ZedBoard Quickstart
This guide provides quick instructions on how to set up the EVAL-AD7380FMCZ / EVAL-AD7381FMCZ / EVAL-AD7386FMCZ 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:
Build Zynq Linux kernel and devicetree (the only difference compared to the ZynqMP is that instead of running
make adi_zynqmp_defconfig, you must runmake zynq_xcomm_adv7511_defconfig)AD738x_FMC 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 16GB imaged with Kuiper (check out that guide on how to do it, then come back to this section)
A UART terminal (Putty/Tera Term/Minicom, etc.) with baud rate 115200 (8N1)
Required Hardware
AMD Xilinx ZedBoard FPGA board and its power supply (12V)
EVAL-AD7380FMCZ / EVAL-AD7381FMCZ / EVAL-AD7386FMCZ FMC evaluation board
SD card with at least 16GB of memory
Micro-USB cable (UART)
LAN cable (Ethernet)
Signal generator
More details as to why you need these can be found at Prerequisites.
Testing
Creating the setup
In the following example, we will prepare the evaluation setup by connecting the AD738x evaluation board to the ZedBoard and applying a test input signal.
Follow the steps in this order, to avoid damaging the components:
Get the ZedBoard
Configure ZedBoard for SD BOOT:
The BOOT switches (JP7-JP11) and the MIO0 jumper (JP6) must be set for SD-card boot mode. VADJ must be set to 2.5V, as specified in the HDL project’s README at AD738x_FMC HDL project. Optionally, to use USB peripheral devices with the ZedBoard, install jumpers JP2 and JP3.
Insert the SD card into the SD Card Interface Connector (J12)
Connect your signal generator to the analog inputs of the evaluation board using the appropriate jumper wires or SMA connectors.
Plug the AD738x evaluation board into the FMC LPC Connector (J1)
Plug the Power Supply into 12V Power input connector (J20) (DO NOT turn the device on).
Plug-in an Ethernet cable from your router/switch to the Ethernet port on the FPGA board
Connect the UART port of ZedBoard (J14) to a PC via MicroUSB
Turn on the power switch on the FPGA board
Observe Kernel and serial console output messages on your terminal
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 2018.01-21442-gf06dec3cab (Feb 13 2025 - 17:07:11 +0200), Build: jenkins-development-build_uboot-57
Model: Zynq Ze8903584 bytes read in 513 ms (16.6 MiB/s)
reading devicetree.dtb
22406 bytes read in 30 ms (728.5 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 1eb19785 ... 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 (12:ab:cd:34:56:78)
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: [ad738x_fmc] [ALERT_SPI_N=0 NUM_OF_SDI=1] on [zed] git branch <hdl_2026_r1> git <5da8736cb717e92a827934dd1c272b5c07c8e871> clean [2026-03-05 19:05:30] 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
Segment Routing with IPv6
In-situ OAM (IOAM) with IPv6
sit: IPv6, IPv4 and MPLS over IPv4 tunneling driver
NET: Registered PF_PACKET protocol family
NET: Registered PF_IEEE802154 protocol family
Key type dns_resolver registered
Registering SWP/SWPB emulation handler
mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address 0001
mmcblk0: mmc0:0001 USD 29.1 GiB
mmcblk0: p1 p2 p3
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 76280a81-be75-41cd-9e3a-9eb408c15c77 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 advanced to built-in epoch: Wed 2025-09-03 14:38:20 EDT
systemd[1]: Failed to find module 'autofs4'
systemd[1]: systemd 257.9-1~deb13u1 running in system mode (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +APPARMOR +IMA +IPE +SMACK +SECCOMP +GCRYPT -GNUTLS +OPENSSL +ACL +BLKID +CURL +ELFUTILS +FIDO2 +IDN2 -IDN +IPTC +KMOD +LIBCRYPTSETUP +LIBCRYPTSETUP_PLUGINS +LIBFDISK +PCRE2 +PWQUALITY +P11KIT +QRENCODE +TPM2 +BZIP2 +LZ4 +XZ +ZLIB +ZSTD -BPF_FRAMEWORK -BTF -XKBCOMMON -UTMP +SYSVINIT +LIBARCHIVE)
systemd[1]: Detected architecture arm.
Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)!
systemd[1]: Hostname set to <analog>.
systemd[1]: /usr/lib/systemd/system/iiod.service:16: Invalid environment assignment, ignoring: $IIOD_EXTRA_OPTS=
systemd[1]: Queued start job for default target graphical.target.
systemd[1]: Created slice system-getty.slice - Slice /system/getty.
[ OK ] Created slice system-getty.slice - Slice /system/getty.
systemd[1]: Created slice system-modprobe.slice - Slice /system/modprobe.
[ OK ] Created slice system-modprobe.slice - Slice /system/modprobe.
systemd[1]: Created slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice - Slice /system/serial-getty.
[ OK ] Created slice system-serial\x2dget&slice - Slice /system/serial-getty.
systemd[1]: Created slice system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice - Slice /system/systemd-fsck.
[ OK ] Created slice system-systemd\x2dfs&slice - Slice /system/systemd-fsck.
systemd[1]: Created slice user.slice - User and Session Slice.
[ OK ] Created slice user.slice - User and Session Slice.
systemd[1]: Started systemd-ask-password-wall.path - Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
[ OK ] Started systemd-ask-password-wall.&d Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
systemd[1]: proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount - Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc).
systemd[1]: Expecting device dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-ba65a23d\x2d01.device - /dev/disk/by-partuuid/ba65a23d-01...
Expecting device dev-disk-by\x2dpa&dev/disk/by-partuuid/ba65a23d-01...
systemd[1]: Expecting device dev-ttyGS0.device - /dev/ttyGS0...
Expecting device dev-ttyGS0.device - /dev/ttyGS0...
systemd[1]: Expecting device dev-ttyGS1.device - /dev/ttyGS1...
Expecting device dev-ttyGS1.device - /dev/ttyGS1...
systemd[1]: Expecting device dev-ttyPS0.device - /dev/ttyPS0...
Expecting device dev-ttyPS0.device - /dev/ttyPS0...
systemd[1]: Expecting device dev-ttyS0.device - /dev/ttyS0...
Expecting device dev-ttyS0.device - /dev/ttyS0...
systemd[1]: Reached target nss-user-lookup.target - User and Group Name Lookups.
[ OK ] Reached target nss-user-lookup.target - User and Group Name Lookups.
systemd[1]: Reached target remote-fs.target - Remote File Systems.
[ OK ] Reached target remote-fs.target - Remote File Systems.
systemd[1]: Reached target slices.target - Slice Units.
[ OK ] Reached target slices.target - Slice Units.
systemd[1]: Reached target swap.target - Swaps.
[ OK ] Reached target swap.target - Swaps.
systemd[1]: Listening on systemd-creds.socket - Credential Encryption/Decryption.
[ OK ] Listening on systemd-creds.socket - Credential Encryption/Decryption.
systemd[1]: Listening on systemd-initctl.socket - initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
[ OK ] Listening on systemd-initctl.socke&- initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
systemd[1]: Listening on systemd-journald-dev-log.socket - Journal Socket (/dev/log).
[ OK ] Listening on systemd-journald-dev-&socket - Journal Socket (/dev/log).
systemd[1]: Listening on systemd-journald.socket - Journal Sockets.
