HCL:Z-turn

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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

  1. Download the image you want (Leap is stable, Tumbleweed is rolling) from here:
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    Tumbleweed
    JeOS image

    If the direct links above do not work for you, please check the general download directory for the images.


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    Leap-15.3
    JeOS image

    If the direct links above do not work for you, please check the general download directory for the images.

  2. 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
  3. Insert the SD card with the openSUSE image into your board.
  4. Connect the board to your PC via serial port (optional, but helpful for debugging; USB-TTL serial cable needed).
  5. Connect the board to your monitor (via DVI/HDMI, optional).
  6. Power on the board.
  7. Walk through the first boot steps.
  8. Ethernet is configured to request an IP via DHCP, check your DHCP server for the board IP if used.
  9. 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)