AMD / Xilinx Zynq® UltraScale+ RFSoC ZCU208 Evaluation Kit

AMD / Xilinx Zynq® UltraScale+™ RFSoC ZCU208 Evaluation Kit is an ideal RF test platform for both out of the box evaluation and cutting-edge application development. The Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC ZU48DR integrates a 14-bit 5GSPS ADCS, eight 14-bit 10GSPS DACS, and eight Soft-Decision Forward Error Correction (SD-FEC) cores. These SD-FEC cores are designed to jumpstart RF applications. This RFSoC ZCU208 evaluation kit includes a combination of Arm® Cortex®-A53 and Cortex-R5 subsystems UltraScale+ programmable logic and the highest signal processing bandwidth in a Zynq UltraScale+ device. This combination makes the ZCU208 ES1 evaluation kit the most comprehensive RF analog-to-digital signal chain prototyping platform.

AMD / Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC ZCU208 Evaluation Kit operates at 0°C to +45°C operating temperature range and is stored at -25°C to +60°C storage temperature range. Typical applications include aerospace and defense, test and measurement, cable access, and other wireless applications.

Features

  • Comprehensive development tool and IP
    • Zynq Ultrascale+ RFSoC Gen 3 ZU48DR  on the ZCU208
    • Full sub-6GHz with extended mmWave and multi-band support
    • Integrated direct RF-sampling enabling RF design in the digital domain
    • Integrated direct RF-sampling enabling RF design in the digital domain
    • 8x 14-bit resolution 5GSPS RF-ADCs
    • 8x 14-bit resolution 10GSPS RF-DACs
    • 8x SD-FEC cores
  • Included Add-on cards for evaluation and rapid prototyping
    • XM650 N79 loopback add-on card for quick out of box evaluation
    • XM655 breakout add-on card for in-depth performance measurements
    • CLK104 RF clock add-on card for internal reference clocking and external sampling clocking
  • Offers flexible I/O options
    • FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC+) including 12x 33Gb/s transceivers and 34 user-defined differentials I/O signals
    • 2 x 400 pin RFMC2.0 18GB/s interfaces
    • 2 x 2 SFP28 interfaces for 4 SFP/ SFP+/ zSFP+/SFP28 modules
  • Comprehensive development tool and tool IP
    • Programmable configurations with Vivado design suite and IP
    • RF data converter evaluation tool and RF power advantage tool
    • Reference designs and board tool for rapid development

Applications

  • Wireless
    • 5G mmWave Intermediate Frequency (IF) transceiver
    • 5G sub-GHz massive-MIMO radio
    • Fixed wireless access
    • Software-defined radio
    • Microwave backhaul
  • Cable access
    • Remote PHY for DOCSIS 3.1 and 4.0
  • Aerospace and defense
    • Digital phased array radar
    • Terrestrial satellite communications
  • Test and measurement
    • Spectrum analyzers
    • High-speed RF testers

Specifications

  • 0°C to +45°C operating temperature range
  • -25°C to +60°C storage temperature range
  • 31.05cm x 27.11cm x 0.302cm dimensions
  • 4GB 64-bit SODIMM PS DDR4
  • 8GB 64-bit component PL DDR4

Kit Contents

AMD / Xilinx Zynq® UltraScale+ RFSoC ZCU208 Evaluation Kit

Board Overview

Block Diagram - AMD / Xilinx Zynq® UltraScale+ RFSoC ZCU208 Evaluation Kit

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Inilathala: 2020-09-16 | Na-update: 2025-01-02