The Zybo Z7 is a feature-rich, ready-to-use embedded software and digital circuit development board built around the Xilinx Zynq-7000 family. This is the second generation update to the popular Zybo that was released in 2012. The Zynq family is based on the Xilinx All Programmable System-on-Chip (AP SoC) architecture, which tightly integrates a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor with Xilinx 7-series Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) logic. The Zybo Z7 surrounds the Zynq with a rich set of multimedia and connectivity peripherals to create a formidable single-board computer, even before considering the flexibility and power added by the FPGA. The Zybo Z7's video-capable feature set, including a MIPI CSI-2 compatible Pcam connector, HDMI input, HDMI output, and high DDR3L bandwidth, was chosen to make it an affordable solution for the high end embedded vision applications that Xilinx FPGAs are popular for. Attaching additional hardware is made easy by the Zybo Z7's Pmod connectors, allowing access to Digilent's catalog of over 70 Pmod peripheral boards, including motor controllers, sensors, displays, and more.
If you are migrating from the original Zybo, please take a look at the Migration Guide.
Zybo Z7 comes in two APSoC variants: Zybo Z7-10 features Xilinx XC7Z010-1CLG400C. Zybo Z7-20 features the larger Xilinx XC7Z020-1CLG400C. Users will select which variant they would like at checkout.
Zybo Z7-10
Zybo Z7-20
FPGA part
XC7Z010-1CLG400C
XC7Z020-1CLG400C
1 MSPS On-chip ADC
Yes
Yes
Look-up Tables (LUTs)
17,600
53,200
Flip-flops
35,200
106,400
Block RAM
270 KB
630 KB
Clock Management Tiles
2
4
Available Shield I/O
32
40
Total Pmod Ports
5
6
Fan Connector
No
Yes
Zynq Heat Sink
No
Yes
HDMI CEC Support
TX port only
TX and RX ports
RGB LEDs
1
2
Features
ZYNQ Processor
667 MHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor
DDR3L memory controller with 8 DMA channels and 4 High Performance AXI3 Slave ports
High-bandwidth peripheral controllers: 1G Ethernet, USB 2.0, SDIO
