SYZYGY Brain-1 – FPGA development platform featuring the SYZYGY standard

SYZYGY Brain-1 is an open source, modular ARM + FPGA development platform featuring the new SYZYGY standard for high-performance peripherals. This new development board bridges the gap between Pmods and FMCs allowing high performance peripherals to be used with ease. The author claims it’s the first realization of a carrier board supporting SYZYGY that can be used in various high performance applications. The development board is live on crowdsupply.com and has 50 days to go.

Applications

• Data Acquisition
• Machine Vision
• Digital Communications
• Software Defined Radio (SDR)
• Video Output
• Multi-channel I/O
• Sensors
• Robotics

Features and Specifications

• Xilinx Zynq 7012S Single-core ARM + FPGA (dual-core 7015 optional)
  • 667 MHz ARM Cortex-A9
  • 55,000 programmable logic cells
  • 2.5 Mb block memory on FPGA
  • 120 DSP slices
• Open source hardware – Schematics and PCB artwork will be available for free.
• Open source software – Linux board support package sources will be available for free.
• Compact form factor: 110 mm x 75 mm
• Wide input power supply: +5 V to +18 V
• 3 x SYZYGY standard ports
  • 28 I/O each
  • 2 x clock pairs each (could also be used as I/O)
• 1 x SYZYGY transceiver port
  • 18 I/O
  • 2 x GTP receive pairs (up to 3.75 Gb/s)
  • 2 x GTP transmit pairs (up to 3.75 Gb/s)
  • 1 x transceiver reference clock pair
• 1 GB DDR3 memory
• 1 x Gigabit Ethernet (via RJ-45)
• 1 x USB Type-C OTG
• 1 x USB (serial console for ARM)
• SYZYGY SmartVIO support with two groups
• microSD card slot
• JTAG
• 8 x LEDs
• 2 x User I/O pushbuttons
• 1 x Reset pushbutton

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