The
Digilent Basys 3 is an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) development board that is recommended for those with little or no experience of FPGA technology.
Basys 3 is the newest addition to the popular Basys line of FPGA development boards and features
Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA architecture. The board is designed exclusively for the
Vivado Design Suite and includes all the standard features found on Basys boards.
This FPGA development platform provides students with a better representation of professional-level engineering, with upgraded features such as:
More I/O:
Double the user interface switches, double the number of onboard outputs, upgraded the number of external ports (moving from 6-pin single-row Pmods to 12-pin double-row Pmods) and included for the first time on a Basys class device a USB-UART bridge.
Modern Architecture and Modern Programming Challenges:
Due to the migration from the Spartan-3E family to the Artix-7 class of device, the Basys 3 offers a substantial increase in hardware capabilities. With the new Artix FPGA comes 15x the logic cells (from 2,160 to 33,280) and the upgrade from multipliers to true DSP slices. It also adds over 26x the amount of RAM.
Industry's First SoC Strength Design Suite:
The most significant change to the Basys 3 is the upgrade to Xilinx Vivado Design Suite, the most modern design tool chain used by professional engineers worldwide. Compared to ISE, Vivado offers an improved user experience and expanded capabilities. These capabilities include block-based IP integration (which can reduce development time up to 10x) and the Vivado Logic/Serial I/O analyzer.
Vivado Design Suite WebPACK edition can be downloaded for free from
Xilinx.
If you would like an evaluation board for academic purposes, you can apply for a donation through the
Xilinx University Program at
www.xilinx.com.
To get up and running and for further resources please visit the
Digilent Resource Center at
https://reference.digilentinc.com.
- Designed exclusively for the Vivado Design Suite
- Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA XC7A35T-1CPG236C processor
- Complete ready-to-use hardware
- Large collection of on-board I/O devices
- All required FPGA support circuits
- Free version of development tools
- Student-level price point