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ZCU102 Evaluation Kit

AMD/Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC evaluation kit for professional embedded, video, networking and high-speed IO work.

Short verdict: professional prototyping. Critical characteristics must be checked against sources before purchase or external wiring.

Boot-mode switches, power rails and mezzanine constraints must be checked in the official user guide.
MPN
ZCU102
Status
active
Availability
unknown
Price
not source-backed
Device type
MPSoC
Chip
XCZU9EG-2FFVB1156E (Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC)
Recommendation
professional prototyping
Verified
2026-04-29

Interfaces, connectors and memory

Interfaces

Ethernet x1, SFP+ x4, HDMI x1, PCIe x1

Connectors

FMC x2, Pmod x1

Memory

DDR4 requires AMD user guide verification

Toolchains

Documentation, schematics, pinout, constraints

Example projects

Related KB articles

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What Vivado is

Vivado is AMD's FPGA design suite for modern Xilinx/AMD FPGA and SoC families.

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Linux-on-FPGA board requirements

Linux-capable FPGA projects need a CPU subsystem or large softcore, external memory, storage or boot media, console and a reproducible software build.

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Where to get help

Known risks

high

Tool and IP licensing can dominate project feasibility

Check Vivado/Vitis/PetaLinux version, device support and IP license needs before procurement.

Sources