AMD FPGA Evaluation Kit Supports Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Mikrobus, and Pmod Expansion

The AMD SCU35 evaluation kit is an affordable development board ($229) equipped with the AMD Spartan UltraScale+ SU35P FPGA device, aimed at low-power industrial, medical, and data center applications that require I/O expansion and board management capabilities.This board is designed for headless applications, featuring a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port and a USB-C power port, along with various interfaces compatible with off-the-shelf expansion boards or modules, including Arduino UNO interface, two 40-pin Raspberry Pi GPIO interfaces, two Mikrobus interfaces, four Pmod interfaces, and one HSIO board-to-board connector.AMD FPGA Evaluation Kit Supports Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Mikrobus, and Pmod Expansion

AMD SCU35 Evaluation Kit Specifications

  • FPGA: AMD Spartan Ultrascale+ SU35P (XCSU35P-2SBVB625E)

    • 36K logic cells

    • Up to 304 I/Os

    • Onboard management controller

  • Memory

    • 1.93 Mb on-chip storage

    • 64 Mbit HyperRAM

  • Storage

    • 128 Mbit QSPI Flash

    • 64 Kbit EEPROM

  • Networking

    • 10/100Mbps Ethernet RJ45 interface

  • Sensors

    • Three-axis accelerometer

  • Expansion Interfaces

    • Arduino UNO header

    • 2× 40Pin Raspberry Pi compatible HAT GPIO

    • 2× Mikrobus (supports 1000+ MikroE Click modules)

    • 4× Pmod interfaces

    • HSIO board-to-board high-speed interface

  • Onboard Management

    • SYSMON management interface

  • Configuration Methods

    • Supports JTAG / SPI / QSPI

  • Debug Interfaces

    • Micro USB (JTAG/UART)

    • PC4 JTAG interface

  • Other

    • 5 buttons, 3 operational switches, and corresponding headers

    • 5 RGB LEDs, 5 status LEDs

    • 8-bit DIP switch

  • Power Supply and Management

    • USB-C, up to 20V (65W) input

    • Note: Power adapter not included

    • Power telemetry support

  • Dimensions: 140 × 140 mm

  • Temperature Range: Operating 0°C–45°C; Storage -25°C–60°C

The SCU35 FPGA evaluation kit is supported by the AMD Vivado design suite and the Vitis unified software platform. The company also provides various example designs (such as MicroBlaze-based embedded systems) and tutorials to help users get started quickly, even without FPGA experience. You can find links to documentation, software, and hardware resources on the documentation website. Some documents (such as user guides) require email registration and approval from AMD.Specific applications include factory automation, robotics, IIoT gateways and edge applications, smart cities and smart grids in the industrial sector, intelligent patient monitoring and robotic-assisted surgery in the medical field, as well as 4G and 5G wireless infrastructure solutions. It can also be used in data centers as an onboard management controller or for hyperscale storage.The SCU35 evaluation kit can be purchased or pre-ordered directly from AMD for $229, with an expected delivery time of 8 weeks. Note that it does not come with a power supply; the SCU35 power supply can only be purchased from distributors, or you can buy a standard 20V/65W USB-C power adapter directly. The Platform Cable USB II ($270) is used for debugging, which may not be entirely necessary as the mainboard can also be programmed via the USB JTAG port.AMD FPGA Evaluation Kit Supports Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Mikrobus, and Pmod Expansion$4 Shrike FPGA development board, integrated with Renesas ForgeFPGA and RP2040 MCUThe world’s first FPGA gaming terminal, SuperStation one, is now available for pre-order

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