Expand your engineering skillset by studying each featured technology from AMD Xilinx and completing an activity for a chance to win prizes! Throughout the year, we'll feature six different technologies to level up your knowledge and become a well-rounded AMD Xilinx expert. Each month's activity will be a unique set of questions that pick your brain or collect open feedback on the technology's complexity, adaptability and potential applications.
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Offered in Commercial and Industrial grades, the Kria K26 SOM features a custom-built Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC device in a small form factor card ideal for production deployment in Smart Camera, Embedded Vision, and other Security, Retail Analytics, Smart City, and Machine Vision applications.
The KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit is an out-of-the-box ready development platform for AI, embedded SW & HW developers. Designed for Vision AI applications, the KV260 is the fastest way to develop unique solutions for production volume deployment with the K26 SOM.
The KR260 Robotics Starter Kit integrates high-performance industrial interfaces and features native ROS 2 support. Designed for robotics and industrial applications, the KR260 is the fastest way to develop intelligent factory solutions for production volume deployment with the K26 SOM.
Kria KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit Unboxing
Read the KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit Product Brief and KR260 Robotics Starter Kit Product Brief, then test the knowledge you gained by completing the quiz. Quiz participants will be entered in the drawing to win a KV260 & Xilinx swag.
This month's prize includes a KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit & Xilinx branded socks + beanie.
The KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit is an out-of-the-box ready development platform for AI, embedded SW & HW developers.
Designed for Vision AI applications, the KV260 is the fastest way to develop unique solutions for production volume deployment with the K26 SOM.
Check out what the Hackster community is building with the KV260! >> SEE PROJECTS
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PYNQ (Python Productivity for Zynq) is an open-source project from AMD Xilinx that makes it easy to design embedded systems with Zynq®-7000 SoC, Zynq UltraScale+™ MPSoC and Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC boards. It provides a Jupyter-based framework with Python APIs for using AMD Xilinx platforms.
PYNQ enables architects, engineers and programmers who design embedded systems to use Zynq devices, without having to use ASIC-style design tools to design programmable logic circuits. Using the Python language and libraries, designers can exploit the benefits of programmable logic and microprocessors in Zynq to build more capable and exciting embedded systems.
Use the resources below to jump-start your journey with PYNQ. Explore the getting started documentation, learn how the PYNQ framework thoroughly enables and
integrates the Python language and run time onto the Zynq portfolio, and discover real world applications to inspire your next project build!
Read the docs to get your intro into the development platform.
Workshop Overview:
Below are just a few of the development boards that support PYNQ. For a full list of supporting boards, visit www.pynq.io/board.html
The PYNQ-Z2 is designed for the AMD Xilinx University Program to support the PYNQ framework and embedded systems.
The Ultra96-V2 is an Arm-based, AMD Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC development board based on the Linaro 96Boards Consumer Edition (CE) specification.
The ZCU104 enables designers to jumpstart designs for video conferencing, surveillance, Advanced Driver Assisted Systems (ADAS) and streaming and encoding applications.
The KV260 is built for advanced vision application development without requiring complex hardware design knowledge.
Explore pynq.io, then test the knowledge you gained by completing the quiz below. Quiz participants will be entered in the drawing to win a PYNQ bundle!
Quiz closed on May 11th at 11:59PM Pacific.
There are three PYNQ bundles available this month. The bundle includes a TUL PYNQ-Z2 board, color changing straw, PYNQ stickers, and a PYNQ stuffed unicorn!
TUL PYNQ-Z2 board, based on AMD Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC, is designed for the AMD Xilinx University Program to support PYNQ framework and embedded systems.
Spartan®-7 devices, the newest addition to AMD Xilinx's Cost-Optimized Portfolio, offer the best in class performance per watt, along with small form factor packaging to meet the most stringent requirements. These devices feature a MicroBlaze™ soft processor running over 200 DMIPs with 800Mb/s DDR3 support built on 28nm technology. Additionally, Spartan-7 devices offer an integrated ADC, dedicated security features, and Q-grade (-40 to +125°C) on all commercial devices. These devices are ideally suited for industrial, consumer, and automotive applications including any-to-any connectivity, sensor fusion, and embedded vision.
Use the resources below to jump-start your journey with Spartan-7. Watch the Hackster Café interview with Whitney Knitter, read about the migration from Spartan-6 to Spartan-7, and learn how you can get started with Spartan-7 FPGA supported boards like the AMD Xilinx SP701!
Below are some of the development boards that are equipped with the Spartan-7 FPGA.
The AMD Xilinx SP701 is built for designs requiring sensor fusion such as industrial networking, embedded vision, and automotive applications.
The Arty family of Digilent FPGA/SoC boards was designed with versatility and flexibility in mind. With universally popular Arduino™ headers and multiple Pmod™ ports, an Arty will be the most adaptable FPGA/SoC board in your toolbox.
