VC709 Evaluation
Board for the
Virtex-7 FPGA
User Guide
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Revision History
The following table shows the revision history for this document.
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Date
Version
02/04/2013
06/04/2013
1.0
1.1
01/07/2014
1.2
03/11/2014
04/30/2014
1.2.1
1.3
Revision
Initial Xilinx release.
Changed XC7VX690T-2FFG1761CES to XC7VX690T-2FFG1761C throughout the
document. Changed SiT9122 to SiT9102. The data rate in Linear BPI Flash Memory,
page 22 changed from 40 MHz to 80 MHz. Added items 28 and 29 to the board
photograph in Figure 1-2. FPGA EMCC clock information was added to Table 1-7,
Table 1-8, Figure 1-13, and FPGA EMCC Clock, page 34. In Table 1-18, the DS1
description for RED changed. Replaced Figure 1-22 Configuration Mode and Upper Linear
Flash Address Switch. Enhanced section Switches, page 52. Updated part ordering
information in FMC_VADJ Voltage, page 62. Updated Figure 1-29 VC709 Board
Configuration Circuit. Replaced Appendix C, Master UCF Listing with Master Constraints
File Listing. Updated References, page 97.
Revised the content of Table 1-16, page 46. Revised Table 1-20 to correct connection of
FMC1_HPC_LA29_N, page 58 to FPGA pin T30 (Was W30). Revised all links and
references in Appendix F, Additional Resources and revised links to web pages and
documents throughout document to conform to latest linking style convention. Added
caution note about power connections to J18 on the VC709 board on page 98. Revised
link under Declaration of Conformity in Appendix G to point directly at the Certificate
PDF instead of XTP251, the list of Certificates of Conformity.
Tech Pubs edit. Technical content not affected.
Revised the data rate for the small outline dual-inline memory modules (SODIMMs)
in VC709 Board Features and Dual DDR3 Memory SODIMMs.
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Added MT28GU01GAAA1EGC-0SIT part number for the BPI parallel NOR flash
memory component to Table 1-1, Linear BPI Flash Memory, and References. Added a
note to Table 1-1. Updated User SMA Clock (USER_SMA_CLOCK_P and
USER_SMA_CLOCK_N), Jitter-Attenuated Clock, I2C Bus, and Power Management.
Updated part number in Figure 1-4. Updated Figure 1-11 to correct net names. Added
I/O standard information to Table 1-4, Table 1-5, Table 1-6, Table 1-8, Table 1-14,
Table 1-19, and Table 1-20. Added PCIe® edge connector information after Table 1-12.
Updated description for XADC_GPIO_3, 2, 1, 0 in Table 1-25. Updated Table A-3 and
added Figure A-3. Updated VC709 Board XDC Listing. Updated References.
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Table of Contents
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 1: VC709 Evaluation Board Features
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
VC709 Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Feature Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Virtex-7 XC7VX690T-2FFG1761C FPGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Dual DDR3 Memory SODIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Linear BPI Flash Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
USB JTAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Clock Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Memory Clock (SYSCLK_233_P and SYSCLK_233_N) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
FPGA EMCC Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
GTH Transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
PCI Express Endpoint Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SFP/SFP+ Module Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
USB-to-UART Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
I2C Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
User I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
VITA 57.1 FMC1 HPC Connector (Partially Populated) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
FMC_VADJ Voltage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
XADC Analog-to-Digital Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Appendix A: Default Switch and Jumper Settings
GPIO DIP Switch SW2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Configuration DIP Switch SW11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Default Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Appendix B: VITA 57.1 FMC Connector Pinouts
Appendix C: Master Constraints File Listing
VC709 Board XDC Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Appendix D: Board Setup
Installing the VC709 Board in a PC Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Operating Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Appendix F: Additional Resources
Xilinx Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Solution Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Appendix G: Regulatory and Compliance Information
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Electromagnetic Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Markings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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Chapter 1
VC709 Evaluation Board Features
Overview
The VC709 evaluation board for the Virtex®-7 FPGA provides a hardware environment for
developing and evaluating designs targeting the Virtex-7 XC7VX690T-2FFG1761C FPGA.
The VC709 board provides features common to many embedded processing systems,
including dual DDR3 small outline dual-inline memory module (SODIMM) memories, an
8-lane PCI Express® interface, general purpose I/O, and a UART interface. Other features
can be added by using mezzanine cards attached to the VITA-57 FPGA mezzanine
connector (FMC) provided on the board. A high pin count (HPC) FMC is provided. See
VC709 Board Features for a complete list of features. The details for each feature are
described in Feature Descriptions, page 10.
Additional Information
See Appendix F, Additional Resources for references to documents, files, and resources
relevant to the VC709 board.
VC709 Board Features
Virtex-7 XC7VX690T-2FFG1761C FPGA
2X 4 GB 1600MTs DDR3 memory SODIMMs
128 MB linear byte-wide peripheral interface (BPI) flash memory
USB JTAG through Digilent module
Clock generation
Fixed 200 MHz LVDS oscillator
Fixed 233.33 MHz LVDS oscillator
I2C programmable LVDS oscillator
SMA connectors
SMA connectors for GTH transceiver clocking
GTH transceivers
FMC HPC connector (eight transceivers)
SMA connectors (one pair for MGT_REFCLK)
PCI Express (eight lanes)
4 X Small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) connectors
PCI Express endpoint connectivity
Gen1 8-lane (x8)
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Gen2 8-lane (x8)
Gen3 8-lane (x8)
4 X SFP+ connectors
USB-to-UART bridge
I2C bus
I2C MUX
I2C EEPROM (1 KB)
USER I2C programmable LVDS oscillator
2 X DDR3 SODIMM socket
FMC HPC connector
4 X SFP+ connector
I2C programmable jitter-attenuating precision clock multiplier
Status LEDs
12VDC power on
TI controlled power good
Linear power good
FPGA INIT
FPGA DONE
User I/O
User LEDs (eight GPIO)
User pushbuttons (five directional)
CPU reset pushbutton
User DIP switch (8-pole GPIO)
Switches
Power on/off slide switch
FPGA_PROG_B pushbutton
Configuration mode DIP switch
VITA 57.1 FMC HPC connector
Power management
PMBus voltage and current monitoring through TI power controllers
XADC header
Configuration options
Linear BPI flash memory
USB JTAG (Digilent) configuration port
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