[ OK ] Listening on systemd-journald.socket - Journal Sockets.
systemd[1]: systemd-pcrextend.socket - TPM PCR Measurements was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionSecurity=measured-uki).
systemd[1]: systemd-pcrlock.socket - Make TPM PCR Policy was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionSecurity=measured-uki).
systemd[1]: Listening on systemd-udevd-control.socket - udev Control Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on systemd-udevd-control.socket - udev Control Socket.
systemd[1]: Listening on systemd-udevd-kernel.socket - udev Kernel Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on systemd-udevd-kernel.socket - udev Kernel Socket.
systemd[1]: dev-hugepages.mount - Huge Pages File System was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=/sys/kernel/mm/hugepages).
systemd[1]: dev-mqueue.mount - POSIX Message Queue File System was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=/proc/sys/fs/mqueue).
systemd[1]: Mounting run-lock.mount - Legacy Locks Directory /run/lock...
Mounting run-lock.mount - Legacy Locks Directory /run/lock...
systemd[1]: Mounting sys-kernel-debug.mount - Kernel Debug File System...
Mounting sys-kernel-debug.mount - Kernel Debug File System...
systemd[1]: sys-kernel-tracing.mount - Kernel Trace File System was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=/sys/kernel/tracing).
systemd[1]: Mounting tmp.mount - Temporary Directory /tmp...
Mounting tmp.mount - Temporary Directory /tmp...
systemd[1]: Starting fake-hwclock-load.service - Restore the current clock...
Starting fake-hwclock-load.service - Restore the current clock...
systemd[1]: kmod-static-nodes.service - Create List of Static Device Nodes was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionFileNotEmpty=/lib/modules/6.12.0-g40201abd70d8/modules.devname).
systemd[1]: Starting modprobe@configfs.service - Load Kernel Module configfs...
Starting modprobe@configfs.service - Load Kernel Module configfs...
systemd[1]: Starting modprobe@drm.service - Load Kernel Module drm...
Starting modprobe@drm.service - Load Kernel Module drm...
systemd[1]: Starting modprobe@efi_pstore.service - Load Kernel Module efi_pstore...
Starting modprobe@efi_pstore.servi& - Load Kernel Module efi_pstore...
systemd[1]: Starting modprobe@fuse.service - Load Kernel Module fuse...
Starting modprobe@fuse.service - Load Kernel Module fuse...
systemd[1]: systemd-hibernate-clear.service - Clear Stale Hibernate Storage Info was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/HibernateLocation-8cf2644b-4b0b-428f-9387-6d876050dc67).
systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: unit configures an IP firewall, but the local system does not support BPF/cgroup firewalling.
systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: (This warning is only shown for the first unit using IP firewalling.)
systemd[1]: Starting systemd-journald.service - Journal Service...
Starting systemd-journald.service - Journal Service...
systemd[1]: Starting systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules...
Starting systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules...
systemd[1]: systemd-pcrmachine.service - TPM PCR Machine ID Measurement was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionSecurity=measured-uki).
systemd[1]: Starting systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service - Create Static Device Nodes in /dev gracefully...
Starting systemd-tmpfiles-setup-de& Device Nodes in /dev gracefully...
systemd[1]: systemd-tpm2-setup-early.service - Early TPM SRK Setup was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionSecurity=measured-uki).
systemd[1]: Starting systemd-udev-load-credentials.service - Load udev Rules from Credentials...
Starting systemd-udev-load-credent&Load udev Rules from Credentials...
systemd[1]: Starting systemd-udev-trigger.service - Coldplug All udev Devices...
Starting systemd-udev-trigger.service - Coldplug All udev Devices...
systemd[1]: Mounted run-lock.mount - Legacy Locks Directory /run/lock.
[ OK ] Mounted run-lock.mount - Legacy Locks Directory /run/lock.
systemd[1]: Mounted sys-kernel-debug.mount - Kernel Debug File System.
systemd-journald[90]: Collecting audit messages is disabled.
[ OK ] Mounted sys-kernel-debug.mount - Kernel Debug File System.
systemd[1]: Mounted tmp.mount - Temporary Directory /tmp.
[ OK ] Mounted tmp.mount - Temporary Directory /tmp.
systemd[1]: fake-hwclock-load.service: Deactivated successfully.
systemd[1]: Finished fake-hwclock-load.service - Restore the current clock.
