PYNQ-Z1 development board for the PYNQ open-source framework

Developers, enthusiasts and makers looking to develop using the PYNQ open-source framework may be interested in a new development board aptly named the PYNQ-Z1 specifically designed for the platform and includes a number of useful features including a web server hosting the Jupyter Notebook design environment, IPython kernel and packages, Linux, base hardware library and API for the FPGA and more.

The PYNQ-Z1 is perfect for developers and designers who want to extend the base system by contributing new hardware libraries, Xilinx Vivado WebPACK tools without having to design programmable logic circuits. Instead the APSoC is programmed using Python, with the code developed and tested directly on the PYNQ-Z1. The programmable logic circuits are imported as hardware libraries and programmed through their APIs in essentially the same way that the software libraries are imported and programmed.

Features of the PYNQ-Z1 development board include :

ZYNQ XC7Z020-1CLG400C:
- 650MHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor
- DDR3 memory controller with 8 DMA channels and 4 high performance AXI3 slave ports
- High-bandwidth peripheral controllers: 1G Ethernet, USB 2.0, SDIO
- Low-bandwidth peripheral controller: SPI, UART, CAN, I2C
- Programmable from JTAG, Quad-SPI flash, and microSD card
- Artix-7 family programmable logic
  - 13,300 logic slices, each with four 6-input LUTs and 8 flip-flops
  - 630 KB of fast block RAM
  - 4 clock management tiles, each with a phase-locked loop (PLL) and mixed-mode clock manager (MMCM)
  - 220 DSP slices
  - On-chip analog-to-digital converter (XADC)
Memory:
- 512MB DDR3 with 16-bit bus @ 1050Mbps
- 16MB Quad-SPI Flash with factory programmed globally unique identifier (48-bit EUI-48/64™ compatible).
- MicroSD slot
Power:
- Powered from USB or any 7V-15V source (see recommended products)
USB and Ethernet:
- USB-JTAG Programming circuitry
- USB-UART bridge
- USB OTG PHY (supports host only)
- Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Audio and Video:
- Electret microphone with pulse density modulated (PDM) output
- 3.5mm mono audio output jack, pulse-width modulated (PWM) format
- HDMI sink port (input)
- HDMI source port (output)
Switches, push-buttons, and LEDs:
- 4 push-buttons
- 2 slide switches
- 4 LEDs
- 2 RGB LEDs
Expansion Connectors:
- Two standard Pmod ports
  - 16 Total FPGA I/O
- Arduino/chipKIT Shield connector
  - - 49 Total FPGA I/O
    - 6 Single-ended 0-3.3V Analog inputs to XADC
    - 4 Differential 0-1.0V Analog inputs to XADC