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LiteX boards files

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                                          LiteX boards files

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[> Intro

From the very tiny Fomu to large PCIe accelerator boards....

This repository contains the platforms/targets currently supported by LiteX:

  • The platform provides the definition of the board: IOs, constraints, clocks, components + methods to load and flash the bitstream to it.
  • The target provides a LiteX base design for the board that allows you to create a SoC (with or without a CPU) and integrate easily all the base components of your board: Ethernet, DRAM, PCIe, SPIFlash, SDCard, Leds, GPIOs, etc...

The targets can be used as a base to build more complex or custom SoCs. They are are for example directly reused by the Linux-on-LiteX-VexRiscv project that is just using a specific configuration (Linux-capable CPU, additional peripherals). Basing your design on provided targets allows to to reduce code duplication between very various projects.

First make sure to install LiteX correctly by following the installation guide and have a look at the LiteX's wiki for tutorials, examples of projects and more information to use/build FPGA designs with it.

Each target provides a default configuration with a CPU, ROM, SRAM, UART, DRAM (if available), Ethernet (if available), etc... that can be simply built and loaded to the FPGA with:

$ ./target.py --build --load

You can then open a terminal on the main UART of the board and interact with the LiteX BIOS:

But this is just the starting point to create your own hardware! You can then:

  • Change the CPU: add --cpu-type=lm32, microwatt, serv, rocket, etc...
  • Change the Bus standard: add --bus-standard=wishbone, axi-lite
  • Enable components: add --with-ethernet --with-etherbone --with-sdcard etc...
  • Load application code to the CPU over UART/Ethernet/SDCard, etc...
  • Create a bridge with your computer to easily access the main bus of your SoC.
  • Add a Logic Analyzer to your SoC to easily observe/debug your design.
  • Simulate your SoC and interact with it at decent speed with LiteX Sim/Verilator.
  • Integrate external cores/CPU to create your own design.
  • etc...

Please use ./target.py --help to see the pre-built various possibilities.

Hoping you will find this useful and enjoy it, please contribute back if you make improvements that could be useful to others or find issues!

A question or want to get in touch? Our IRC channel is #litex at irc.libera.chat

Note: All boards with >= 32MB of memory and enough logic can be considered as Linux Capable.

[> Open-hardware boards

Fully open-hardware boards, the ECP5 and iCE40 ones are even usable with the open-source FPGA toolchains!

Name FPGA Family FPGA device Sys-Clk TTY RAM PCIe Ethernet Flash SDCard
ECPIX-5 Lattice ECP5 LFE5UM5G-85F 75MHz FTDI 16-bit 512MB DDR3 No 1Gbps RGMII 16MB QSPI Yes
Fomu Lattice iCE40 iCE40-UP5K 12MHz USB 128KB SPRAM No No 16MB QSPI No
HADBadge Lattice ECP5 LFE5U-45F 48MHz IOs 8-bit 32MB SDR No No 16MB QSPI No
iCEBreaker Lattice iCE40 iCE40-UP5K 24MHz FTDI 128KB SPRAM No No 16MB QSPI No
iCESugar Lattice iCE40 iCE40-UP5K 24MHz STM32 128KB SPRAM No No 8MB QSPI No
LogicBone Lattice ECP5 LFE5U-45F 75MHz FTDI 16-bit 1GB DDR3 No 1Gbps RGMII 16MB QSPI Yes
MarbleMini Xilinx Artix7 XC7A100T 100MHz FTDI 16-bit 1GB DDR3 No 1Gbps RGMII 16MB QSPI No
MiniSpartan6 Xilinx Spartan6 XC6SLX25 80MHz FTDI 16-bit 32MB SDR No No 8MB QSPI Yes
NeTV2 Xilinx Artix7 XC7A35T 100MHz IOs 32-bit 512MB DDR3 Gen2 X4 100Mbps RMII 16MB QSPI Yes
OrangeCrab Lattice ECP5 LFE5U-25F 48MHz USB 16-bit 128MB SDR No No 4MB QSPI Yes
Pipistrello Xilinx Spartan6 XC6SLX45 83MHz FTDI 16-bit 64MB LPDDR No No 16MB QSPI Yes*
ULX3S Lattice ECP5 LFE5U-45F 50MHz FTDI 16-bit 32MB SDR No No 4MB QSPI Yes
TrellisBoard Lattice ECP5 LFE5UM5G-85F 75MHz FTDI 32-bit 1GB DDR3 Gen2 X1* 1Gbps RGMII 16MB QSPI Yes
TinyFPGA Lattice iCE40 iCE40-LP8K 16MHz IOs No No No 16MB QSPI No

* Present on the board but not yet supported or validated with LiteX.

