Cora Z7

The Cora Z7’s wide array of hardware interfaces, from a 1Gbps Ethernet PHY to analog-to-digital converters and general-purpose input/output pins, make it an ideal platform for the development of a vast variety of embedded applications. The small form factor and mounting holes make the Cora Z7 ready ...

Cora Z7 Technical Specification

Memory	DDR3 memory controller with 8 DMA channels and 4 High Performance AXI3 Slave ports
High-bandwidth peripheral controllers	1Gigabit Ethernet PHY Ethernet
Low-bandwidth peripheral controllers	SPI, UART, CAN, I2C
XADC	Dual-channel, 1 MSPS internal analog-digital converter
Programmable from	JTAG and microSD card
Programming circuitry	USB-JTAG
Serial Communication	USB-UART bridge
GPIO	16 Total FPGA I/O, 49 Total FPGA Digital I/O
Analog inputs to XADC	6 Single-ended 0-3.3V , 8 Differential 0-1.0V

Applications

• Ethernet Gigabit ping operation
• XADC monitor using verilog

Overview

The Digilent Cora Z7 is a compact, cost‑effective development board built around the Xilinx Zynq‑7000 SoC, combining an ARM Cortex‑A9 processor with programmable FPGA logic. It provides essential interfaces like Ethernet, USB, microSD, Pmod connectors, Arduino‑compatible headers, buttons, and LEDs, making it a flexible platform for embedded systems, hardware–software co‑design, and prototype development.