Combined with a fullfeatured evaluation board and xilinx ise design suite software, the reference designs also facilitate the integration of solutions from an ecosystem of readily available thirdparty addon hardware and ip. An ecosystem of readily available thirdparty addon hardware and ip can be leveraged to further accelerate projects. The portfolios diversity allows you to select from an array of innovative solutions in an effort to meet your unique system needs. Vivado design suite tutorial power analysis and optimization. The devices can also be scaled for artix fpga and zynq soc. If the current minimums show n in table 6 and table 7 are met, the device powers on after all five supplies. The xilinx power estimator xpe spreadsheet is a power estimation tool. Kintex ultrascale, virtex ultrascale, virtex 7, kintex 7, artix 7. An allinone solution, the op5707 combines the power of a xilinx virtex7. Xilinx provides a suite of software tools and documentation to help you.
How to estimate ultrascale device power using xpe xilinx. Linux on the xilinx kc705 kintex7 fpga development board. Virtex 7 fpga parametric search power cross reference. Going from a nm process to a 40nm process will result in more than a 50% power consumption reduction for both static and dynamic power based on figure 2 of xilinx. The kintex 7 embedded kit includes the components of the kintex7 kc705 base evaluation kit plus all additional soft content that embedded designers need to quickly design their highperformance embedded systems.
Below you will find a host of useful tools that will facilitate your design efforts. International rectifiers power solution shown is targeted for xilinx ultra scale fpgas. Flagship realtime digital simulator simulation tools op5707. You will find schematic and bill of material fo the solution xilinx used on the development kits. Mcus team with fpgas to boost embedded designs performance dramatic improvements in fpga cost, performance, and power consumption. The kintex7 family is ideal for applications including 3g and 4g wireless, flat panel displays, and video over ip solutions.
The tutorial describes the basic steps involved in taking a small example design from rtl to implementation, estimating power through the different stages, and using simulation data to enhance the accuracy of the power analysis. Now i am under the understanding that the development software for this very expensive board is from 2017. For ultrascale device design, most of the steps are similar to 7 series. Power supply ramp time symbol description conditions min max units. Xilinx invented the fpga in 1988 and has delivered stateoftheart fpga technology ever since. Evaluation board require a xilinx kintex 7 fpga kc705 evaluation kit. Supported excel version on windows 7 or later, download link. Install the gtx transceiver power module by plugging it into connectors j66 and j97. The xilinx power estimator xpe is a spreadsheet based tool that helps you achieve this.
Table 7 shows the mi nimum current, in additi on to i ccq, that are required by kintex 7 devices for proper power on and configuration. Kintex7 fpga connectivity targeted reference design xilinx. Seven steps to an accurate worstcase power estimation using. Scalable power solutions for xilinx ultra scale fpgas. Flexible communications and expansion the kintex 7 fpga kc705 evaluation kit provides a flexible framework for. Xilinx ug927 kintex7 fpga connectivity targeted reference. Less than one year after announcing the 7 series 28 nm fpgas, xilinx shipped the worlds first 28 nm fpga device, the kintex 7. Some algorithms in software such as intelligent clock gating. Xpe estimates the power consumption of your design at any stage during the design cycle. How to select the right power solution for your fpga or. Pmp6776 is a lowcost nonisolated synchronous buck power supply. Utilize the tools below to find your power supply solution for the following fpga families. The following document is a preliminary design for power solutions for xilinx ultra scale 20nm 16nm kintex and virtex fpgas by international rectifier. Also learn how to operate the xilinx power estimator.
The kintex 7 family is ideal for applications including 3g and 4g wireless, flat panel displays, and video over ip solutions. Xilinx chose ti as the power solution vendor to power kintex 7 fpga along with other analog solution from ti. Advantages of xilinx 7 series fpga and soc devices. Design recommendations based on your power estimator results. Xilinx virtex7 power solutions renesas electronics. Xilinx power estimator xpeuse cases for xilinx ultrascale kintex virtex. Xilinx kintex7 power solutions renesas electronics. Skoll is an easy to use usb fpga module with ddr3 sdram featuring xilinx kintex 7 fpga. Xilinx fpga products represent a breakthrough in programmable system integration. The equivalent capacitance seen by the output driver for the routing. You can even save time by importing xilinx power estimator output files to get system efficiency. How to estimate ultrascale device power using xilinx power estimator xpe, 05082014. Description the kintex 7 fpga connectivity kit trd graphical user interface may not show power number plots. For estimating the power consumption, used xpe but it does not have ffg901 and ffg1156 package options for xc7k480t.
Select the design scenario that best meets the needs of your application to find custom power solutions for xilinx kintex 7 fpgas. Xilinx ug883 kintex7 fpga kc705 evaluation kit getting. The xilinx power estimator xpe spreadsheet is a power. An accurate worstcase power analysis early on helps users avoid the pitfalls of overdesigning or under designing the power or cooling system. Powercompass supports over 200 fpgas, including builtin templates for xilinx fpga families. Low, medium, high power consumption based on your logic utilization and switching frequencies. Linux on the xilinx kc705 kintex 7 fpga development board this guide provides some stepbystep instructions on how to build a microblaze linux kernel image for the adfmcomms1 fmc board connected to an kc705. First, i have to register an account just to get the software. Modern, high performance, fpgabased systems require an increasing number of dedicated rails supplying core, io, memory. Chapter1 overview introduction the xilinx power estimator xpe spreadsheet is a power estimation tool typically used in the predesign and preimplementation phases of a project. The kintex 7 represents the pinnacle of that technology. It accepts design information through simple design wizards, analyzes them and provides a detailed power and thermal information. In march 2011, xilinx introduced the zynq7000 family, which integrates a complete arm cortexa9 mpcore processorbased system on a 28 nm fpga for system architects and embedded software developers.
Vivado design suite tutorial power analysis and optimization ug997 v2015. The device family features a perfect balance of fpga fabric clock rate performance versus power consumption, highspeed io, capacity, security, and reliability. You can even save time by importing xilinx power estimator output files to get system. Xilinx en179 kintex 7 fpga xc7k480t ces9937 errata, errata. Learn how to use the tools available to perform power analysis on ultrascale devices and how to estimate power for designs migrated from 7 series fpgas. Hi, we have selected kintex 7 xc7k480t1fbgffgxx for the new design. With the compact form factor and io accessibility on industry standard 2. The complete power supply ensures high performance and system robustness in all aspects of the design. The powercompass tool helps you design your power supply in minutes, giving you tools to find intersil parts that match your requirements, set up multiple rails if needed, perform highlevel system analysis and generate reference design files. Kintex 7 fpgas provide your designs with the best priceperformancewatt at 28nm while giving you high dsp ratios, costeffective packaging, and support for mainstream standards like pcie gen3 and 10 gigabit ethernet. This includes the embedded targeted reference design and relevant tools such as vivado design suite. It seems to me that just given the fabrication process, the kintex 7 fpgas consume much less power than the virtexii fpgas when each are configured with the same amount of logic. Analog devices has worked closely with xilinx and strategic xilinx partners to develop proven solutions for xilinx based systems. Align the three metal standoffs on the bottom side of the module with the three.
With each generation, xilinx broadens its power reduction capabilities, ranging from process enhancements, architectural innovations, aggressive voltage scaling strategies, and advanced software optimization strategies. This design uses tps56121 and tps54620 synchronous buck converters and tps54425 and tps54225 stepdown switchers to generate 7 outputs. The equivalent capacitance seen by the output driver for the routing and. After completing this 35minute course you will be able to.