Zedboard: Getting Started Guide

ZedBoard Getting Started Guide
Version 7.0
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Revision History
Version Description Date
1.0 Initial Release 08/06/2012
2.0 Further clarified un-mounting of media 08/08/2012
3.0 Further clarified Processing System and 08/10/2012
Programmable Logic in diagrams. Provided other
needed edits identified by ZedBoard.org forum
users.
4.0 Further clarified host PC requirements. Added 08/11/2012
Appendix for showing how to connect with Linux
host PC.
5.0 Updated Hardware Block Diagram 08/14/2012
6.0 Updated Hardware Block Diagram 09/04/2012
7.0 Updated Links and Cypress USB-UART 01/30/2014
installation instructions
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Contents
Revision History .......................................................................................................... 2
1 AVNET DESIGN KIT TECHNICAL SUPPORT FILES AND DOWNLOADS WEB
ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS .......................................................................................... 5
1.1 LICENSE AGREEMENT ...................................................................................................... 5
2 GETTING STARTED WITH ZEDBOARD ............................................................. 7
3 What’s Inside the Box? ......................................................................................... 8
3.1 ZedBoard Kit contents: ........................................................................................................ 8
3.2 What’s on the web? ............................................................................................................. 8
3.2.1 Official Documentation: ..................................................................................... 8
3.2.2 Tutorials and Reference Designs: ..................................................................... 8
4 ZedBoard Key Features ........................................................................................ 9
5 ZedBoard Basic Setup and Operation ................................................................ 11
5.1 Hardware Setup ................................................................................................................ 11
5.2 Linux Startup and Shutdown .............................................................................................. 16
5.3 Example Design Description .............................................................................................. 17
5.3.1 ZedBoard System Block Diagram.................................................................... 17
5.4 Demo 1 – Interacting with GPIO Switches and LEDs ......................................................... 18
5.4.1 Purpose........................................................................................................... 18
5.4.2 Running the Demo on ZedBoard Hardware ..................................................... 18
5.5 Demo 2 – OLED Display.................................................................................................... 20
5.5.1 Purpose........................................................................................................... 20
5.6 Demo 3 – VGA Display ...................................................................................................... 22
5.6.1 Purpose........................................................................................................... 22
5.7 Demo 4 – HDMI Display .................................................................................................... 23
5.7.1 Purpose........................................................................................................... 23
5.8 Demo 5 – Ethernet ............................................................................................................ 24
5.8.1 Purpose........................................................................................................... 24
5.8.2 Host PC Networking Configuration .................................................................. 24
5.9 Demo 6 – USB-OTG .......................................................................................................... 29
5.9.1 Purpose........................................................................................................... 29
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5.10 Demo 7 – SD Card ............................................................................................................ 31
5.10.1 Purpose........................................................................................................... 31
6 What’s Next ........................................................................................................ 33
6.1 Where To Get More Information......................................................................................... 33
6.1.1 Xilinx Website.................................................................................................. 33
6.1.2 Cypress Website ............................................................................................. 33
7 Getting Additional Help and Support ................................................................... 34
7.1 Avnet Support.................................................................................................................... 34
7.1.1 Xilinx Support .................................................................................................. 34
8 Appendix I: Installing and Licensing Xilinx Software ........................................... 35
8.1.1 Install Vivado Design Edition ........................................................................... 35
9 Appendix II: QSPI Flash Example Application .................................................... 36
9.1.1 Boot ZedBoard from QSPI............................................................................... 36
10 Appendix III: Using Linux Host PC ...................................................................... 36
10.1 Connect Terminal to ZedBoard USB-UART ....................................................................... 37
10.2 Connect Networking to ZedBoard USB-UART.................................................................... 38
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1 AVNET DESIGN KIT TECHNICAL SUPPORT FILES AND
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2 GETTING STARTED WITH ZEDBOARD
The ZedBoard enables hardware and software developers to create or evaluate Zynq™-7000 All
Programmable SoC designs.
The expandability features of this evaluation and development platform make it ideal for rapid prototyping
and proof-of-concept development. The ZedBoard includes Xilinx XADC, FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card),
and Digilent Pmod™ compatible expansion headers as well as many common features used in system
design. ZedBoard enables embedded computing capability by using DDR3 memory, Flash memory, gigabit
Ethernet, general purpose I/O, and UART technologies.
This Getting Started Guide will outline the steps to setup the ZedBoard hardware. It documents the
procedure to run a simple Linux design to show a Linux application running on the ARM® dual-core Cortex™-
A9 MPCore™ Processing System (PS) and interacting with the tightly coupled 7 series 85K Programmable
Logic (PL) cells. Xilinx Embedded Development tools are also introduced where the design can be built
from scratch and customization options can be discovered. If Xilinx ISE WebPACK or Design Suite software
is not already installed, further resources to install the software, get updated and generate a license are
provided in Appendix I.
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3 What’s Inside the Box?
3.1 ZedBoard Kit contents:

