ZED Quickstart
This guide provides quick instructions on how to set up the EVAL-AD4696FMCZ on:
ZedBoard FMC LPC
All the products described on this page include ESD (electrostatic discharge) sensitive devices. Electrostatic charges as high as 4000V readily accumulate on the human body or test equipment and can discharge without detection. Although the boards feature ESD protection circuitry, permanent damage may occur on devices subjected to high-energy electrostatic discharges. Therefore, proper ESD precautions are recommended to avoid performance degradation or loss of functionality. This includes removing static charge on external equipment, cables, or antennas before connecting to the device.
Using Linux as software
Necessary files
Note
The SD card includes several folders in the root directory of the BOOT partition. In order to configure the SD card to work with a specific FPGA board and ADI hardware, several files must be copied onto the root directory. Using the host PC, drag and drop the required files onto the BOOT partition, and use the EJECT function when removing the SD card from the reader.
The following files are needed for the system to boot:
HDL boot image:
BOOT.BINLinux Kernel image:
uImageLinux device tree:
devicetree.dtb
They can either be taken from the SD card – already generated by us, or you can build them manually:
Instructions on how to choose the boot files from the SD card can be found in the Platform-Specific Manual Steps section from here Hardware Configuration.
Instructions on how to manually build the boot files from source can be found here:
AD469X-EVB HDL project build documentation. More HDL build details at Build an HDL project.
Important
Some projects provide multiple devicetree files in the SD card’s boot folders. Make sure you select the devicetree that matches your specific use case.
Required software
SD Card 16 GB imaged with Kuiper
A UART terminal (Putty/Tera Term/Minicom, etc.) with baud rate 115200 (8N1)
Required hardware
ZedBoard Rev C or later
EVAL-AD4696FMCZ FMC board
SD card with at least 16 GB of memory
Micro-USB cable
Ethernet cable
More details as to why you need these, can be found at Prerequisites.
Testing
Creating the setup
Get the ZedBoard
Important
To avoid potential issues, ensure the ZedBoard VADJ SELECT = 1.8 V.
Set the BOOT mode switches (JP7-JP11) on the ZedBoard for SD card boot.
Insert the SD card with the boot files into the ZedBoard.
Connect the EVAL-AD4696FMCZ to the FMC LPC connector.
Connect the USB cable from the PC to J13/USB OTG port and the PSU to J20/DC input.
Note
USB-OTG feature: To use USB peripheral devices with ZedBoard, install jumpers JP2 and JP3.
Slide SW8/POWER switch to the ON position. The green LD13/POWER LED should turn on.
The blue LD12/DONE LED and red LD0 LED should start blinking ~20-30 seconds later which indicates the boot process is complete.
Tip
Linux versions prior to ADI Kuiper Linux for Evaluation version 2024-8-27 will instead boot with the BLUE LD12/DONE LED blinking immediately and LD7 blinking after ~20-30 seconds. This may indicate that an improved version of the ACE plugin is available if the SD card is updated to the latest version.
See also
For more detailed information on ZedBoard jumper settings, check the ZedBoard Hardware User Guide (chapter “Configuration modes”) here.
Boot messages
The following is what is printed in the serial console, after you have connected to the proper ttyUSB or COM port:
U-Boot 2018.01-01677-geb93226123b (Mar 09 2026 - 12:15:19 +0200), Build: jenkins-development-build_uboot-69
Model: Zyn 0
Device: sdhci@e0100000
Manufacturer ID: 1d
OEM: 4144
Name: 00000
Tran Speed: 50000000
Rd Block Len: 512
SD version 3.0
High Capacity: Yes
Capacity: 29.1 GiB
Bus Width: 4-bit
Erase Group Size: 512 Bytes
reading uEnv.txt
407 bytes read in 24 ms (15.6 KiB/s)
Loaded environment from uEnv.txt
Importing environment from SD ...
Running uenvcmd ...
Copying Linux from SD to RAM...
reading uImage
8903584 bytes read in 516 ms (16.5 MiB/s)
reading devicetree.dtb
22553 bytes read in 30 ms (733.4 KiB/s)
** Unable to read file uramdisk.image.gz **
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 03000000 ...
Image Name: Linux-6.12.0-g40201abd70d8
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 8903520 Bytes = 8.5 MiB
Load Address: 00008000
Entry Point: 00008000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 02a00000
Booting using the fdt blob at 0x2a00000
Loading Kernel Image ... OK
Loading Device Tree to 1eb11000, end 1eb19818 ... OK
Starting kernel ...
Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
Linux version 6.12.0-g40201abd70d8 (root@f12ca6062feb) (arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.42) #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 4 13:06:08 UTC 2026
CPU: ARMv7 Processor [413fc090] revision 0 (ARMv7), cr=18c5387d
CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT aliasing instruction cache
OF: fdt: Machine model: Xilinx Zynq ZED
OF: fdt: earlycon: stdout-path /amba@0/uart@E0001000 not found
Memory policy: Data cache writealloc
cma: Reserved 128 MiB at 0x16800000 on node -1
Zone ranges:
Normal [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000001fffffff]
HighMem empty
Movable zone start for each node
Early memory node ranges
node 0: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000001fffffff]
Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000001fffffff]
percpu: Embedded 12 pages/cpu s17356 r8192 d23604 u49152
Kernel command line: console=ttyPS0,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw earlycon rootfstype=ext4 rootwait clk_ignore_unused cpuidle.off=1
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes, linear)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes, linear)
Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 131072
mem auto-init: stack:all(zero), heap alloc:off, heap free:off
SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=2, Nodes=1
rcu: Preemptible hierarchical RCU implementation.
rcu: RCU restricting CPUs from NR_CPUS=4 to nr_cpu_ids=2.
rcu: RCU calculated value of scheduler-enlistment delay is 10 jiffies.
rcu: Adjusting geometry for rcu_fanout_leaf=16, nr_cpu_ids=2
NR_IRQS: 16, nr_irqs: 16, preallocated irqs: 16
efuse mapped to (ptrval)
slcr mapped to (ptrval)
L2C: platform modifies aux control register: 0x72360000 -> 0x72760000
L2C: DT/platform modifies aux control register: 0x72360000 -> 0x72760000
L2C-310 erratum 769419 enabled
L2C-310 enabling early BRESP for Cortex-A9
L2C-310 full line of zeros enabled for Cortex-A9
L2C-310 ID prefetch enabled, offset 1 lines
L2C-310 dynamic clock gating enabled, standby mode enabled
L2C-310 cache controller enabled, 8 ways, 512 kB
L2C-310: CACHE_ID 0x410000c8, AUX_CTRL 0x76760001
rcu: srcu_init: Setting srcu_struct sizes based on contention.
zynq_clock_init: clkc starts at (ptrval)
Zynq clock init
sched_clock: 64 bits at 167MHz, resolution 6ns, wraps every 4398046511103ns
clocksource: arm_global_timer: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x26703d7dd8, max_idle_ns: 440795208065 ns
Switching to timer-based delay loop, resolution 6ns
Console: colour dummy device 80x30
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 333.33 BogoMIPS (lpj=1666666)
CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
CPU0: Spectre v2: using BPIALL workaround
pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
CPU0: thread -1, cpu 0, socket 0, mpidr 80000000
Setting up static identity map for 0x100000 - 0x100060
rcu: Hierarchical SRCU implementation.
rcu: Max phase no-delay instances is 1000.
smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
CPU1: thread -1, cpu 1, socket 0, mpidr 80000001
CPU1: Spectre v2: using BPIALL workaround
smp: Brought up 1 node, 2 CPUs
SMP: Total of 2 processors activated (666.66 BogoMIPS).
CPU: All CPU(s) started in SVC mode.
Memory: 359480K/524288K available (13312K kernel code, 907K rwdata, 10948K rodata, 1024K init, 496K bss, 32472K reserved, 131072K cma-reserved, 0K highmem)
devtmpfs: initialized
VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 3 part 30 variant 9 rev 4
clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 19112604462750000 ns
futex hash table entries: 512 (order: 3, 32768 bytes, linear)
pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem
NET: Registered PF_NETLINK/PF_ROUTE protocol family
DMA: preallocated 256 KiB pool for atomic coherent allocations
thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'step_wise'
platform axi: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /axi/interrupt-controller@f8f01000
platform replicator: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /axi/etb@f8801000
amba f8801000.etb: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /replicator
platform replicator: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /axi/tpiu@f8803000
amba f8803000.tpiu: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /replicator
platform replicator: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /axi/funnel@f8804000
amba f8804000.funnel: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /axi/ptm@f889d000
amba f8804000.funnel: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /axi/ptm@f889c000
amba f8804000.funnel: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /replicator
amba f8804000.funnel: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /axi/ptm@f889c000
amba f889c000.ptm: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /axi/funnel@f8804000
amba f8804000.funnel: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /axi/ptm@f889d000
amba f889d000.ptm: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /axi/funnel@f8804000
platform 70e00000.lcd-controller: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /fpga-axi@0/i2c@41600000/hdmi@39
hw-breakpoint: found 5 (+1 reserved) breakpoint and 1 watchpoint registers.
