Features

• Description
• The Alchitry Au is the "gold" standard for FPGA development boards and it's possibly one of the strongest boards of its type on the market. FPGAs, or Field-Programmable Gate Arrays, are an advanced development board type for engineers and hobbyists alike to experience the next step in programming with electronics. The Au continues the tr*** of more affordable and increasingly powerful FPGA boards arriving each year. This board is a fantastic starting point into the world of FPGAs and the heart of your next project. Finally, now that this board is built by SparkFun, we added a Qwiic connector for easy I2C integration!
• The Alchitry Au features a Xilinx Artix 7 XC7A35T-1C FPGA with over 33,000 logic cells and 256MB of DDR3 RAM. The Au offers 102 3.3V logic level IO pins, 20 of which can be switched to 1.8V; Nine differential analog inputs; Eight general purpose LEDs; a 100MHz on-board clock that can be manipulated internally by the FPGA; a USB-C connector to configure and power the board; and a USB to serial interface for data transfer. To make getting started even easier, all Alchitry boards have full Lucid support, a built in library of ***ful components to *** in your project, and a debugger!
• By adding stackable expansion boards similar to shields or HATs called "Elements," the Alchitry Au is able to expand its own hardware capabilities by adding prototyping spaces, buttons, LEDs, and more!
• The SparkFun Qwiic Connect System is an ecosystem of I2C sensors, actuators, shields and cables that make prototyping faster and less prone to error. All Qwiic-enabled boards *** a common 1mm pitch, 4-pin JST connector. This reduces the amount of required PCB space, and polarized connections mean you can't hook it up wrong.
• Get Started with our Learning FPGA Tutorials
• Features
• Artix 7 XC7A35T-1C - 33,280 logic cells
• 256MB DDR3 RAM
• 102 IO pins(3.3V logic level, 20 of then can be switched to 1.8V for LVDS)
• Nine differential analog inputs(One dedicated, Eight mixed with digital IO)
• USB-C to configure and power the board
• Eight general purpose LEDs
• One button(typically ***d as a reset)
• 100MHz on-board clock(can be multiplied internally by the FPGA)
• Powered with 5V through USB-C port, 0.1" holes, or headers
• USB to serial interface for data transfer(up to 12Mbaud)
• Qwiic Connector
• Dimensions of 65mm×45mm
• Examples
• First FPGA Project - Getting Fancy with PWM
• External IO and Metastability