Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA KC705 Evaluation Kit
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Part Number:
EK-K7-KC705-G
EK-K7-KC705-G-J
The Kintex™-7 FPGA KC705 Evaluation Kit includes all the basic components of hardware, design tools, IP, and pre-verified reference designs including a targeted design enabling high-performance serial connectivity and advanced memory interfacing. The included pre-verified reference designs and industry-standard FPGA Mezzanine Connectors (FMC) allow scaling and customization with daughter cards.
What's Included
- KC705 Evaluation Board featuring the XC7K325T-2FFG900C FPGA
- Targeted Reference Design featuring DDR3 and PCIe®
- Including evaluation version of Northwest Logic DMA
- AMS 101 Evaluation Card
- Full seat of Vivado™ Design Suite: Design Edition
- Device-locked to the Kintex-7 XC7K325T FPGA
- Printed Getting Started Guide
- Cables & Power Supply
- Additional downloadable content including
- Reference Designs, Design Examples, and Demos
- Board Design Files
- Extensive Documentation
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KC705 Base Board
Key Features
FPGA: Kintex XC7K325T-2FFG900C
- ROHS compliant KC705 kit including the XC7K325T-2FFG900C FPGA
Configuration
- Onboard JTAG configuration circuitry to enable configuration over USB
- JTAG header provided for use with Xilinx download cables such as the Platform Cable USB II
- 128MB (1024Mb) Linear BPI Flash for PCIe® Configuration
- 16MB (128Mb) Quad SPI Flash
Memory
- 1GB DDR3 SODIMM 800MHz / 1600Mbps
- 128MB (1024Mb) Linear BPI Flash for PCIe® Configuration
- 16MB (128Mb) Quad SPI Flash
- 8Kb IIC EEPROM
- SD Card Slot
Communication & Networking
- Gigabit Ethernet GMII, RGMII and SGMII
- SFP / SFP+ cage
- GTX port (TX, RX) with four SMA connectors
- UART To USB Bridge
- PCI Express x8 edge connector
Display
- HDMI Video output
- External Phy/codec device driving an HDMI Connector
- 2x16 LCD display
- 8x LEDs
Expansion Connectors
- FMC-HPC (Partial Population) connector (4 GTX Transceiver, 116 single-ended or 58 differential (34 LA & 24 HA) user defined signals)
- FMC-LPC connector (1 GTX Transceiver, 68 single-ended or 34 differential user defined signals)
- Vadj can support 1.8V, 2.5V, or 3.3V
- IIC
Clocking
- Fixed Oscillator with differential 200MHz output
- Used as the “system” clock for the FPGA
- Programmable Oscillator with 156.250 MHz as the default output
- Default frequency targeted for Ethernet applications but oscillator is programmable for many end uses
- Differential SMA clock input
- Differential SMA GTX reference clock input
- Jitter attenuated clock
- Used to support CPRI/OBSAI applications that perform clock recovery from a user-supplied SFP/SFP+ module
Control & I/O
- 5X Push Buttons
- 4X DIP Switches
- Diff Pair I/O (1 SMA pair)
- AMS FAN Header (2 I/O)
- 7 I/O pins available through LCD header
Power
- 12V wall adapter or ATX
- Voltage and Current measurement capability of 2.5V, 1.5V, and 1.2V, 1.0V supplies (IIC path to FPGA)
Analog
- XADC header
AMS 101 Evaluation Card
Key Features
- Analog evaluation card connects to XADC header
- Evaluates XADC 12-bit, 17-channel, 1 Msps dual ADCs and Analog Mixed Signal technology
- Pins and BNC mini grabbers allow for external analog input signals
- On-board 16-bit DAC for analog test signals
- Reference designs allow sine wave or DC test signals
- AMS101 Evaluation card pairs with free AMS Evaluator tool for analyzing analog data, internal temperature and voltage measurements, and saving data to .csv file
- Download the AMS Evaluator, user guides, reference designs, and board files here
Vivado™ Design Suite: Design Edition (device-locked to Kintex-7 XC7K325T).
