Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
The ZCU216 is an evaluaon board featuring the ZU49DR Zynq
®
UltraScale+™ RFSoC Gen3
device. This board enables evaluaon of applicaons requiring sub-6 GHz Bands for Radio,
mmWave, and full L-band and S-Band in Phased Array Radar. The ZCU216 board is equipped
with all the common board-level features needed for design development like DDR4 memory,
networking interfaces, an FMC+ expansion port as well as access to the RFMC 2.0 interface.
Document Audience and Scope
The purpose of this guide is to familiarize system architects, soware developers, and hardware
designers with the ZCU216 evaluaon board. The ZCU216 evaluaon board features the Zynq
UltraScale+ RFSoC ZU49DR. The ZCU216 board enables the demonstraon, evaluaon, and
development of numerous applicaons.
Additional Resources
See Appendix E: Addional Resources and Legal Noces for references to documents, les, and
resources relevant to the ZCU216 evaluaon board.
Block Diagram
A block diagram of the ZCU216 evaluaon board is shown in the following gure.
Chapter 1: Introduction
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