 FPGA Reset Button

  • 4 Green LEDs

  • 2 RGB LEDs

• Expansion Connectors:

  • 4 Pmod connectors

  • Arduino/chipKIT Shield connector

What's Included:

• Arty S7 Board Spartan-7 FPGA

• Digilent cardboard packaging with protective foam

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