The Seeed Studio Spartan Edge Accelerator Board is an AMD Xilinx Spartan FPGA development board in the Arduino UNO shield form factor. With the onboard ESP32 chip, it can also provide WiFi and Bluetooth functions.
Whitney Knitter takes a deep dive look into Spartan-7. Read her article Spartan-7 Deep Dive: What You Need to Know for Updating Your Design, then test the knowledge you gained by completing the quiz below. Quiz participants will be entered in the drawing to win a Seeed Studio Spartan Edge Accelerator Board and toolkit!
Quiz closed on June 12th at 11:59PM Pacific.
This month's prize includes a Seeed Studio Spartan Edge Accelerator Board and an AMD Xilinx and Hackster branded toolkit!
The Seeed Studio Spartan Edge Accelerator Board is an AMD Xilinx Spartan FPGA development board in the Arduino UNO shield form factor. With the onboard ESP32 chip, it can also provide WiFi and Bluetooth functions.
The digital revolution has changed expectations for novice and savvy FPGA designers alike. To compete in cost-sensitive markets, developers must be able to extend use models for greater processing bandwidth, portability, and application reach while keeping power to a minimum. The AMD Xilinx Artix®-7 family of FPGAs provides a small form factor, optimized transceivers, and high performance with the lowest power consumption. With features like the MicroBlaze™ soft processor core, developers can easily create embedded applications with a variety of peripherals, memory, and interfaces. Artix-7 FPGAs are ideal for cost and power-sensitive applications that need high-end features, such as portable medical equipment, machine vision cameras, military radios, and compact wireless infrastructure.
Below are some of the development boards that are equipped with the Artix-7 FPGA.
The Artix-7 FPGA AC701 Evaluation Kit features the leading system performance per watt Artix-7 family to get you quickly prototyping for your cost sensitive applications.
The Arty A7 is a ready-to-use development platform designed around the AMD Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA family. The Arty A7 board provides the highest performance-per-watt fabric, transceiver line rates, DSP processing, and AMS integration in the Arty family.
The Basys 3 is one of the best boards on the market for getting started with FPGA. It is an entry-level development board built around an AMD Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA and designed exclusively for AMD Xilinx’s Vivado Design Suite.
Watch the "Introduction to Artix-7 FPGAs" video below, then test the knowledge you gained by completing the quiz. Quiz participants will be entered in the drawing to win a Digilent Arty A7-100T and Xilinx branded Yeti bottle!
Quiz Closed July 10th @11:59PM Pacific
Check back August 29th for a new opportunity to play or sign up below to our mailing list to be alerted when new activities are available.
This month's prize includes a Digilent Arty A7-100T board and Xilinx branded Yeti bottle!
The Digilent Arty A7-100 is a ready-to-use development platform designed around the Artix-7 FPGA from AMD Xilinx.
Check out what the Hackster community is building with the Arty A7-100T!
The Zynq®-7000 SoC family integrates the software programmability of an Arm®-based processor with the hardware programmability of an FPGA, enabling key analytics and hardware acceleration while integrating CPU, DSP, ASSP, and mixed signal functionality on a single device. Consisting of single-core Zynq-7000S and dual-core Zynq-7000 devices, the Zynq-7000 family boasts the best price to performance-per-watt in its class, making it the best option for a wide range of embedded applications, including multi-camera drivers assistance systems, machine vision, medical endoscopy, and 4K2K Ultra-HDTV.
Use the resources below to dive deep into Zynq-7000 SoCs. Learn how Zynq-7000 SoCs can be applied to a wide range of system-design problems and use cases and how the Zynq platform is uniquely oriented towards getting design teams from concept to implementation faster and with unmatched performance and power.
Below are some of the development boards that are equipped with Zynq-7000 SoCs.
The Digilent Cora Z7 is a ready-to-use, low-cost, and easily embeddable development platform designed around the powerful AMD Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC.
The Zynq®-7000 SoC ZC706 Evaluation Kit includes all the basic components of hardware, design tools, IP, and pre-verified reference designs including a targeted design, enabling a complete embedded processing platform and transceiver based designs including PCIe.
MicroZed is a low-cost development board based on the AMD Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC. It can be used as both a stand-alone evaluation board for basic SoC experimentation, or combined with a carrier card as an embeddable system-on-module (SOM).
Additional supported boards include AMD Xilinx ZC702, Digilent Arty Z7-10 and Arty Z7-20, Digilent Zybo Z7, Digilent Eclypse Z7 + more!
Read the article A Generation Ahead for Smarter Systems: 9 Reasons Why the AMD Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC Platform is the Smartest Solution, then test the knowledge you gained by completing the quiz. Quiz participants will be entered in the drawing to win a Digilent Arty Z7 and Exploring Zynq MPSoC Book.
Quiz closed on September 11th at 11:59PM Pacific.
Check back September 26th for our next activity.