– ZedBoard
– 12 volt / 5 ampere power supply with US, European AC adapter
– USB-A to Micro-USB-B cable
– Micro-USB-B to Type A Female adapter cable
– 4GB SD card
– Software
– Xilinx Vivado DVD
– Xilinx License Voucher for Vivado Design Edition tools for ZedBoard designs
– Documentation
– Getting Started Card
3.2 What’s on the web?

ZedBoard is a community-oriented kit, with all materials being made available through the
ZedBoard.org community website.
3.2.1 Official Documentation:

– Schematics
– Layout
– Hardware manual
3.2.2 Tutorials and Reference Designs:
– Introductory material for beginners
– Design examples
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4 ZedBoard Key Features
– Processor
– Zynq™-7000 AP SoC XC7Z020-CLG484-1
– Memory
– 512 MB DDR3
– 256 Mb Quad-SPI Flash
– 4 GB SD card
– Communication
– Onboard USB-JTAG Programming
– o 10/100/1000 Ethernet
– USB OTG 2.0 and USB-UART
– Expansion connectors
– FMC-LPC connector (68 single-ended or 34 differential I/Os)
– 5 Pmod™ compatible headers (2x6)
– Agile Mixed Signaling (AMS) header
– Clocking
– 33.33333 MHz clock source for PS
– 100 MHz oscillator for PL
– Display
– HDMI output supporting 1080p60 with 16-bit, YCbCr, 4:2:2 mode color
– VGA output (12-bit resolution color)
– 128x32 OLED display
– Configuration and Debug

– Onboard USB-JTAG interface
– Xilinx Platform Cable JTAG connector
– General Purpose I/O

– 8 user LEDs
– 7 push buttons
– 8 DIP switches
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Figure 1 - ZedBoard Hardware Block Diagram
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5 ZedBoard Basic Setup and Operation
The ZedBoard SD card is preloaded with an example open source Linux build with a RAMdisk file system.
This document was created using a host PC running Windows 7 and the instructions contained would
apply directly to a Windows 7 host PC. See Appendix III for an example of how to connect a Linux
host PC to ZedBoard. It is also recommended that the host PC also have a wired (RJ-45 connector)
Network Interface Card (NIC) that can operate at 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps.
5.1 Hardware Setup

1. Connect 12 V power supply to barrel jack (J20).
2. Connect the USB-UART port of ZedBoard (J14) which is labeled UART to a PC using
the MicroUSB cable.
3. Insert the 4GB SD card included with ZedBoard into the SD card slot (J12) located on
the underside of ZedBoard PCB. This SD card comes preloaded with demo software
and contains a basic Linux configuration used to implement the demos listed in the later
sections.
4. Verify the ZedBoard boot (JP7-JP11) and MIO0 (JP6) jumpers are set to SD card mode as
described in the Hardware Users Guide.
www.zedboard.org/documentation/1521
Figure 2 – ZedBoard SD Card Boot Mode Jumper Setting
5. Turn power switch (SW8) to the ON position. ZedBoard will power on and the Green
Power Good LED (LD13) should illuminate.
6. The PC may pop-up a dialog box asking for driver installation.
ZedBoard has a USB-UART bridge based on the Cypress CY7C64225 chipset. Use of
this feature requires that a USB driver be installed on your Host PC.
If Windows recognizes the USB-UART and loads the software driver, then amber LED
D6 will light. Please skip ahead to the next section. However, if the host PC does not
recognize the USB-UART and enumerate it as a COM port device refer to the
“ZedBoard_USB-UART_Setup_Guide.pdf” document in the link below for instructions on
installing this driver. When driver installation is complete, continue to the next step.
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7. www.zedboard.org/documentation/1521
8. Wait approximately 15 seconds. The blue Done LED (LD12) should illuminate, and a
default image will be displayed on the OLED (DISP1).
9. Use Device Manager to determine the COM Port.