[ OK ] Finished fake-hwclock-load.service - Restore the current clock.
systemd[1]: Started systemd-journald.service - Journal Service.
[ OK ] Started systemd-journald.service - Journal Service.
[ OK ] Finished modprobe@configfs.service - Load Kernel Module configfs.
[ OK ] Finished modprobe@drm.service - Load Kernel Module drm.
[ OK ] Finished modprobe@efi_pstore.service - Load Kernel Module efi_pstore.
[ OK ] Finished modprobe@fuse.service - Load Kernel Module fuse.
[ OK ] Finished systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules.
[ OK ] Finished systemd-tmpfiles-setup-de&ic Device Nodes in /dev gracefully.
[ OK ] Finished systemd-udev-load-credent&- Load udev Rules from Credentials.
Mounting sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount - FUSE Control File System...
Mounting sys-kernel-config.mount - Kernel Configuration File System...
Starting systemd-remount-fs.servic&unt Root and Kernel File Systems...
Starting systemd-sysctl.service - Apply Kernel Variables...
[ OK ] Mounted sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount - FUSE Control File System.
[ OK ] Mounted sys-kernel-config.mount - Kernel Configuration File System.
[ OK ] Finished systemd-sysctl.service - Apply Kernel Variables.
[ OK ] Finished systemd-udev-trigger.service - Coldplug All udev Devices.
Starting ifupdown-pre.service - He&synchronize boot up for ifupdown...
Starting systemd-udev-settle.servi&o Complete Device Initialization...
[ OK ] Finished systemd-remount-fs.servic&mount Root and Kernel File Systems.
[ OK ] Finished ifupdown-pre.service - He&o synchronize boot up for ifupdown.
Starting systemd-journal-flush.ser&sh Journal to Persistent Storage...
Starting systemd-random-seed.service - Load/Save OS Random Seed...
Starting systemd-tmpfiles-setup-de&eate Static Device Nodes in /dev...
[ OK ] Finished systemd-tmpfiles-setup-de&Create Static Device Nodes in /dev.
[ OK ] Reached target local-fs-pre.target&Preparation for Local File Systems.
Starting systemd-udevd.service - R&ager for Device Events and Files...
[ OK ] Finished systemd-random-seed.service - Load/Save OS Random Seed.
[ OK ] Started systemd-udevd.service - Ru&anager for Device Events and Files.
Starting plymouth-start.service - Show Plymouth Boot Screen...
[ OK ] Finished systemd-journal-flush.ser&lush Journal to Persistent Storage.
[ OK ] Found device dev-ttyPS0.device - /dev/ttyPS0.
failed to register cpuidle driver
debugfs: File 'Capture' in directory 'dapm' already present!
systemd[1]: Failed to find module 'autofs4'
[ OK ] Started plymouth-start.service - Show Plymouth Boot Screen.
[ OK ] Found device dev-disk-by\x2dpartuu& /dev/disk/by-partuuid/ba65a23d-01.
[ OK ] Finished systemd-udev-settle.servi& To Complete Device Initialization.
[ OK ] Started systemd-ask-password-plymo&quests to Plymouth Directory Watch.
[ OK ] Reached target paths.target - Path Units.
[ OK ] Reached target sound.target - Sound Card.
Starting systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\&dev/disk/by-partuuid/ba65a23d-01...
[ OK ] Finished systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\& /dev/disk/by-partuuid/ba65a23d-01.
Mounting boot.mount - /boot...
[ OK ] Mounted boot.mount - /boot.
[ OK ] Reached target local-fs.target - Local File Systems.
[ OK ] Listening on systemd-sysext.socket& System Extension Image Management.
Starting networking.service - Raise network interfaces...
Starting plymouth-read-write.servi&ymouth To Write Out Runtime Data...
Starting systemd-tmpfiles-setup.se&ate System Files and Directories...
