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Arty Z7 HDMI In Demo

Overview

Features Used

Not Used Used
2 user switches X
2 user LEDs X
2 user RGB LEDs X
4 user push buttons X
USB-UART Bridge X
Micro SD card connector X
HDMI Sink and HDMI Source X
PWM mono audio out w/ 3.5mm jack X
10/100/1000 Ethernet PHY X
512MB 1050Mb/s DDR3 Memory X
Quad-SPI Flash X
Two Pmod ports X
chipKIT connector for XADC signals X
USB HID Host X

Description

The Arty Z7 HDMI project demonstrates the usage of the HDMI port on the Arty Z7 board. There are two projects, one for each variant of the board: Arty Z7-10 and Arty Z7-20. The behavior is as follows:

  • Frames stream out through the HDMI port.
  • A UART interface is available to configure what is output through HDMI.
  • There are 3 display frame buffers that the user can choose to display.

Prerequisites

Skills

  • Basic familiarity with Vivado & SDK
    • This experience can be found by walking through our “Getting Started with Vivado” guide

Hardware

  • Arty Z7 board
  • Micro-USB cable
  • HDMI cable
  • HDMI monitor

Software

  • Vivado Design Suite & Xilinx SDK 2016.4
    • Version 2016.4 must be used to generate the project