Chapter 2
Board Setup and Configuration
Electrostatic Discharge Caution
CAUTION! ESD can damage electronic components when they are improperly handled, and can result
in total or intermient failures. Always follow ESD-prevenon procedures when removing and replacing
components.
To prevent ESD damage:
• Use an ESD wrist or ankle strap and ensure that it makes skin contact. Connect the equipment
end of the strap to an unpainted metal surface on the chassis.
• Avoid touching the adapter against your clothing. The wrist strap protects components from
ESD on the body only.
• Handle the adapter by its bracket or edges only. Avoid touching the printed circuit board or
the connectors.
• Put the adapter down only on an anstac surface such as the bag supplied in your kit.
• If you are returning the adapter to Xilinx
®
Product Support, place it back in its anstac bag
immediately.
Board Component Location
The following gure shows the VCU128 board component locaons. Each numbered component
shown in the gure is keyed to the table in Board Component Descripons.
IMPORTANT! The board component locaons gure is for visual reference only and might not reect
the current revision of the board.
IMPORTANT! There could be mulple revisions of this board. The specic details concerning the
dierences between revisions are not captured in this document. This document is not intended to be a
reference design guide and the informaon herein should not be used as such. Always refer to the
schemac, layout, and XDC les of the specic VCU128 version of interest for such details.
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