[ OK ] Finished plymouth-read-write.servi&Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data.
[ OK ] Finished systemd-tmpfiles-setup.se&reate System Files and Directories.
[ OK ] Reached target sysinit.target - System Initialization.
[ OK ] Started apt-daily.timer - Daily apt download activities.
[ OK ] Started apt-daily-upgrade.timer - &y apt upgrade and clean activities.
[ OK ] Started dpkg-db-backup.timer - Daily dpkg database backup timer.
[ OK ] Started e2scrub_all.timer - Period&Metadata Check for All Filesystems.
[ OK ] Started fake-hwclock-save.timer - Periodically save current clock.
[ OK ] Started fstrim.timer - Discard unused filesystem blocks once a week.
[ OK ] Started logrotate.timer - Daily rotation of log files.
[ OK ] Started man-db.timer - Daily man-db regeneration.
[ OK ] Started ntpsec-rotate-stats.timer - Rotate ntpd stats daily.
[ OK ] Started systemd-tmpfiles-clean.tim&y Cleanup of Temporary Directories.
[ OK ] Reached target timers.target - Timer Units.
[ OK ] Listening on avahi-daemon.socket -&DNS/DNS-SD Stack Activation Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on dbus.socket - D-Bus System Message Bus Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on sshd-unix-local.socke&temd-ssh-generator, AF_UNIX Local).
[ OK ] Listening on systemd-hostnamed.socket - Hostname Service Socket.
[ OK ] Reached target sockets.target - Socket Units.
[ OK ] Reached target basic.target - Basic System.
Starting accounts-daemon.service - Accounts Service...
Starting adi-power.service - Analog Devices power up/down sequence...
Starting avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack...
Starting blueman-mechanism.service - Bluetooth management mechanism...
[ OK ] Started cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon.
Starting dbus.service - D-Bus System Message Bus...
Starting e2scrub_reap.service - Re&ne ext4 Metadata Check Snapshots...
[ OK ] Started fan-control.service - fan-control.
Starting fix-display-port.service - Fix DP audio and X11...
Starting iiod_context_attr.service&ating IIOD Context Attributes......
Starting systemd-logind.service - User Login Management...
Starting udisks2.service - Disk Manager...
[ OK ] Finished fix-display-port.service - Fix DP audio and X11.
[ OK ] Started dbus.service - D-Bus System Message Bus.
Starting NetworkManager.service - Network Manager...
Starting wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant...
[ OK ] Started avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
[ OK ] Finished networking.service - Raise network interfaces.
[ OK ] Started systemd-logind.service - User Login Management.
[ OK ] Finished adi-power.service - Analog Devices power up/down sequence.
Starting polkit.service - Authorization Manager...
[ OK ] Started wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant.
[ OK ] Finished e2scrub_reap.service - Re&line ext4 Metadata Check Snapshots.
Starting systemd-hostnamed.service - Hostname Service...
[ OK ] Finished iiod_context_attr.service&reating IIOD Context Attributes....
[ OK ] Started polkit.service - Authorization Manager.
[ OK ] Started accounts-daemon.service - Accounts Service.
[ OK ] Started systemd-hostnamed.service - Hostname Service.
[ OK ] Started udisks2.service - Disk Manager.
Starting NetworkManager-dispatcher&anager Script Dispatcher Service...
[ OK ] Started NetworkManager.service - Network Manager.
[ OK ] Reached target network.target - Network.
Starting htpdate.service - HTTP based time synchronization tool...
[ OK ] Started iiod.service - IIO Daemon.
Starting ntpsec.service - Network Time Service...
Starting ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server...
Starting systemd-user-sessions.service - Permit User Sessions...
[ OK ] Started udiskie.service - Udiskie &rvice for managing removable media.
[ OK ] Started NetworkManager-dispatcher.& Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
[ OK ] Finished systemd-user-sessions.service - Permit User Sessions.