| Name | Description | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Vivado Design Suite | The Xilinx Vivado™ Design Suite is a revolutionary IP and System Centric design environment built from the ground up to accelerate the design for all programmable devices. | |
| PCI Express DMA Back-End Core (NWL) | PCI Express DMA Back-End Core (NWL) | |
| Memory Interface Generator (MIG) | MIG is a free software tool used to generate memory controllers and interfaces for Xilinx FPGAs. |
Featured Design: Kintex-7 Base TRD
Master AR - The latest information answer records for the KC705.
| Name | Description |
| Kintex-7 FPGA KC705 Evaluation Kit | Documentation and Design Files available for the Kintex-7 FPGA Evaluation Kit. |
For a closer look at how designers are utilizing the Kintex-7 KC705 Development Kit, check out the short video demonstrations below:
Third Party Alliance Member Videos
The following videos were recorded and produced by Xilinx Alliance Members.
- Texas Instruments
- Analog Devices Inc.
- NXP
- Faster Technologies
| Foundational Material | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider Name | Content Type | Item | Description |
| Xilinx | Video Demo | Power advantage Demo | Video demo showing the low power capabilities of KC705 |
| Xilinx | Video Demo | AMS Demo | Video demo of Analog Mixed Signal (AMS) featuring the AMS 101 card included on this kit |
| Xilinx | Video Demo | DDR3 Demo | 1600Mbps, 64-bit SODIMM demonstration |
| Xilinx | Video Demo | DSP Demo | DSP demo on the Avnet Kintex-7 DSP Kit which ships with the KC705 base board. |
| Analog Devices Inc | Video Demo | RF DAC FMC Daughter Card Demo | |
| Analog Devices Inc | Video Demo | JESD204b ADI Demo | Demonstration with the Xilinx KC705 base board and ADI's AD9250 |
| NXP | Video Demo | JESD204b NXP Demo | Demonstration with the Xilinx KC705 base board and NXP's ADC1443D200 |
| Texas Instruments | Video Demo | Powering 7 Series FPGAs | |
| Faster Tech | Video Demo | 4x SFP+ FMC Daughter Card | Shows the S-14 FMC daughter card working on both theML605 and KC705 evaluation kits. |
| Faster Tech | Video Demo | Dual QSFP+ FMC Daughter Card | Shows the S-28 FMC daughter card working on the VC707. |
| Design & Applications | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider Name | Product Category | Item | Description |
| Analog Devices Inc | Reference Design | ADV7511 HDMI Reference Design | HDMI HDL / project supporting KC705 and other Xilinx platforms |
| Xilinx | Design Example | SGMII Ethernet Mac Example Design | Community supported design simplifying how to get SGMII working quickly |
| Tools, IP and Software | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider Name | Product Category | Item | Description |
| Red Hat | Operating System | Fedora | v16.2 being used for 7-series TRDs |
| Open Source | Software Tool | TeraTerm | One of many possible terminal emulators used for serial connection from your PC to the evaluation kit. |
| Related Hardware Products | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider Name | Product Category | Item | Description |
| 4DSP | FMC Card | FMC700 | Use signals from both FMCs to create a fully populated HPC |
| Faster Tech | FMC Card | S-14 SFP+FMC Daughter Card | Used with connectivity kit to enable 4x SFP+ connections through FMC on the KC705 |
| Avnet | Kit | Kintex-7 DSP Kit | Utilizes the same base board as the KC705 kit but added additional DSP hardware and reference designs. |
| Xilinx | Kit | Kintex-7 Connectivity Kit | Xilinx Connectivity kit which utilizes the KC705 base board |
| Xilinx | Kit | Kintex-7 Embedded Kit | Xilinx Embedded kit which utilizes the KC705 base board |
| Analog Devices Inc | Component | ADV7511 HDMI transmitter | Preferred solution used on the KC705 for HDMI output |