This month's prize includes a Digilent Arty Z7-10 board and Exploring Zynq MPSoC Book.
The Arty Z7 is a ready-to-use development platform designed around the Zynq®-7000 SoC from AMD Xilinx.
The Zynq MPSoC textbook covers design tools, hardware and software development, multiprocessing, security, system booting, and machine-learning applications.
Check out what the Hackster community is building with the Arty Z7-10! >> SEE PROJECTS
Ultra96-V2 is an Arm®-based, AMD Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ ™ MPSoC single board computer based on the Linaro 96Boards Consumer Edition (CE) specification. The open source 96Boards specifications are designed to accelerate the delivery of low-cost hardware with the latest SoC technology by providing a standard board layout for SoC-agnostic development platforms that can be used for applications like desktop and laptop computing, smart home, digital signage, point of sale, high-end audio, robotics and drones, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, IoT, and industrial control.
Demo 1: Smart City
Demo 2: Sensing the Edge with Ultra96 and Microsoft Azure Export
Demo 3: Avnet Ultra96-V2 Powered Turtlebot3 Burger Robotics
Read the Ultra96-V2 Product Brief, then test the knowledge you gained by completing the quiz. Quiz participants will be entered in the drawing to win an Ultra96-V2, Level Up T-shirt and dopp bags from Peace by Piece.
Quiz closed on October 9th at 11:59PM Pacific.
This month's prize includes an Ultra96-V2 board, Level Up T-shirt and Dopp Bags.
Dopp bags made by Peace By Piece International. Gifts made through Peace By Piece are made by master artisans in communities affected by war, genocide, human trafficking, climate disasters, political strife, or incarceration.
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All prize winners will be notified by email (the “Email Notification”). The Email Notification will be sent to the Prize Winners by events@hackster.io. Prize winner must respond to the Email Notification within five (5) business days of such Email Notification sent, by providing contact and shipping information required for prize fulfillment. If: (a) a prize winner fails to respond to the Email Notification within five (5) business days of the Email Notification; (b) any Email Notification is returned as undeliverable; or (c) the Administrator determines, in its sole reasonable discretion, that the prize winner has breached these Terms and/or is not eligible in accordance with these Terms, that prize winner will be disqualified and the prize will not be awarded. All prize winners consent to use of his/her name, video, biographical information, and submitted form information in advertising worldwide without additional compensation. All Prizes will be awarded approximately six (6) to eight (8) weeks after receipt of the required information in Email Notification.
GENERAL RULES OF PARTICIPATION:
By participating in the Level Up Tech Series and to the fullest extent permissible by law, Entrants and Prize Winners release the Administrator from any and all liability, damages or causes of action (but named or described) with respect to or arising out of participation in the Level Up Tech Series, and/or the receipt or use/misuse of the prizes awarded, including, without limitation, liability for personal injury, death or property damage. By participating in the Level Up Tech Series, Entrants agree to be bound by these Terms and the decisions of the Administrator, which are final in all respects and not subject to appeal. Administrator reserves the right permanently to disqualify any Entrant it reasonably believes has violated these Terms. Winning a prize constitutes permission for Administrator to use prize winners' names, survey form content, and/or videos for purposes of advertising and publicity, in connection with the Level Up Tech Series, without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. Administrator may prohibit an Entrant from participating in the Level Up Tech Series or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, Administrator determines that the Entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Level Up Tech Series by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other Entrants or the Administrator. If for any reason the Level Up Tech Series cannot be conducted as planned, including, but not limited to, by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Administrator which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Level Up Tech Series, then Administrator reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Level Up Tech Series and randomly draw winners from those entries received up to the cancellation/suspension date.
NO LIABILITY:
By participating and to the fullest extent permissible by law, Entrants agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Administrator and each of its respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (the “Released Parties”) from and against any claims made by winners, Entrants, or any other third parties, related in any way to the operation of the Level Up Tech Series as well as any other claims, damages or liability due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in any Level Up Tech Series-related activity or participation. All prizes offered “as is” and with no additional warranties.
PRIVACY NOTICE:
If not stated otherwise in these Terms, personal information collected from Entrants about Entrants will be incorporated in computerized files belonging to the Administrator and used where applicable in accordance with the respective privacy policy and in accordance with all applicable data protection and privacy laws. Collection and use of Entrants' personal information in conjunction with participation in the Level Up Tech Series shall be governed by the Administrator’s Privacy Policy, accessible at www.hackster.io/privacy.
By entering the Level Up Tech Series, for the purposes of administration you:
(a) consent to the Administrator handling your entry and your personal information; and
(b) you grant the Sponsor all similar rights and authorizations that you have granted to the Administrator in these Terms.
By signing up to receive marketing updates from the survey Administrator and survey Sponsor, you consent to share your personal information with the Administrator and AMD ("Sponsor”).
This Level Up Tech Series shall not be published without permission of the Administrator.