Note: Each unique USB-UART device attached will enumerate under the next available COM port. Here in this example, the
Cypress CY7C64225 USB-UART device is enumerated as COM13.
Figure 3 – Device Manager Showing Enumerated USB-UART as COM13
10. To enable ‘Port Persist’ mode double click on the “USB Serial Port (COMx)” or “Cypress
Serial (COMx)” port under “Ports (COM & LPT)”. Select the “Port Setting” tab. Click the
“Advanced” button.
Figure 4 – USB Serial Port Properties Dialog Box
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11. Check the “Enable Port Persist” check box in the Advanced Settings dialog box. Click OK to
close the Advanced Settings dialog box and again to close the Serial Port Properties box. The
Port Persist property should be enabled the next time the serial port is opened.
Figure 5 – USB Serial Port Advanced Settings Dialog Box
12. On your PC, open a serial terminal program. For this demo, Windows 7 was used which
does not come with a built in terminal application. Tera Term was used in this example
which can be downloaded from the Tera Term project on the SourceForge Japan page:
ttssh2.sourceforge.jp
13. Once Tera Term is installed, Tera Term can be accessed from the desktop or start menu
shortcuts.
14. To configure baud rate settings, open the Serial Port Setup window from the
SetupSerial port menu selection. Select the USB-UART COM port enumeration that
matches the listing found in Device Manager. Also set the Baud rate option to 115200,
the Data width option to 8-bit, the Parity option to none, the Stop bit option to 1 bit, and
the flow control to none. Finally, assign the transmit delay parameters to 10 msec/char
and 100 msec/line, and then click OK.
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Figure 6 – Tera Term Serial Port Setup Settings
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15. Optionally, at this point, the terminal settings can be saved for later use. To do this, use
the SetupSave setup menu selection and overwrite the existing TERATERM.INI file.
16. If the amber USB-Link Status (LD11) does not flicker to indicate activity, check the driver
installation to determine if the device driver is recognized and enumerated successfully
and that there are no errors reported by Windows.
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5.2 Linux Startup and Shutdown
1. Cycle power once by turning the power switch (SW8) from ON to OFF and then back
ON.
2. In the Terminal Window, a simple Linux image should boot with functionality that
demonstrates the basic capabilities of ZedBoard.
Figure 7 – Linux Command Prompt Following Boot
3. When you are done using Linux, run the command poweroff and then switch off
ZedBoard by positioning the power switch (SW8) from ON to OFF.
Figure 8 – Linux Command Prompt Following Shutdown
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5.3 Example Design Description
5.3.1 ZedBoard System Block Diagram
The following figure illustrates the system design that serves to demonstrate the subsequent
interface demos.
Figure 9 - ZedBoard Example Design Block Diagram
This example design platform is what is included (Programmable Logic provided in Bitstream form)
on the ZedBoard SD card and can be used as one of the starting points from which custom designs
can be built.
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5.4 Demo 1 – Interacting with GPIO Switches and LEDs
5.4.1 Purpose
This demo shows how software running on the Processing System (PS) of Zynq-7000 AP SoC can interact
with the Programmable Logic (PL) hardware to process inputs and outputs through the GPIO implemented
in the programmable fabric. This section will also help demonstrate some of the Linux infrastructure that is
operational right out of the box.
5.4.2 Running the Demo on ZedBoard Hardware

1. Setup the basic hardware and boot into Linux as described in the previous section
ZedBoard Basic Setup and Operation.
2. A set of scripts are included in the /usr/bin directory for interacting with the hardware.
To read the state of the user switches (SW0-SW7), first set the position of the switches as
desired and then run the read_sw script. The state of the switches will be returned as
an output in both hexadecimal and decimal formats.
Figure 10 - ZedBoard Example Switch Input
3. The read_sw script handles the details of reading the GPIO states from the
/sys/class/gpio/gpio$sw/value sysfs nodes. The position of the switches can
be modified and the updated GPIO values read again by running the read_sw script.
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4. A script for changing the state of the LEDs is also included. To set the state of the user
LEDs (LD0-LD7), use the script write_led and specify the byte value to be written to
the LEDs. For example, running the script write_led 0xFF or even the command
write_led 255 will result in each of the user LEDs LD0-LD7 illuminating as seen in
Figure 8.
Figure 11 - ZedBoard Example LED Output
5. The write_led script handles the details of writing the specified values to the
/sys/class/gpio/gpio$led/value sysfs nodes. The state of the LEDs can be
modified again by running the write_led script with another output value.
6. This concludes Demo 1. Continue to experiment with this demo, proceed to another
demo, or run the Linux command poweroff and then switch off ZedBoard.
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5.5 Demo 2 – OLED Display
5.5.1 Purpose
with the Programmable Logic (PL) hardware via a device driver.
A default Digilent Logo image is displayed on the OLED display (DISP1) after Linux has finished booting.
In order to prolong the life of the OLED display, the manufacturer suggests that a specific powerdown
sequence be used. Running the poweroff command before switching the ZED board off will ensure that
this procedure is correctly followed. This section will help demonstrate some of the Linux infrastructure that
is used to facilitate the OLED feature.

