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VCS³ - Development Kit

Product information "VCS³ - Development Kit"

The VCS³ is a small Single-Board-Computer with an AMD ZYNQ™ device with integrated ARM CPUs and FPGA fabric. Measuring just 30mm x 50mm, this tiny workhorse can be placed almost anywhere, opening up the benefits of FPGAs to many more applications.

Features

  • VCS³ module on a test bench
  • AMD XCZU3EG-L2UBVA530E
  • Lynsyn Lite power measurement card virtual JTAG cable, through USB
  • ATX breakout card with female banana sockets
  • holder and fan unit
  • 9-way cable for expansion
  • 5-way cable for CAN bus and UART-1
  • Main power and UART-0 (main UART) cable
  • PicoATX power supply
  • 12V AC-DC PS

This VCS³-DK Dev Kit contains:

  • VCS³ with the 2nd iteration of the VCS³ PCB
  • AC/DC PSU (Mains – 12VDC) with UK mains power cable
  • PicoATX PSU (12V DC in, 12V, 5V, 3.3V out)
  • ATX Break out board with 3V3, 5V, 12V, ADJ_V and GND banana sockets
  • 3D printed desktop VCS3 holder with integrated fan
  • Lynsyn Lite for FPGA JTAG communication and power measurement
  • 9 way cable for VCS3 module expansion
  • 5 way cable for VCS3 module expansion – CAN bus and UART-1
  • Main VCS3 power and UART-0 (Main UART) cable
  • JTAG cable to link Lynsyn Lite and VCS3 for debug / development
  • UART to USB dongle for UART communication to PC.

 

All sources for the ZYNQ™ are shared on GitHub and target Vivado Standard Edition 2024.2 (free). No sources for the MSP430 system controller.

VCS³-DK supports AMD’s “Bare Metal” and “PetaLinux” tools and more are coming from ongoing developments by Sundance and Early Adaptors.

The VCS³ utilises an AMD UltraScale+ MPSoC coupled with high-speed LP-DDR4 memory to produce a highly compact evaluation platform. Together with four digital camera interfaces, a 9-axis IMU, and a CAN-Bus interface, this platform is ideally suited for autonomous machines, cameras or automation.

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