[> Accelerator boards

PCIe accelerators boards that you could use to accelerate your applications, LiteX provides you the essential cores for it: LitePCIe and LiteDRAM along with the LiteX infrastructure to create a design and easily control it/debug it.

Name FPGA Family FPGA device Sys-Clk TTY DRAM PCIe Flash
AcornCLE215+ Xilinx Artix7 XC7A200T 125MHz PCIe 16-bit 1GB DDR3 Gen2 X4 16MB QSPI
ForestKitten33 Xilinx Ultrascale+ XCVU33P 125MHz PCIe 2 x 1024-bit 4GB HBM2* Gen3 X16 ?
BCU1525 Xilinx Ultrascale+ XCVU9P 125MHz PCIe 4 x 64-bit DDR4 DIMM Gen3 X16 ?
AlveoU250 Xilinx Ultrascale+ XCU250 125MHz PCIe 4 x 64-bit DDR4 DIMM Gen2 X16 ?
AlveoU280 Xilinx Ultrascale+ XCU280-ES1 150MHz PCIe* 2 x 64-bit DDR4 DIMM
2 x 1024-bit 4GB HBM2*		 Gen2 X16 ?

* Present on the board but not yet supported or validated with LiteX.

[> Repurposed hardware

Repurposed FPGA hardware that has been "documented" by enthusiasts :), allows you to discover FPGAs for very cheap (starting at 15$)!

Name FPGA Family FPGA device Sys-Clk TTY DRAM Ethernet Flash
SDS1104X-E Xilinx Zynq XC7Z020 100MHz Eth 32-bit 256MB DDR3 100Mbps MII ?
Colorlight5A Lattice ECP5 LFE5U-25F 60MHz IOs 32-bit 8MB SDR 2x 1Gbps RGMII 4MB QSPI
Linsn RV901 Xilinx Spartan6 XC6SLX16 75MHz IOs 32-bit 8MB SDR 2x 1Gbps RGMII 4MB QSPI
PanoLogic G2 Xilinx Spartan6 XC6SLX100-150 50MHz IOs 32-bit 128MB DDR2 1Gbps GMII 16MB QSPI
Camlink-4K Lattice ECP5 LFE5U-25F 81MHz IOs 16-bit 128MB DDR3 No ?MB QSPI
EBAZ4205 Xilinx Zynq XC7Z010 (28k) 33.333MHz IOs 256MB DDR3 100Mbps RMII 128MB NAND

The Colorlight5A is a very nice board to start with, cheap, powerful, easy to use with the open-source toolchain, you can find a specific LiteX project here

* Present on the board but not yet supported or validated with LiteX.

