Digilent Artix-7 board with Vivado WebPACK support, Pmods, Arduino/chipKIT style expansion, DDR3 and Ethernet.
XC7A35TICSG324-1Lprice unknowneducationrisc-vcontroldsp
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Digilent Artix-7 board with Vivado WebPACK support, Pmods, Arduino/chipKIT style expansion, DDR3 and Ethernet.
Open-source educational Lattice iCE40UP5K board designed around the Yosys, nextpnr and IceStorm flow.
| Field | Arty A7 | iCEBreaker |
|---|---|---|
| Chip | XC7A35TICSG324-1L | iCE40UP5K-SG48 |
| Family | Artix-7 | iCE40 UltraPlus |
| Device type | FPGA | FPGA |
| Price | unknown | unknown |
| Toolchains | Vivado WebPACK / ML Standard | Yosys + nextpnr + IceStorm, Lattice Diamond Programmer |
| Open toolchain | no | yes |
| Interfaces | Ethernet, USB UART, USB-JTAG | microUSB FT2232H, FT2232H programming, USB serial |
| Memory | DDR3 variant-specific; verify in Digilent memory tab | QSPI flash 128 Mbit |
| Documentation | 86 | 82 |
| Difficulty | beginner | beginner |
| Openness score | 20 | 96 |
| Where to get help | Digilent Forum | iCEBreaker community docs |
| Typical risks | Variant-specific records should be split before publishing exact resources. 35T and 100T variants differ | Check add-on pinout and exact hardware revision before connecting Pmods. |
| Better for | beginner learning | open-source flow |