2. A set of scripts are included in the /usr/bin directory for interacting with the hardware.
To power off the OLED display, run the unload_oled script. By running this script, the
OLED device driver module pmodoled-gpio.ko will be dynamically removed from the
kernel during which the OLED is powered off using the recommended sequence and will
no longer display the Digilent logo.
Figure 12 – Turning the OLED Display Off
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3. To power on the OLED display again, run the load_oled script. By running this script,
the OLED device driver module pmodoled-gpio.ko will be dynamically inserted into
the kernel during which it will power on the OLED display using the recommended
sequence. Next, the source logo image file /root/logo.bin is transferred to the
OLED display device node /dev/zed_oled and the driver configures the OLED in
order to display the Digilent logo.
Figure 13 – Turning the OLED Display On
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5.6 Demo 3 – VGA Display
5.6.1 Purpose
This demo shows how Programmable Logic (PL) can drive hardware independently of the software running
on the Processing System (PS) of Zynq-7000 AP SoC once the PL Bitstream is loaded. During this demo
a test pattern generated by the PL can be observed on a display connected to the video output on the VGA
connector.

1. Setup the basic hardware described in the previous section ZedBoard Basic Setup and
Operation.
2. Using a15-pin D-subminiature VGA cable, attach a VGA display capable of displaying a
resolution of at least 640x480 to the ZedBoard video output connector J10 which is
labeled VGA.
default image will be displayed on the OLED (DISP1). The VGA test pattern will also
show on the display as seen in Figure 11.
Figure 14 – VGA Output Test Pattern
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5.7 Demo 4 – HDMI Display
5.7.1 Purpose
with the Programmable Logic (PL) hardware via a device driver. During this demo, a default “Tux” Linux
logo image is displayed to the HDMI display port after Linux begins booting.

1. Setup the basic hardware as described in the previous section ZedBoard Basic Setup
and Operation.
2. Using an HDMI-to-HDMI cable, attach an HDMI display capable of displaying a
resolution of at least 1080p60 to the ZedBoard HD video output connector J9 which is
labeled HDMI OUT.
default image will be displayed on the OLED (DISP1). The HDMI output pattern will also
show on the display as seen in Figure 12.
Figure 15 – HDMI Output Pattern
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5.8 Demo 5 – Ethernet
5.8.1 Purpose
ZedBoard example Linux system found on the included SD card implements a Dropbear SSH server, ftpd
FTP server, and Busybox httpd HTTP server at startup. Refer to the documentation on each of these server
implementations if you are interested in using them beyond the scope of this document.
5.8.2 Host PC Networking Configuration

This demo shows the Gigabit Ethernet hardware and networking capability of ZedBoard. To run this demo,
you may have to configure the network properties on your PC. The following steps will guide you through
this process for a Windows 7 host PC.
1. Attach a standard Ethernet Cable between ZedBoard Gigabit Ethernet Port (J11) and the
host PC network interface adapter.
2. Open the Change adapter settings from the StartControl Panel Network and Sharing
Center.
Figure 16 – Network and Sharing Center
3. In the Network Connections window, right-click on the Local Area Connection adapter
entry corresponding to the network interface that is connected to ZedBoard and select
Properties.
Figure 17 – Network Connections
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4. In Local Area Connection Properties, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), then
click the Properties button.
Figure 18 – Local Area Connection Properties
5. Set the IP address to 192.168.1.1 and the Subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 in the Internet
Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window and then click the OK button.
Figure 19 – Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties
6. The host PC networking is now configured and ready to proceed with the networking
hardware demo.