hw-breakpoint: maximum watchpoint size is 4 bytes.
e0001000.serial: ttyPS0 at MMIO 0xe0001000 (irq = 26, base_baud = 3125000) is a xuartps
printk: legacy console [ttyPS0] enabled
SCSI subsystem initialized
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
mc: Linux media interface: v0.10
videodev: Linux video capture interface: v2.00
pps_core: LinuxPPS API ver. 1 registered
pps_core: Software ver. 5.3.6 - Copyright 2005-2007 Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
PTP clock support registered
jesd204: found 0 devices and 0 topologies
FPGA manager framework
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Initialized.
clocksource: Switched to clocksource arm_global_timer
NET: Registered PF_INET protocol family
IP idents hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes, linear)
tcp_listen_portaddr_hash hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
Table-perturb hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes, linear)
TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes, linear)
TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 4, 65536 bytes, linear)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear)
UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear)
NET: Registered PF_UNIX/PF_LOCAL protocol family
RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp-with-tls transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
workingset: timestamp_bits=30 max_order=17 bucket_order=0
NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type
Key type id_resolver registered
Key type id_legacy registered
nfs4filelayout_init: NFSv4 File Layout Driver Registering...
nfs4flexfilelayout_init: NFSv4 Flexfile Layout Driver Registering...
fuse: init (API version 7.41)
io scheduler mq-deadline registered
io scheduler kyber registered
io scheduler bfq registered
zynq-pinctrl 700.pinctrl: zynq pinctrl initialized
ledtrig-cpu: registered to indicate activity on CPUs
dma-pl330 f8003000.dma-controller: Loaded driver for PL330 DMAC-241330
dma-pl330 f8003000.dma-controller: DBUFF-128x8bytes Num_Chans-8 Num_Peri-4 Num_Events-16
brd: module loaded
loop: module loaded
Registered mathworks_ip class
spi-nor spi1.0: found s25fl256s1, expected n25q128a11
5 fixed-partitions partitions found on MTD device spi1.0
Creating 5 MTD partitions on "spi1.0":
0x000000000000-0x000000500000 : "boot"
0x000000500000-0x000000520000 : "bootenv"
0x000000520000-0x000000540000 : "config"
0x000000540000-0x000000fc0000 : "image"
0x000000fc0000-0x000002000000 : "spare"
MACsec IEEE 802.1AE
tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
hwmon hwmon0: temp1_input not attached to any thermal zone
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: Cadence GEM rev 0x00020118 at 0xe000b000 irq 41 (00:0a:35:00:01:27)
usbcore: registered new interface driver asix
usbcore: registered new interface driver ax88179_178a
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
usbcore: registered new interface driver net1080
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_subset
usbcore: registered new interface driver zaurus
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ncm
usbcore: registered new interface driver r8153_ecm
usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
usbcore: registered new interface driver ftdi_sio
usbserial: USB Serial support registered for FTDI USB Serial Device
usbcore: registered new interface driver upd78f0730
usbserial: USB Serial support registered for upd78f0730
ULPI transceiver vendor/product ID 0x0451/0x1507
Found TI TUSB1210 ULPI transceiver.
ULPI integrity check: passed.
