EK-U1-ZCU216-G Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC ZCU216 Evaluation Kit

Product Description

Equipped with the industry’s only single-chip adaptable radio platform, the Zynq® UltraScale+™ RFSoC ZCU216 Evaluation Kit is the ideal platform for both rapid prototyping and high-performance RF application development.

Featuring the Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Gen 3 ZU49DR, the ZCU216 evaluation kit supports direct RF sampling of sub-6GHz bands utilizing 16T16R high speed RF-DACs and RF-ADCs.

In addition to the excellent RF converter technology in the ZCU49DR device, the ZCU216 kit provides add-on cards, a wide range of connectivity options, and comprehensive development tools and IPs to help users to develop cutting-edge RF designs such as:

• 5G sub-6GHz massive-MIMO radio
• 5G mmWave intermediate frequency (IF) transceiver
• Fixed wireless access

• Digital phased array radar
• Terrestrial satellite communications
• Spectrum analyzers
• High-speed RF testers

Key Features

Reference Design and Add-on Cards for Fast Evaluation and Prototyping

• Integrated RF design examples
• XM650 16T16R N79 band loopback add-on card for quick loopback test
• XM655 16T16R breakout add-on card for in-depth performance measurements
• CLK104 RF clock add-on card for internal (up to 1.2GHz) and external (up to 10GHz) reference clocking

Essential On-Board Features for Broad Application Development

• DDR4 DIMM – 4GB, 64-bit, 2,666MT/s, attached to programmable logic (PL)
• DDR4 SODIMM – 4GB, 64-bit, 2,400MT/s, attached to the processing system (PS)
• I/O expansion options – FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC+) interfaces, RFMC 2.0 interfaces, and Pmod connections
• High-speed I/Os – 2x2 SFP28 interfaces to support up to 4 SFP/SFP+/zSFP+/SFP28 modules