Starting lightdm.service - Light Display Manager...
Starting plymouth-quit-wait.servic&d until boot process finishes up...
[ OK ] Started ntpsec.service - Network Time Service.
[ OK ] Started htpdate.service - HTTP based time synchronization tool.
[ OK ] Started ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server.
[ OK ] Finished plymouth-quit-wait.servic&old until boot process finishes up.
[FAILED] Failed to start lightdm.service - Light Display Manager.
[FAILED] Failed to start plymouth-quit.serv&e - Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen.
Debian GNU/Linux 13 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
The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
root@analog:~#
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: ad7380 (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.
EVAL-AD7380FMCZ
Scopy
Important
Make sure to download/update to the latest version of Scopy.
Scopy can be used to visualize the data captured from the AD738x evaluation board.
Connect the positive and negative wires to one of the differential analog input pairs on the EVAL-AD7380FMCZ board (AINA+/AINA-, AINB+/AINB-):
W1 → AINA+
W2 → AINA-
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.
EVAL-AD7381FMCZ
The setup and testing procedure is the same as for the EVAL-AD7380FMCZ. The AD7381 also has differential analog inputs (AINA+/AINA-, AINB+/AINB-).
Creating the setup
In the following example, we will prepare the evaluation setup by connecting the AD738x evaluation board to the ZedBoard and applying a test input signal.
Scopy
Connect the positive and negative wires to one of the differential analog input pairs on the EVAL-AD7381FMCZ board (AINA+/AINA-, AINB+/AINB-):
W1 → AINA+
W2 → AINA-
IIO Oscilloscope
EVAL-AD7386-4FMCZ
The setup and testing procedure is the same as for the EVAL-AD7380FMCZ, except the AD7386-4 has single-ended analog inputs (AINA, AINB, AINC, AIND).
Creating the setup
In the following example, we will prepare the evaluation setup by connecting the AD738x evaluation board to the ZedBoard and applying a test input signal.
Scopy
Connect the signal generator to one of the single-ended analog inputs on the EVAL-AD7386-4FMCZ board (AINA, AINB, AINC, AIND):
W1 → AINA
IIO Oscilloscope
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/ad738x_fmcz
Instructions on how to build the boot files from source can be found here:
AD738x_FMC 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)
An UART terminal (Putty/Tera Term/Minicom, etc.), Baud rate 115200 (8N1)
Required Hardware
AMD Xilinx ZedBoard FPGA board and its power supply (12V)
EVAL-AD7380FMCZ / EVAL-AD7381FMCZ / EVAL-AD7386FMCZ FMC evaluation board
2x Micro-USB cables, one for UART and one for JTAG
Signal generator
More details as to why you need these can be found at Prerequisites.
Testing
Creating the setup
In the following example, we will prepare the evaluation setup by connecting the AD738x 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 2.5V, as specified in the HDL project’s README at AD738x_FMC 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 AD738x evaluation board into the FMC LPC Connector (J1)
Plug the Power Supply into 12V 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
After the FPGA is programmed and the no-OS application is running, the following output is displayed on the serial terminal:
rx_clkgen: MMCM-PLL locked (100000000 Hz)
Spi engine v1.5.3 succesfully initialized.
ad738x successfully initialized
Running IIOD server...
If successful, you may connect an IIO client application by:
1. Disconnecting the serial terminal you use to view this message.
2. Connecting the IIO client application using the serial backend configured as shown:
Baudrate: 115200
Data size: 8 bits
Parity: none
Stop bits: 1
Flow control: none
Scopy
Important
Make sure to download/update to the latest version of Scopy.
Scopy can be used to visualize the data captured from the AD738x evaluation board.
Connect the positive and negative wires to one of the differential analog input pairs on the EVAL-AD7380FMCZ board (AINA+/AINA-, AINB+/AINB-):
W1 → AINA+
W2 → AINA-
Todo
Add Scopy screenshot for no-OS.
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.