ci_hdrc ci_hdrc.0: EHCI Host Controller
ci_hdrc ci_hdrc.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ci_hdrc ci_hdrc.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 6.12
usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 6.12.0-g40201abd70d8 ehci_hcd
usb usb1: SerialNumber: ci_hdrc.0
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
i2c_dev: i2c /dev entries driver
platform 70e00000.lcd-controller: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /fpga-axi@0/i2c@41600000/hdmi@39
i2c 0-0039: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /fpga-axi@0/lcd-controller@70e00000
adv7511 0-0039: supply avdd not found, using dummy regulator
adv7511 0-0039: supply dvdd not found, using dummy regulator
adv7511 0-0039: supply pvdd not found, using dummy regulator
adv7511 0-0039: supply bgvdd not found, using dummy regulator
adv7511 0-0039: supply dvdd-3v not found, using dummy regulator
at24 1-0050: supply vcc not found, using dummy regulator
at24 1-0050: 256 byte 24c02 EEPROM, writable, 1 bytes/write
gspca_main: v2.14.0 registered
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
cdns-wdt f8005000.watchdog: Xilinx Watchdog Timer with timeout 10s
Xilinx Zynq CpuIdle Driver started
failed to register cpuidle driver
sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
sdhci-pltfm: SDHCI platform and OF driver helper
clocksource: ttc_clocksource: mask: 0xffff max_cycles: 0xffff, max_idle_ns: 537538477 ns
timer #0 at (ptrval), irq=47
hid: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: USB HID core driver
SPI driver fb_seps525 has no spi_device_id for syncoam,seps525
mmc0: SDHCI controller on e0100000.mmc [e0100000.mmc] using ADMA
armv7-pmu f8891000.pmu: hw perfevents: no interrupt-affinity property, guessing.
hw perfevents: enabled with armv7_cortex_a9 PMU driver, 7 (8000003f) counters available
axi_sysid 45000000.sysid: AXI System ID core version (1.01.a) found
axi_sysid 45000000.sysid: [ad469x_evb] [SPI_4WIRE=0] on [zed] git branch <hdl_2026_r1> git <a77599a506f259d09aa871459427287a7cb92ebc> clean [2026-04-22 12:51:16] UTC
fpga_manager fpga0: Xilinx Zynq FPGA Manager registered
usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
axi-i2s 77600000.i2s: probed, capture enabled, playback enabled
NET: Registered PF_INET6 protocol family
mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address 0001
Segment Routing with IPv6
mmcblk0: mmc0:0001 00000 29.1 GiB
In-situ OAM (IOAM) with IPv6
sit: IPv6, IPv4 and MPLS over IPv4 tunneling driver
mmcblk0: p1 p2 p3
NET: Registered PF_PACKET protocol family
NET: Registered PF_IEEE802154 protocol family
Key type dns_resolver registered
Registering SWP/SWPB emulation handler
of-fpga-region fpga-region: FPGA Region probed
[drm] Initialized axi_hdmi_drm 1.0.0 for 70e00000.lcd-controller on minor 0
axi-hdmi 70e00000.lcd-controller: [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes
axi-hdmi 70e00000.lcd-controller: [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes
debugfs: File 'Capture' in directory 'dapm' already present!
input: gpio-keys as /devices/soc0/gpio-keys/input/input0
of_cfs_init
of_cfs_init: OK
clk: Not disabling unused clocks
ALSA device list:
#0: HDMI monitor
#1: ZED ADAU1761
EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem 675b84e0-16af-4fea-97ce-a01fc7c7f005 r/w with ordered data mode. Quota mode: disabled.
VFS: Mounted root (ext4 filesystem) on device 179:2.
devtmpfs: mounted
Freeing unused kernel image (initmem) memory: 1024K
Run /sbin/init as init process
systemd[1]: System time before build time, advancing clock.
systemd[1]: Failed to look up module alias 'autofs4': Function not implemented
systemd[1]: systemd 247.3-7+rpi1+deb11u6 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +ZSTD +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD +IDN2 -IDN +PCRE2 default-hierarchy=unified)
systemd[1]: Detected architecture arm.
Welcome to Kuiper GNU/Linux 11.2 (bullseye)!
systemd[1]: Set hostname to <analog>.
systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/plymouth-start.service:16: Unit configured to use KillMode=none. This is unsafe, as it disables systemd's process lifecycle management for the service. Please update your service to use a safer KillMode=, such as 'mixed' or 'control-group'. Support for KillMode=none is deprecated and will eventually be removed.
systemd[1]: Queued start job for default target Graphical Interface.
random: crng init done
systemd[1]: system-getty.slice: unit configures an IP firewall, but the local system does not support BPF/cgroup firewalling.
systemd[1]: (This warning is only shown for the first unit using IP firewalling.)
systemd[1]: Created slice system-getty.slice.
[ OK ] Created slice system-getty.slice.
systemd[1]: Created slice system-modprobe.slice.
[ OK ] Created slice system-modprobe.slice.
systemd[1]: Created slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice.
[ OK ] Created slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice.
systemd[1]: Created slice system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice.
[ OK ] Created slice system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice.
systemd[1]: Created slice User and Session Slice.
