The Nexys A7 board is a complete, ready-to-use digital circuit development platform based on the latest Xilinx® Artix-7™ Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). With its large, high-capacity FPGA, generous external memories, and a collection of USB, Ethernet, and other ports, the Nexys A7 can host designs ranging from introductory combinational circuits to powerful embedded processors. Several integrated peripherals, including an accelerometer, temperature sensor, digital MEMs microphone, speaker amplifier, and various I/O devices, enable the Nexys A7 to be used for a wide range of designs without the need for additional components.
Features:
Model: XC7A100T
FPGA Features
Internal clock speeds exceeding 450MHz
On-chip analog-to-digital converter (XADC)
Programmable over JTAG and Flash
15,850 programmable logic slices, each with four 6-input LUTs and 8 flip-flops
4,860 Kbits of fast block RAM
Six clock management tiles, each with a phase-locked loop (PLL)
Due to supply chain constraints, either the S25FL127S or S25FL128S Flash Memory may be loaded on your board. These parts are not functionally equivalent, but flash programming through Vivado and the QSPI boot mode are not affected. More information can be found in the Nexys A7 Reference Manual, available in the Support tab.
Powered from USB or any 7V-15V source
microSD card connector
System Connectivity
10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Note: Xilinx-provided software support for the Nexys A7's ethernet interface is limited in versions of Vivado 2019.2 and newer. For more information, see the Ethernet PHY section of the Nexys A7 reference manual, which can be found through the Support tab.
USB-UART Bridge
USB-JTAG programming
Interaction and Sensory Devices
3-axis accelerometer
PDM microphone
PWM audio output
Temperature Sensor
2 four-digit seven-segment displays
USB HID for mice, keyboards, and memory sticks
16 Switches
16 LEDs
2 tri-color LEDs
12-bit VGA output
Additional Sensor
3-axis accelerometer
Temperature sensor
Expansion Connectors
4 Pmod connectors
Pmod for XADC signals
Product Compliance:
HTC: 8471500150
ECCN: 5A992.c
Software:
The Nexys A7 can be programmed with Digilent's Adept software. Digilent Adept is a unique and powerful solution which allows you to communicate with Digilent system boards and a wide assortment of logic devices. Find out more about Adept here.
To create and modify designs for your Nexys A7, you can use Xilinx's Vivado Design Suite. Vivado is a software designed for the synthesis and analysis of HDL designs. Both variants of the Nexys A7 are supported by the free WebPACK edition of the Vivado Design Suite.