[> Development boards

Name FPGA Family FPGA device Sys-Clk TTY RAM PCIe Ethernet Flash SDCard
AC701 Xilinx Artix7 XC7A200T 100MHz FTDI 64-bit ?MB DDR3 Gen2 X4 1Gbps RGMII 16MB QSPI Yes*
Aller Xilinx Artix7 XC7A200T 100MHz PCIe 16-bit 256MB DDR3 Gen2 X4 No 128MB QSPI No
Arty(A7) Xilinx Artix7 XC7A35T 100MHz FTDI 16-bit 256MB DDR3 No 100Mbps MII 16MB QSPI No
ArtyS7 Xilinx Spartan7 XC7S50 100MHz FTDI 16-bit 256MB DDR3 No No 16MB QSPI No
Avalanche Microsemi PolarFire MPF300TS 100MHz IOs 16-bit 256MB DDR3 No 1Gbps RGMII* 8MB QSPI* No
Basys3 Xilinx Artix7 XC7A35T 100MHz FTDI No No No 4MB QSPI No
C10LPRefKit Intel Cyclone10 10CL055 50MHz FTDI 16-bit 32MB SDR No 100Mbps MII 16MB QSPI No
CYC1000 Intel Cyclone10 10CL025 50MHz FTDI 16-bit 64MB SDR No No 16MB QSPI* No
De0Nano Intel Cyclone4 EP4CE22F 50MHz FTDI 16-bit 32MB SDR No No No No
De10Lite Intel MAX10 10M50DA 50MHz IOs 16-bit 64MB SDR No No No No
DECA Intel MAX10 10M50DA 50MHz JTAG 16-bit 512MB DDR3* No Yes No Yes
De10Nano Intel Cyclone5 5CSEBA6 50MHz IOs 16-bit 32MB SDR No No No Yes
Arrow SoCKit Intel Cyclone5 5CSXFC6D6F31C8 50MHz JTAG 32-bit 1GB DDR3* No No No No
De1SoC Intel Cyclone5 5CSEMA5 50MHz IOs 16-bit 64MB SDR No ? ? ?
De2-115 Intel Cyclone4 EP4CE115 50MHz IOs 16-bit 128MB SDR No 1Gbps GMII* 8MB QSPI Yes*
ECP5-EVN Lattice ECP5 LFE5UM5G-85F 50MHz FTDI No No ? ? ?
Genesys2 Xilinx Kintex7 XC7K325T 125MHz FTDI 32-bit 1GB DDR3 No 1Gbps RGMII 32MB QSPI* Yes
KC705 Xilinx Kintex7 XC7K325T 125MHz FTDI 64-bit 1GB DDR3 Gen2 X8** 1Gbps GMII 32MB QSPI* Yes
KCU105 Xilinx KintexU XCKU40 125MHz FTDI 64-bit 1GB DDR4 Gen3 X8** 1Gbps-BASE-X 64MB QSPI* Yes
KX2 Xilinx Kintex7 XC7K160T 125MHz FTDI 64-bit 1GB DDR3 No No 64MB QSPI* No
LiteFury Xilinx Artix7 XC7A100T 100MHz PCIe 16-bit 512MB DDR3 Gen2 X4 No 32MB QSPI* No
MachXO3 Lattice MachXO3 LCMXO3L-6900C 125MHz ? ? No No ? No
Mercury XU5 Xilinx ZynqU+ XCZU2EG 125MHz FTDI 16-bit 512MB DDR4 No No 64MB QSPI* No
Mimas A7 Xilinx Artix7 XC7A50T 100MHz FTDI 16-bit 256MB DDR3 No 1Gbps RGMII 16MB QSPI No
Nereid Xilinx Kintex7 XC7K160T 100MHz PCIe 64-bit 4GB DDR3 Gen2 X4 No 16MB QSPI No
Nexys4DDR Xilinx Artix7 XC7A100T 100MHz FTDI 16-bit 128MB DDR2 No 100Mbps RMII 16MB QSPI* Yes
Nexys Video Xilinx Artix7 XC7A200T 100MHz FTDI 16-bit 512MB DDR3 No 1Gbps RMII 32MB QSPI* Yes
QMTech XC7A35T Xilinx Artix7 XC7A35T 100MHz FTDI 16-bit 256MB DDR3 No 1Gbps GMII** 16MB QSPI Yes**
RZ-EasyFPGA Intel Cyclone4 EP4CE6 25MHz IOs 16-bit 8MB SDR No No No No
SP605 Xilinx Spartan6 XC6SLX45T 100MHz FTDI 16-bit 128MB DDR3* Gen1 X1* 1Gbps GMII 8MB QSPI* Yes*
Tagus Xilinx Artix7 XC7A200T 100MHz PCIe 16-bit 256MB DDR3 Gen2 X1 1Gbps-BASE-X* 16MB QSPI* No
VC707 Xilinx Virex7 XC7VX485T 125MHz FTDI 64-bit 1GB DDR3 Gen3 X8* 1Gbps GMII 16MB QSPI* Yes*
VCU118 Xilinx VirtexU+ XCVU9P 125MHz FTDI 2 x 64-bit 4GB DDR4 Gen3 X16* 1Gbps SGMII 16MB QSPI* Yes*
Versa ECP5 Lattice ECP5 LFE5UM5G-45F 75MHz FTDI 16-bit 128MB DDR3 Gen1 X1* 1Gbps RGMII 16MB QSPI* No
ZCU104 Xilinx ZynqU+ XCZU7EV 125MHz FTDI 64-bit 1GB DDR4 No 1Gbps RGMII* 64MB QSPI* Yes*
Zybo Z7 Xilinx Zynq XC7Z010 125MHz FTDI 64-bit 1GB DDR4 No 1Gbps RGMII* 64MB QSPI* Yes*

* Present on the board but not yet supported or validated with LiteX. ** available on the daughterboard