HCL:Z-turn
The Z-turn is a Single Board Computer (SBC) built around the Xilinx Zynq-7010 (XC7Z010) or Zynq-7020 (XC7Z020)
Technical Data
- Xilinx XC7Z010-1CLG400 (Zynq-7010) or XC7Z020-2CLG400 (Zynq-7020)
- 667MHz ARM® dual-core Cortex™-A9 MPCore processor (up to 866MHz)
- 1GB DDR3 SDRAM (2 x 512MB, 32-bit)
- 16MB QSPI Flash
- TF card interface
- 10/100/1000M Ethernet
- CAN
- Mini USB2.0 OTG
- USB-UART debug interface
- HDMI (supports 1080p resolution)
- 90/106 user I/O (7010/7020), configurable as up to 39 LVDS pairs I/O
- JTAG interface
- 2 Buttons (Reset, User)
- 4-channel toggle switch
- 5 LEDs (3 User LEDs, 1 Power indicator, 1 RGB LED)
- 1 Buzzer
Writing a disk image to the SD card
- Download the image you want (Leap is stable, Tumbleweed is rolling) from here:
TumbleweedJeOS image If the direct links above do not work for you, please check the general download directory for the images.
Leap-15.3JeOS image If the direct links above do not work for you, please check the general download directory for the images.
- As root extract the image onto your SD card (replace sdX with the device name of your SD card).
WARNING: all previous data on the SD card will be lost. Check first if the device you have selected is really your SD card!xzcat [image].raw.xz | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdX iflag=fullblock oflag=direct; sync
- Insert the SD card with the openSUSE image into your board.
- Connect the board to your PC via serial port (optional, but helpful for debugging; USB-TTL serial cable needed).
- Connect the board to your monitor (via DVI/HDMI, optional).
- Power on the board.
- Walk through the first boot steps.
- Ethernet is configured to request an IP via DHCP, check your DHCP server for the board IP if used.
- Have a lot of fun...
Default login is root:linux, works on serial console, via ssh, GUI.
Known Issues
- Up to Leap 15.2, the image supports version 1-4 of the board (u-boot-zynqzturn is used)
- Tumbleweed and Leap 15.3+ support version 5 of the board, which has a different Ethernet controller. (u-boot-zynqzturnv5 is used)