[ OK ] Created slice User and Session Slice.
systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
[ OK ] Started Forward Password R…uests to Wall Directory Watch.
systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point being skipped.
systemd[1]: Reached target Slices.
[ OK ] Reached target Slices.
systemd[1]: Reached target Swap.
[ OK ] Reached target Swap.
systemd[1]: Listening on Syslog Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on Syslog Socket.
systemd[1]: Listening on fsck to fsckd communication Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on fsck to fsckd communication Socket.
systemd[1]: Listening on initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
[ OK ] Listening on initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Journal Audit Socket being skipped.
systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket (/dev/log).
[ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket (/dev/log).
systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket.
systemd[1]: Listening on udev Control Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on udev Control Socket.
systemd[1]: Listening on udev Kernel Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on udev Kernel Socket.
systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Huge Pages File System being skipped.
systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in POSIX Message Queue File System being skipped.
systemd[1]: Mounting RPC Pipe File System...
Mounting RPC Pipe File System...
systemd[1]: Mounting Kernel Debug File System...
Mounting Kernel Debug File System...
systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Kernel Trace File System being skipped.
systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Kernel Module supporting RPCSEC_GSS being skipped.
systemd[1]: Starting Restore / save the current clock...
Starting Restore / save the current clock...
systemd[1]: Starting Set the console keyboard layout...
Starting Set the console keyboard layout...
systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Create list of static device nodes for the current kernel being skipped.
systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module configfs...
Starting Load Kernel Module configfs...
systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module drm...
Starting Load Kernel Module drm...
systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module fuse...
Starting Load Kernel Module fuse...
systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Set Up Additional Binary Formats being skipped.
systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in File System Check on Root Device being skipped.
systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
Starting Journal Service...
systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Modules...
Starting Load Kernel Modules...
systemd[1]: Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems...
Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems...
systemd[1]: Starting Coldplug All udev Devices...
Starting Coldplug All udev Devices...
systemd[1]: Mounted RPC Pipe File System.
[ OK ] Mounted RPC Pipe File System.
systemd[1]: Mounted Kernel Debug File System.
[ OK ] Mounted Kernel Debug File System.
systemd[1]: Finished Restore / save the current clock.
[ OK ] Finished Restore / save the current clock.
systemd[1]: modprobe@configfs.service: Succeeded.
systemd[1]: Finished Load Kernel Module configfs.
[ OK ] Finished Load Kernel Module configfs.
systemd[1]: modprobe@drm.service: Succeeded.
systemd[1]: Finished Load Kernel Module drm.
[ OK ] Finished Load Kernel Module drm.
systemd[1]: modprobe@fuse.service: Succeeded.
systemd[1]: Finished Load Kernel Module fuse.
[ OK ] Finished Load Kernel Module fuse.
systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
[FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
See 'systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service' for details.
systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
[ OK ] Started Journal Service.
Mounting FUSE Control File System...
Mounting Kernel Configuration File System...
Starting Apply Kernel Variables...
[ OK ] Finished Set the console keyboard layout.
[ OK ] Mounted FUSE Control File System.
[ OK ] Mounted Kernel Configuration File System.
[ OK ] Finished Apply Kernel Variables.
[ OK ] Finished Coldplug All udev Devices.
Starting Helper to synchronize boot up for ifupdown...
Starting Wait for udev To …plete Device Initialization...
[ OK ] Finished Remount Root and Kernel File Systems.
[ OK ] Finished Helper to synchronize boot up for ifupdown.
Starting Flush Journal to Persistent Storage...
Starting Load/Save Random Seed...
Starting Create System Users...
[ OK ] Finished Load/Save Random Seed.
[ OK ] Finished Create System Users.
Starting Create Static Device Nodes in /dev...
[ OK ] Finished Flush Journal to Persistent Storage.
[ OK ] Finished Create Static Device Nodes in /dev.
[ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems (Pre).
Starting Rule-based Manage…for Device Events and Files...
[ OK ] Started Rule-based Manager for Device Events and Files.
Starting Show Plymouth Boot Screen...
[ OK ] Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen.
[ OK ] Started Forward Password R…s to Plymouth Directory Watch.
[ OK ] Reached target Local Encrypted Volumes.
[ OK ] Found device /dev/ttyPS0.
[ OK ] Found device /dev/disk/by-partuuid/a22286d2-01.
Starting File System Check…isk/by-partuuid/a22286d2-01...