2. Verify that a standard Ethernet Cable is connected between ZedBoard Gigabit Ethernet
Port (J11) and the host PC network interface adapter.
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The default IP address of ZedBoard Ethernet is set to 192.168.1.10 and this can be verified with the
output returned by the ifconfig command.
Figure 20 – ZedBoard IP Address Revealed with ifconfig Command
3. To view the ZedBoard embedded webpage, open a web browser (such as Firefox) and
browse to the ZedBoard IP address http://192.168.1.10/ as the URL. The ZedBoard
webpage should open in the browser to display as seen in Figure 18.
Figure 21 – ZedBoard Webpage Shown In PC Host Browser
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4. Using an SSH client, such as PuTTY SSH, open a secure terminal connection to the
target ZedBoard using the 192.168.1.10 IP address.
Figure 22 – ZedBoard Webpage Shown In PC Host Browser
5. Once the terminal connects, the remote system will prompt for a login. Use the user
login root and the password root to complete the connection.
6. The session acts as a remote terminal and commands can be entered as you would on
the local serial console.
Figure 23 – Remote ZedBoard Terminal via SSH Session
7. Logout and close the remote session with the exit command.
8. Open a Windows Command Prompt.
9. Connect an FTP session to the remote host with the command ftp 192.168.1.10
and use the login root.
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10. You can use the ftp session to transfer files back and forth across the network to
ZedBoard.
Figure 24 – ZedBoard FTP Session
11. Close the ftp session using the bye command.

demo, or run the command poweroff and then switch off ZedBoard.
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5.9 Demo 6 – USB-OTG
5.9.1 Purpose
This demo shows how a high speed communications peripheral connected to the Processing System (PS)
of Zynq-7000 AP SoC can be used to extend the functionality of ZedBoard.
To connect additional USB devices with the ZED board, connect a powered hub to the USB-OTG port. USB
devices attached to this hub can then also be accessed in Linux.

1. Set jumpers JP2 and JP3 to the 1-2 position. This will enable the OTG device for host
mode and connect the ZedBoard USB 5V supply to the USB OTG (J13) VBUS line.
3. Connect a USB thumb drive to the female end of the microUSB-to-Type A adapter cable
included with ZedBoard.
4. Connect the microUSB end of the microUSB-to-Type A adapter cable to J13.
5. The USB thumb drive should enumerate and the device indication should display on the
serial console. In this example, the primary partition of this USB thumb drive has been
enumerated as device /dev/sda1 as seen in Figure 22.
5.9.2.1
Figure 25 – USB Drive Enumeration After Device Insertion
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6. Mount the enumerated device to the /mnt mount point using the mount /dev/sda1
/mnt command.
Figure 26 – USB Drive Mounted to /mnt
7. The USB drive is now mounted into the root file system at the mount point /mnt which
enables read and write file operations to the devices file system. In this example, the
thumb drive used has an NTFS file system format.
Figure 27 – Directory Listing of USB Drive
8. The device should be cleanly un-mounted from the system using the command umount
/mnt before it is removed or the board powered off.
Note: If the device cannot be un-mounted or if a “Device or resource busy” message is shown, make sure
that no files or folders of the mounted file system are currently open or that the current working directory is
not part of the mounted file system.
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5.10 Demo 7 – SD Card
5.10.1 Purpose
This demo shows how a storage device connected to the Processing System (PS) of Zynq-7000 AP SoC
can be used to extend the functionality of ZedBoard.
The root file system for the example design comes from a RAMdisk image stored on the SD card. This
RAMdisk image is copied into a fixed location in DDR3 memory by u-boot prior to Linux boot. Once Linux
begins booting, it mounts the RAM file system from the fixed location in DDR3. Any subsequent changes
to this file system while ZedBoard is running will not persist through a power cycle or reset.

2. The SD card is enumerate as MMC block device /dev/mmcblk0 and the primary
partition on the device is enumerated as device /dev/mmcblk0p1 as seen in Figure 25.
Figure 28 – SD Card Block Device Enumeration
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3. Mount the enumerated SD card primary partition block device to the /mnt mount point
using the mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt command.
Figure 29 – SD Card Mounted to /mnt
4. The primary partition of the SD card is now mounted into the root file system at the
mount point /mnt which enables read and write operations to files to the SD card file
system. In this example, the SD card partition used has a FAT32 file system format.
Note: User LED LD9 is used to indicate read/write activity on the SD card.
Figure 30 – Directory Listing of SD Card
5. The SD card device should be cleanly un-mounted from the system using the command
umount /mnt before it is removed or the board powered off.
Note: If the device cannot be un-mounted or if a “Device or resource busy” message is

shown, make sure that no files or folders of the mounted file system are currently open
or that the current working directory is not part of the mounted file system.
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6 What’s Next
Now that the pre-built ZedBoard example design has been explored, it is time to take a deeper dive into the
ZedBoard and see how to modify this design or create a custom design.
To install the Xilinx Vivado Design Edition tools, please see the installation instructions in Appendix I:
Installing and Licensing Xilinx Software.
6.1 Where To Get More Information

