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Last week, the first orders of the Avnet ZedBoard shipped to customers around the world. If any of you have had the opportunity to visit an X-fest event (I’m talking to more than 5,000 of you), then you've been able to get up close and personal with the board itself. And now customers are getting their hands on their very own. Features of the ZedBoard are detailed here, but I wanted to give you a deeper look at some of the Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) components featured on the board.

Upon opening the box, new ZedBoard owners will see the ADV7511, a 225 MHz High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI®) transmitter. The HDMI transmitter supports all HDTV formats, as well as 3D video. In addition to these features, the ADV7511 supports x.v.Color™, high bit rate audio, and programmable AVI InfoFrames. With the inclusion of HDCP, the ADV7511 allows the secure transmission of protected content as specified by the HDCP 1.4 protocol.

Another ADI component featured on the ZedBoard is the ADAU1761 low power, stereo audio codec. This advanced audio codec supports stereo 48 kHz record and playback at 14 mW from a 1.8 V analog supply. The stereo audio ADCs and DACs support sample rates from 8 kHz to 96 kHz as well as a digital volume control. Another feature of the ADAU1761 is the SigmaStudio™ graphical development tool. This software includes audio processing blocks such as filters, dynamics processors, mixers, and low level DSP functions for fast development of custom signal flows. Also of note, is ADI’s open source efforts in supporting their devices. According to this ADI wiki post, ADI is leading the effort to get Ubuntu Desktop Linux established as a viable development platform for ZedBoard. This will open the possibilities of using ZedBoard not only as an extensible processing platform, but also as a single board desktop computing platform as well.

Debatably one of the best features of the ZedBoard is the community found on www.ZedBoard.org. Here you can find reference designs, documentation, community projects and support. Our forums were created to not only answer questions, but also to give users the opportunity to share how they are using the ZedBoard and ways to make it work for different applications.

To everyone who has received, or will be receiving their ZedBoard, thank you for your order. Please feel free to share your thoughts below or on ZedBoard.org. Or share pictures of your ZedBoard on Twitter #ZedBoard.

Demo	Description
SDR FMC board	This high-speed analog module provides the analog front-end for a wide range of compute-intensive FPGA-based applications. Features ADI leading data converters and other components for transmit, receive, clocking, and power. View the reference design >> Watch a video demo >>
RF DAC FMC Board	The AD9739A FMC board is based off a 14-bit, 2.5 GSPS RF DAC. By connecting directly to the new Kintex 7 FPGA platform, it allows designers of broadband communications systems to rapidly prototype and verify their system. Watch a short video tutorial on interfacing the AD9739A FMC board to Xilinx FPGA platforms. View the reference design >>
High Speed ADC FMC Board	The AD9467 FMC board is based off a 16-Bit, 250 MSPS ADC. It provides a new level of signal processing performance for test and measurement instrumentation, defense electronics, and communications applications where high resolution over a wide bandwidth is needed. View the reference design >>
High Speed FMC Interposers	For high-speed analog processing needs, ADI has developed FMC interposers. These adaptor boards allow many of our DAC and ADC standard evaluation boards to be used with Xilinx development boards. View the reference designs >>
Precision FMC Interposers	For precision analog processing needs, we have developed the SDP-FMC interposer which interfaces with the Xilinx ML605 and Kintex 7 FPGA platforms. These boards enable connection to a wide range of our precision ADCs and DACs, and also to our collection of Circuits from the Lab(TM) reference circuits that have SDP connectors. View the reference designs >>
Pmods for Xilinx FPGAs	Digilent Pmod™ peripheral modules are small I/O interface boards that offer an ideal way to extend FPGA capabilities. These reference designs, using Analog Devices components, demonstrate how easy it is to add the small Pmod expansion modules to the FPGA board, and also provide excellent code examples for quick prototyping and testing of analog interfaces. View the reference designs >> Watch a video demo >>
High resolution video	The ADV7511 HDMI® transmitter provides high resolution video when connected to the Xilinx Zynq processing platform. For complete design support, Analog Devices provides HDL code for the video/audio and Linux device drivers. Visit the product page >> Watch a video demo >>

Demo

Description

SDR FMC board

This high-speed analog module provides the

analog front-end for a wide range of compute-intensive FPGA-based applications. Features ADI leading data converters and other components for transmit, receive, clocking, and power.

View the reference design >>

Watch a video demo >>

RF DAC FMC Board

The AD9739A FMC board is based off a 14-bit, 2.5 GSPS RF DAC. By connecting directly to the new Kintex 7 FPGA platform, it allows designers of broadband communications systems to rapidly prototype and verify their system.

Watch a short video tutorial on interfacing the AD9739A FMC board to Xilinx FPGA platforms.

View the reference design >>

High Speed ADC FMC Board

The AD9467 FMC board is based off a 16-Bit, 250 MSPS ADC. It provides a new level of signal processing performance for test and measurement instrumentation, defense electronics, and communications applications where high resolution over a wide bandwidth is needed.

View the reference design >>

High Speed FMC Interposers

For high-speed analog processing needs, ADI has developed FMC interposers. These adaptor boards allow many of our DAC and ADC standard evaluation boards to be used with Xilinx development boards.

View the reference designs >>

Precision FMC Interposers

For precision analog processing needs, we have developed the SDP-FMC interposer which interfaces with the Xilinx ML605 and Kintex 7 FPGA platforms. These boards enable connection to a wide range of our precision ADCs and DACs, and also to our collection of Circuits from the Lab(TM) reference circuits that have SDP connectors.

View the reference designs >>

Pmods for Xilinx FPGAs

Digilent Pmod™ peripheral modules are small I/O interface boards that offer an ideal way to extend FPGA capabilities. These reference designs, using Analog Devices components, demonstrate how easy it is to add the small Pmod expansion modules to the FPGA board, and also provide excellent code examples for quick prototyping and testing of analog interfaces.

View the reference designs >>

Watch a video demo >>

High resolution video

The ADV7511 HDMI® transmitter provides high resolution video when connected to the Xilinx Zynq processing platform. For complete design support, Analog Devices provides HDL code for the video/audio and Linux device drivers.

Visit the product page >>

Watch a video demo >>

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