As I explained in the previous post, I have acquired a Microphase Z7-Lite board, in order to check if it could be used as a possible platform for zeST. As it is currently taking most of my time on zeST development, I am writing this post so you can understand what I am doing at the moment. Meet the Microphase Z7-Lite board It is the cheapest I could find with the required elements I need: A Xilinx Zynq-7000 FPGA SoC, a SD card slot, sufficient memory, a HDMI port and some USB connectivity.

Current status of zeST I’m taking profit from this new website to summarize the current status of the zeST project. Target platform The zeST project is based on the Xilinx Zynq-7000 family of FPGA-based SoCs, with a FPGA, a two-core 32-bit ARM CPU, and a number of hardware controllers, all that in a single chip. For the moment, I am working on a MyIR Z-Turn board, whose availability seems to be decreasing with time, so I’m looking for a replacement board that would serve as the new reference board.