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ZCU111 Evaluation Kit EK-U1-ZCU111-G-J | AMD Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Development Platform | Supplied/Purchased by Mingjiada Electronics

EK-U1-ZCU111-G-J Product Overview

The Zynq™ UltraScale+™ RFSoC ZCU111 Evaluation Kit (EK-U1-ZCU111-G-J) is a professional development platform for high-performance RF applications launched by AMD (formerly Xilinx). Based on the Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC XCZU28DR device, this kit deeply integrates high-performance data converters, an ARM processor subsystem, and UltraScale+ programmable logic, providing a fast and comprehensive RF-to-digital signal chain prototyping platform for wireless communications, wired access, electronic warfare (EW)/radar, and other high-performance RF applications.

The kit supports 8 12-bit 4.096 GSPS RF-ADCs, 8 14-bit 6.554 GSPS RF-DACs, and 8 soft-decision forward error correction (SD-FEC) units. It integrates a quad-core Arm® Cortex®-A53 application processor and a dual-core Cortex-R5 real-time processor, making it the industry’s first solution to integrate multi-channel RF data converters with a high-performance FPGA architecture and an ARM processor system on a single chip.

Model Description: The “J” suffix in the model number EK-U1-ZCU111-G-J indicates the Japanese version. This version does not include a power adapter; all other features are identical to the standard version.

Core Chip Specifications — XCZU28DR-2FFVG1517E RFSoC

System Logic Units: 930K

DSP Slices: 4,272

On-chip Memory (Block RAM): 60.5 Mb

RF-ADCs: 8

RF-DACs: 8

SD-FECs: 8

High-Speed Transceivers: 16 (33 Gb/s GTY)

Maximum I/O Pins: 371

Key Features of the EK-U1-ZCU111-G-J Evaluation Kit

Core Device: XCZU28DR-2FFVG1517E RFSoC (-2 speed grade)

PL DDR4 Memory: 4GB, 64-bit, 2666MT/s, connected to Programmable Logic (PL)

PS DDR4 Memory: 4GB SODIMM, 64-bit, 2400MT/s, connected to Processor Subsystem (PS)

Storage Expansion: SD card slot, M.2 SATA connector

Network Interfaces: 4 SFP/SFP+/SFP28 module ports (SFP28 hot-swappable slots), 1 RJ45 Ethernet port

High-Speed Expansion: 2 FMC+ interfaces (including 12 x 33 Gb/s GTY transceivers + 34 differential I/O channels)

Video Interfaces: VESA DisplayPort 1.2, USB 3.0

Debug Interfaces: USB UART/JTAG, JTAG PC4 connector

User Interaction: DIP switches, LED indicators, buttons

Boot Options: SD card boot, QSPI Flash boot, JTAG boot

Power Input: 12V adapter or ATX power supply compatible

Included Accessories

ZCU111 Board ×1

XM500 Balun Expansion Card ×1 — Supports 4-channel DAC/4-channel ADC to Balun, 4-channel DAC/4-channel ADC to SMA connectors

SMA Cables × Several

USB Cable × 1

SD Card (with pre-installed image) × 1

Ethernet Cable × 1

Power Cord × 1

Filters × Several

Note: The Japanese version (-J) does not include a power adapter; users must provide their own 12V power supply.

Mingjiada Electronics — Supply and Acquisition Services

Shenzhen Mingjiada Electronics Co., Ltd., established in 2004, is a professional supplier of electronic components and inventory recycler with nearly thirty years of industry experience. The company specializes in various high-end FPGAs, MCUs, RF chips, and evaluation/development boards. All products are guaranteed to be genuine and authentic, with traceable origins.