[ OK ] Started File System Check Daemon to report status.
Starting Load Kernel Modules...
[ OK ] Finished Wait for udev To Complete Device Initialization.
[FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
See 'systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service' for details.
[ OK ] Finished File System Check…/disk/by-partuuid/a22286d2-01.
Mounting /boot...
[ OK ] Mounted /boot.
[ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems.
Starting Set console font and keymap...
Starting Raise network interfaces...
Starting Preprocess NFS configuration...
Starting Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data...
Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories...
[ OK ] Finished Set console font and keymap.
[ OK ] Finished Preprocess NFS configuration.
[ OK ] Finished Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data.
[ OK ] Reached target NFS client services.
[ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems (Pre).
[ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems.
[ OK ] Finished Create Volatile Files and Directories.
Starting Network Time Synchronization...
Starting Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown...
[ OK ] Finished Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown.
Starting Load Kernel Modules...
[ OK ] Finished Raise network interfaces.
[ OK ] Started Network Time Synchronization.
[ OK ] Reached target System Time Set.
[ OK ] Reached target System Time Synchronized.
[FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
See 'systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service' for details.
[ OK ] Reached target System Initialization.
[ OK ] Started CUPS Scheduler.
[ OK ] Started Daily apt download activities.
[ OK ] Started Daily apt upgrade and clean activities.
[ OK ] Started Periodic ext4 Onli…ata Check for All Filesystems.
[ OK ] Started Discard unused blocks once a week.
[ OK ] Started Daily rotation of log files.
[ OK ] Started Daily man-db regeneration.
[ OK ] Started Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories.
[ OK ] Reached target Paths.
[ OK ] Reached target Timers.
[ OK ] Listening on Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack Activation Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on CUPS Scheduler.
[ OK ] Listening on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on Erlang Port Mapper Daemon Activation Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on GPS (Global P…ioning System) Daemon Sockets.
[ OK ] Listening on triggerhappy.socket.
[ OK ] Reached target Sockets.
[ OK ] Reached target Basic System.
Starting Analog Devices power up/down sequence...
Starting Save/Restore Sound Card State...
Starting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack...
[ OK ] Started Regular background program processing daemon.
[ OK ] Started D-Bus System Message Bus.
Starting dphys-swapfile - …unt, and delete a swap file...
Starting Remove Stale Onli…t4 Metadata Check Snapshots...
[ OK ] Started fan-control.
Starting Fix DP audio and X11 for Jupiter...
Starting Creating IIOD Context Attributes......
Starting Authorization Manager...
Starting DHCP Client Daemon...
Starting LSB: Switch to on…nless shift key is pressed)...
Starting LSB: rng-tools (Debian variant)...
Starting System Logging Service...
Starting User Login Management...
Starting triggerhappy global hotkey daemon...
Starting Disk Manager...
Starting WPA supplicant...
[ OK ] Finished Save/Restore Sound Card State.
[ OK ] Reached target Sound Card.
[ OK ] Finished Fix DP audio and X11 for Jupiter.
[ OK ] Started triggerhappy global hotkey daemon.
[ OK ] Started System Logging Service.
[ OK ] Started DHCP Client Daemon.
[ OK ] Finished dphys-swapfile - …mount, and delete a swap file.
[ OK ] Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
[ OK ] Started User Login Management.
[ OK ] Started WPA supplicant.
[ OK ] Started LSB: rng-tools (Debian variant).
[ OK ] Started Authorization Manager.
[ OK ] Reached target Network.
[ OK ] Reached target Network is Online.
Starting Modem Manager...
Starting CUPS Scheduler...
[ OK ] Started Erlang Port Mapper Daemon.
Starting HTTP based time synchronization tool...
Starting Internet superserver...
Starting /etc/rc.local Compatibility...
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server...
Starting Permit User Sessions...
[ OK ] Started Unattended Upgrades Shutdown.
[ OK ] Started Internet superserver.
[ OK ] Started /etc/rc.local Compatibility.
[ OK ] Started HTTP based time synchronization tool.
[ OK ] Finished Permit User Sessions.
Starting Light Display Manager...
Starting Hold until boot process finishes up...
[ OK ] Finished Remove Stale Onli…ext4 Metadata Check Snapshots.
[ OK ] Started LSB: Switch to ond…(unless shift key is pressed).
[ OK ] Started CUPS Scheduler.
[ OK ] Started Make remote CUPS printers available locally.
[ OK ] Finished Analog Devices power up/down sequence.
