Xilinx Zynq 7010 fpga crypto windfall boards
17 Jun 2025 00:09 #330369
by DMNZ
Xilinx Zynq 7010 fpga crypto windfall boards was created by DMNZ
Hi All,
i can see there are many different FPGA boards has been adopted for LinuxCNC but for some reason no one is using this one (or similar) - EBAZ4205
This is Xilinx Zynq 7010 fpga pcb mass produced for crypto mining which makes them very cheap (under 20usd) and readily available (even at amazon).
Looks like it has all that is needed - 2 cores, decent fpga fabric, accessible jtag, uart, sdcard, 100mb Ethernet, lots of IO pins and even schematics are available:
github.com/xjtuecho/EBAZ4205/blob/master...205/EBAZ4205-SCH.pdf
any ideas why it has not been adopted for CNC?
for a commercial work i would still most probably prefer MESA due to its quality and support, but for cheap home automation it looks like much better fit than LED control cards or STM32 boards.
i can see there are many different FPGA boards has been adopted for LinuxCNC but for some reason no one is using this one (or similar) - EBAZ4205
This is Xilinx Zynq 7010 fpga pcb mass produced for crypto mining which makes them very cheap (under 20usd) and readily available (even at amazon).
Looks like it has all that is needed - 2 cores, decent fpga fabric, accessible jtag, uart, sdcard, 100mb Ethernet, lots of IO pins and even schematics are available:
github.com/xjtuecho/EBAZ4205/blob/master...205/EBAZ4205-SCH.pdf
any ideas why it has not been adopted for CNC?
for a commercial work i would still most probably prefer MESA due to its quality and support, but for cheap home automation it looks like much better fit than LED control cards or STM32 boards.
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17 Jun 2025 04:12 #330374
by DMNZ
Replied by DMNZ on topic Xilinx Zynq 7010 fpga crypto windfall boards
all valid points. I have Mesa myself. I was just going through a number of threads here converting other boards like colorlight, nvem, even stm32 some of which require a lot of work and pcb mods and yet here is a board that you can get cheaper with more power, all peripherals, jtag ready, full xilinx support and no interest at all. btw this is just one of many, there are other boards from Ebang Ebits like ebaz4303, ebaz4332, ebaz4051 which are very similar.
i thought may be there is something wrong with it as i am not a fpga guru myself
I am thinking about ordering one just to learn a bit more about fpga toolchain, looks like great learning platform.
I don't think you need Litex for Zynq as it has all those modules cpu cores, ethernet, ram, rom hard wired in the chip plus fairly large fpga part to build anything else like steppers or encoders.
PS. i am actually even further down under in New Zealand
i use parcel forwarding companies from US so it is not too bad, just the shipping
i thought may be there is something wrong with it as i am not a fpga guru myself
I don't think you need Litex for Zynq as it has all those modules cpu cores, ethernet, ram, rom hard wired in the chip plus fairly large fpga part to build anything else like steppers or encoders.
PS. i am actually even further down under in New Zealand
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17 Jun 2025 11:18 #330389
by meister
Replied by meister on topic Xilinx Zynq 7010 fpga crypto windfall boards
wow, nice board ! will think about it
will be happy to help you if you want to try to get RIO running on it.
will be happy to help you if you want to try to get RIO running on it.
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