– Overview and Features of ZedBoard
– www.zedboard.org/content/overview
– ZedBoard – Hardware User Guide

– www.zedboard.org/content/documentation
6.1.1 Xilinx Website
– Zynq-7000 AP SoC Product Information

– www.xilinx.com/zynq
– ISE WebPACK Design Software

– www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/ise-design-suite/ise-webpack.htm
6.1.2 Cypress Website
– CY7C64225 USB-to-UART Driver Download

– www.cypress.com/?rID=63794
– CY7C64225 USB-to-UART Device Data Sheet

– www.cypress.com/?docID=36208
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7 Getting Additional Help and Support
7.1 Avnet Support
ZedBoard is a community-oriented kit, with all technical support being offered through the ZedBoard.org
community website support forums. ZedBoard users are encouraged to participate in the forums and offer
help to others when possible.
For questions regarding the ZedBoard community website, please direct any questions to:
– ZedBoard.org Web Master – [email protected]
To access the most current collateral for ZedBoard including Reference Designs & Tutorials, Trainings and
Videos, Community Projects, and Support Forums please visit the ZedBoard product support page at:
– www.zedboard.org/product/zedboard
7.1.1 Xilinx Support

For technical support including the installation and use of the product license file, contact Xilinx Online
Technical Support at www.xilinx.com/support. The following assistance resources are also available on the
website:
– Software, IP and documentation updates

– Access to technical support web tools
– Searchable answer database with over 4,000 solutions
– User forums
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8 Appendix I: Installing and Licensing Xilinx Software
8.1.1 Install Vivado Design Edition
The ZedBoard XC7Z020-CLG484-1 Zynq-7000 AP SoC device development is supported by WebPACK
licensing. ZedBoard also comes with entitlement voucher to a seat of Vivado Design Edition tools that is
device locked to a XC7Z020-CLG484-1 Zynq-7000 AP SoC device. This software can be installed from the
included DVD or the latest version can be downloaded online at:
– www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.htm
If a full seat of ISE Embedded or Vivado Design/System has already been installed, then no further software
will be needed. Please check online for any updates at:
– www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.htm
For detailed instructions on installing and licensing the Xilinx tools, please refer to the Xilinx Licensing
Solution Center on the Xilinx website:
– www.xilinx.com/support/licensing_solution_center.htm
Note: If the 14.x or 14.2 ISE tools are being installed, a full install of ISE Logic, Embedded, or
System Edition is recommended even when using WebPACK licensing. See this Xilinx Answer
Record for further details:
– www.xilinx.com/support/answers/47839.htm
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9 Appendix II: QSPI Flash Example Application
9.1.1 Boot ZedBoard from QSPI
The ZedBoard comes from the factory with a very simple example application loaded into the Spansion
QSPI Flash (IC14/IC15). If the contents of the QSPI flash are unaltered, it should be possible to boot the
Zynq-7000 AP SoC device into the very simple application loaded from the QSPI Flash memory as
described below.
Verify the ZedBoard boot mode jumpers (JP7-JP11) are set to QSPI flash mode as described in the
Hardware Users Guide.
www.zedboard.org/documentation/1521
The example application will boot the Processing System using QSPI flash as the boot source and configure
the Programmable Logic using a simple Bitstream file which displays a test pattern on User LEDs LD0-LD7
as seen in figure 28.
Figure 31 – QSPI Application Example Output
10 Appendix III: Using Linux Host PC

