microZed Breakout Carrier Card for MicroZed Zynq FPGA SOM board AES-MBCC-BRK-G

 For new FPGA SoC related project, and i will be using Avnet MicroZed Zync SOM board. But Avnet microZed Board has two 100 Pin fine pitch connectors for expansion, Which is impractical for prototyping so i decided to make my own breakout board.  Finding Avent microzed GPIO breakout was little hard and official board has same VCCIO regulator for all banks and avnet board also does not have differential LVDS layout.

So i made this Open source Board, With three separate switching regulator for each bank VCCIO on 4 Layer Gold finish board with most of microZed pins broken out in LVDS pair. PCB is 4 Layer impedance control for 100R LVDS pair. Board has 3 solder jumpers per regulator to change bank voltage of each bank separately.

In this project, I set out to design a custom carrier PCB tailored for the MicroZed Zynq FPGA System-on-Module (SOM), inspired by the functionality of the AES-MBCC-BRK-G. This carrier board is designed to seamlessly interface with the MicroZed module, providing robust connectivity and enhanced peripheral integration for a variety of FPGA applications. From initial concept to detailed PCB layout, the design process focused on optimizing functionality, signal integrity, and scalability to suit custom project requirements. Whether you're exploring embedded systems, hardware acceleration, or IoT development, this custom carrier board simplifies working with the powerful Zynq FPGA platform.

Schematic

There is not much in schematic , only few switching regulator for all Bank Voltage and IO headers .

PCB Source on Github 

https://github.com/circuitvalley/microzed_carrier_board