[FAILED] Failed to start VNC Server for X11.
Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 analog ttyPS0
analog login: root (automatic login)
Linux analog 6.12.0-g40201abd70d8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 4 13:06:08 UTC 2026 armv7l
Useful commands for the serial terminal
The below commands are to be run in the serial terminal connected to the FPGA.
Login Information
user: analog password: analog
To find out the IP of the FPGA board, run the following command and take the IP specified at “eth0 inet”:
~$
ifconfig
To see the IIO devices detected, run:
~$
iio_info | grep iio:device
iio:device0: ad4696 (buffer capable)
iio:device1: xadc
To power off the system, run the following command, and wait for the final message to be printed, then power off the FPGA board from the switch as well.
~$
poweroff
To reboot the system, run:
~$
reboot
Important
Even though this is Linux, this is a persistent file system. Care should be
taken not to corrupt the file system – please shut down things, don’t just
turn off the power switch. Depending on your monitor, the standard power off
could be hiding. You can do this from the terminal as well with
sudo shutdown -h now or the above-mentioned command for powering
off.
Scopy
Important
Make sure to download/update to the latest version of Scopy.
Scopy can be used to visualize the data captured from the AD4696 evaluation board.
Connect the signal generator to one of the analog input channels on the EVAL-AD4696FMCZ board using the appropriate connector.
IIO Oscilloscope
Important
Make sure to download/update to the latest version of IIO Oscilloscope.
Once done with the installation or an update of the latest IIO Oscilloscope, open the application. The user needs to supply a URI which will be used in the context creation of the IIO Oscilloscope.
Press
Refreshto display available IIO Devices and pressConnect.
After the board is connected and a channel is enabled, hit the play button. Then the data capture window can be seen like in the shown picture.
Using no-OS as software
Necessary files
The following files are needed for the system to boot:
HDL boot file:
system_top.xsano-OS project: projects/ad469x_evb
Instructions on how to build the boot files from source can be found below:
projects/ad469x_evb. More no-OS build details at No-OS Build Guide.
AD469X-EVB HDL project. More HDL build details at Build an HDL project.
Required software
AMD Xilinx Vivado and Vitis (downloading Vitis from here will include Vivado as well)
A UART terminal (Putty/Tera Term/Minicom, etc.), Baud rate 115200 (8N1)
Required hardware
ZedBoard Rev C or later
EVAL-AD4696FMCZ FMC evaluation board
2x Micro-USB cables, one for UART and one for JTAG
More details as to why you need these, can be found at Prerequisites.
Testing
Creating the setup
All the products described on this page include ESD (electrostatic discharge) sensitive devices. Electrostatic charges as high as 4000V readily accumulate on the human body or test equipment and can discharge without detection. Although the boards feature ESD protection circuitry, permanent damage may occur on devices subjected to high-energy electrostatic discharges. Therefore, proper ESD precautions are recommended to avoid performance degradation or loss of functionality. This includes removing static charge on external equipment, cables, or antennas before connecting to the device.
Warning
Before executing below steps, VADJ must be set to 1.8 V. This can be done by changing VADJ jumper (JP18) to 1v8.
In the following example, we will prepare the evaluation setup by connecting the AD469x evaluation board to the ZedBoard, configuring the board for JTAG boot, and applying a test input signal.
Follow the steps in this order, to avoid damaging the components:
Get the ZedBoard
Configure ZedBoard for JTAG boot:
The BOOT switches (JP7-JP11) and the MIO0 jumper (JP6) must be set for JTAG boot mode. VADJ must be set to 1.8 V, as specified in the HDL project’s README at AD469X-EVB HDL project. Optionally, to use USB peripheral devices with the ZedBoard, install jumpers JP2 and JP3.
Connect your signal generator to the analog inputs of the evaluation board using the appropriate jumper wires or SMA connectors.
Plug the AD469x evaluation board into the FMC LPC Connector (J1)
Plug the Power Supply into 12 V Power input connector (J20) (DO NOT turn the device on).
Connect the JTAG port of ZedBoard to a PC via MicroUSB
Connect the UART port of ZedBoard (J14) to a PC via MicroUSB
Turn on the power switch on the FPGA board
Console output
The following is what is printed in the serial console, after you have connected to the proper ttyUSB or COM port:
Standard sequence example
rx_clkgen: MMCM-PLL locked (160000000 Hz)
Spi engine v1.5.3 successfully initialized.