The instructions in this section were completed using an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS install running on an
Intel MacBook Pro but results may vary for different host machine hardware and Linux
distributions.
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10.1 Connect Terminal to ZedBoard USB-UART
The ZedBoard Cypress CY7C64225 USB-UART device is capable of enumerating as a USB tty
device on most Linux hosts.
After powering on and connecting ZedBoard to the host Linux machine, search the kernel
messaging with the command dmesg | grep tty and look for indication that the USB-UART is
enumerated as a device. In this example, the Linux host has enumerated the ZedBoard USB-
UART as the /dev/ttyACM0 device.
Using the attached USB-UART tty device, connect to the device with the minicom application. In
this example, minicom is launched with the minicom –D /dev/ttyACM0 –b 115200 -8 -o
command as seen in Figure 29.
Figure 32 – Determining the Host tty Device and Launching minicom
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The minicom terminal will connect and allow the ZedBoard terminal output to be interacted with as seen in
Figure 30.
Figure 33 – Using minicom to Interact with ZedBoard Console
10.2 Connect Networking to ZedBoard USB-UART

The ZedBoard Ethernet networking is capable of interacting with most Linux hosts. To run this demo, you
may have to configure the network properties on your Linux machine and assign a static IP address of
192.168.1.1 to connect to ZedBoard.
Figure 34 – Assigning Static IP Address to Linux Host Machine
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The networking interface may need to be restarted for the IP address assignment changes to take effect.
This can be done by running the ifconfig eth0 down and ifconfig eth0 up command sequences as seen in
Figure 32.
10.2.1.1 Figure 35 – Restarting the Networking Interface

10.2.1.2
To view the ZedBoard embedded webpage, open a web browser (such as Firefox) and browse to the
ZedBoard IP address http://192.168.1.10/ as the URL. The ZedBoard webpage should open in the
browser to display as seen in Figure 33.
Figure 36 – ZedBoard Webpage Shown In Host Browser
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3.2 What’s on the web?

3.2.1 Official Documentation:

– Configuration and Debug

– General Purpose I/O

5.1 Hardware Setup

Figure 2 – ZedBoard SD Card Boot Mode Jumper Setting

9. Use Device Manager to determine the COM Port.

Figure 3 – Device Manager Showing Enumerated USB-UART as COM13

Figure 4 – USB Serial Port Properties Dialog Box

Figure 5 – USB Serial Port Advanced Settings Dialog Box

Figure 7 – Linux Command Prompt Following Boot

Figure 8 – Linux Command Prompt Following Shutdown

Figure 9 - ZedBoard Example Design Block Diagram

5.4.2 Running the Demo on ZedBoard Hardware

Figure 10 - ZedBoard Example Switch Input

Figure 11 - ZedBoard Example LED Output

5.5.2 Running the Demo on ZedBoard Hardware

Figure 12 – Turning the OLED Display Off

order to display the Digilent logo.

Figure 13 – Turning the OLED Display On

5.6.2 Running the Demo on ZedBoard Hardware

Figure 14 – VGA Output Test Pattern

5.7.2 Running the Demo on ZedBoard Hardware

Figure 15 – HDMI Output Pattern

5.8.2 Host PC Networking Configuration

Figure 16 – Network and Sharing Center

Figure 17 – Network Connections

Figure 18 – Local Area Connection Properties

Figure 19 – Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties

5.8.3 Running the Demo on ZedBoard Hardware

Figure 20 – ZedBoard IP Address Revealed with ifconfig Command

Figure 21 – ZedBoard Webpage Shown In PC Host Browser

Figure 22 – ZedBoard Webpage Shown In PC Host Browser

Figure 23 – Remote ZedBoard Terminal via SSH Session

Figure 24 – ZedBoard FTP Session

11. Close the ftp session using the bye command.

5.9.2 Running the Demo on ZedBoard Hardware

Figure 25 – USB Drive Enumeration After Device Insertion

Figure 26 – USB Drive Mounted to /mnt

Figure 27 – Directory Listing of USB Drive

5.10.2 Running the Demo on ZedBoard Hardware

Figure 28 – SD Card Block Device Enumeration

Figure 29 – SD Card Mounted to /mnt

Figure 30 – Directory Listing of SD Card

Note: If the device cannot be un-mounted or if a “Device or resource busy” message is

6.1 Where To Get More Information

– ZedBoard – Hardware User Guide

6.1.1 Xilinx Website

– Zynq-7000 AP SoC Product Information

– ISE WebPACK Design Software

6.1.2 Cypress Website

– CY7C64225 USB-to-UART Driver Download

– CY7C64225 USB-to-UART Device Data Sheet

7.1.1 Xilinx Support

– Software, IP and documentation updates

Figure 31 – QSPI Application Example Output