FS (EU): 96Boards/Avnet Ultra96 V1 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: klmbk
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2019, 09:46:45 pm
content: Not sure I'm right here, as not being an active forum member really, anyhow, I have this board in its box in the drawer, bought it last September from Farnell, I guess I was a bit too trigger happy as I've only tinkered a couple of hours with it, and right now I think i'll focus more on another board, so I'm thinking about maybe selling this one.Detailed product information and information about differences vs. the fresh new V2 revision of this board are of course available on the web. (Delkin SD card included, bonus power cable with fitting DC plug and bare wire on the other end.) I don't think there's warranty on the board anymore, I think warranty was only a few months. It cost me about 300 EUR with local taxes, asking 200 EUR shipped within the EU.

author: klmbk
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2020, 01:19:37 am
content: Hi, I'm bumping this for the first time since September of 2019. I'm still looking to sell it as I haven't used it since then.

author: boB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2020, 01:25:56 am
content: What to people normally do with these ?What kind of software can run on it ?

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 24, 2020, 01:39:35 am
content: IMHO you will have a much better chance to sell it if include it's specs and also write in the title that it's zinq based. Sending people to search on the web what this thing is even about greatly diminishes your chances to get rid of it. Many will simply pass without doing any search or even clicking on the topic.

author: RoadRunner
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2020, 06:56:33 pm
content: Quote from: boB on June 24, 2020, 01:25:56 amThere are way too many Application to these SoC devices, many oscilloscope are built around zynq. Zynq has an ARM processor a pretty powerful FPGA on same chip.ARM side can run bare metal application or Linux , and FPGA is what FPGAs are. Even a base line zynq 7000 can easily handle multi Gbps data rates.I would have have been interested in this board but if had PCI . But i guess people who designed this board limited the use and capability of this board by limiting effective number of high speed io and any useful high speed expansion possibility.Regards

author: klmbk
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2020, 11:20:21 pm
content: Thanks for the interest in this thread. For those who might be wondering, I just assumed that Zynq afficionados will know that this is probably the most inexpensive SBC with a Zynq UltraScale+ chip on it. It has a Xilinx ZU3EG which is not even the smallest one with 154K 'System Logic Cells', 7.6 Mbit 'Total Block RAM' and 360 DSP slices. (Just quoting the spec sheet. So it's probably fair to say it's significantly larger than the Zynq 7000 series chips that will be on most inexpensive boards.) Plus the PS part, quad-core ARM Cortex-A53, ARM Cortex-R5 real-time unit, and various hard peripheral controllers, and 2GB LDDPR4 memory on the board.The book "Exploring Zynq MPSoC" is a great learning resource and reference:https://www.zynq-mpsoc-book.com/QuoteYes, I agree, the lack of PCI Express connectivity is bit a bummer. Most of the multi-gigabit per transceivers are routed to the Displayport, USB 3.0 host and device interfaces. If development with PCI Express is not a specific goal, it can still do multi-gigabit per second data transfer to other computer systems, if I'm not mistaken it can act as a USB 3.0 device on the micro-USB 3.0 port. There are two separate USB 3.0 controllers, the other one is configured as host, in this case, if using it with Linux, in theory a USB 3.0 to 2.5G Ethernet adapter could be used.This board has a fan over the Zynq chip, which might be somewhat annoying until it is taken care of with a heatsink or PWM fan control.It should be noted that the I/O on this board is 1.8V level for the 'slow I/O' expansion and 1.2V for the high speed I/O connector.I don't think I want to sell it for insanely cheap but the price is negotiable. I'm selling it to fund other purchases.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 25, 2020, 12:23:33 am
content: Quote from: klmbk on June 24, 2020, 11:20:21 pmThere is a far greater chance that someone just passing by will see zinq in the title and buy a discounted board on a whim rather than someone who did the research first and is familiar with the platform. This forum section is not a place where you go searching for a particular thing you need.

author: klmbk
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 01, 2021, 05:43:26 pm
content: If I can bump this thread...I still have this in its packaging with a couple hours of use, if anyone's interested.Also have a Mean Well GST36E12-P1J to power it and a fitting DC plug.Also have a Digilent JTAG-HS3 (410-299) which could work with it and Vivado using a custom adapter or flying leads. (This would be extra.)(Funnily enough someone did sell one of these boards here last summer, while I wasn't watching my PMs.)Thanks.