FPGA Drive FMC Reference Designs

Description

This repository provides example designs for connecting NVMe SSDs and other M.2 M-key modules to various FPGA, MPSoC, and ACAP evaluation boards. These designs are compatible with both standalone and PetaLinux environments, and all scripts and code are provided for building these environments. The interface between the evaluation board and M.2 modules is facilitated by Opsero's FPGA Drive FMC Gen4 (OP063) and M.2 M-key Stack FMC (OP073) mezzanine cards, either of which can be used with these designs.

FPGA Drive FMC Gen4	M.2 M-key Stack FMC

Important links:

• Datasheet for the FPGA Drive FMC Gen4
• Datasheet for the M.2 M-key Stack FMC
• The user guide for these reference designs is hosted here: Ref design for FPGA Drive FMC docs
• To report a bug: Report an issue.
• For technical support: Contact Opsero.

Requirements

This project is designed for version 2025.2 of the Xilinx tools (Vivado/Vitis/PetaLinux). If you are using an older version of the Xilinx tools, then refer to the release tags to find the version of this repository that matches your version of the tools.

In order to test this design on hardware, you will need the following:

• Vivado 2025.2
• Vitis 2025.2
• PetaLinux Tools 2025.2
• FPGA Drive FMC Gen4 or M.2 M-key Stack FMC
• M.2 NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive
• One of the supported carriers listed below

Target designs

This repo contains several designs that target various supported development boards and their FMC connectors. The table below lists the target design name, the M2 ports supported by the design and the FMC connector on which to connect the mezzanine card. Some of the target designs require a license to generate a bitstream with the AMD Xilinx tools.

FPGA designs

Target board	Target design	M2 Slot 1 PCIe Lanes	M2 Slot 2 PCIe Lanes	FMC Slot	Standalone	PetaLinux	Yocto	Vivado Edition	IPLicense
KC705	kc705_hpc	4	-	HPC	:white_check_mark:	:x:	:x:	Enterprise	-
KC705	kc705_lpc	1	-	LPC	:white_check_mark:	:x:	:x:	Enterprise	-
KCU105	kcu105_hpc	4	4	HPC	:white_check_mark:	:x:	:x:	Enterprise	-
KCU105	kcu105_lpc	1	-	LPC	:white_check_mark:	:x:	:x:	Enterprise	-
VC707	vc707_hpc1	4	-	HPC1	:white_check_mark:	:x:	:x:	Enterprise	-
VC707	vc707_hpc2	4	-	HPC2	:white_check_mark:	:x:	:x:	Enterprise	-
VC709	vc709_hpc	4	-	HPC	:white_check_mark:	:x:	:x:	Enterprise	-
VCU118	vcu118	4	4

Zynq-7000 designs

Target board	Target design	M2 Slot 1 PCIe Lanes	M2 Slot 2 PCIe Lanes	FMC Slot	Standalone	PetaLinux	Yocto	Vivado Edition	IPLicense
PicoZed 7015	pz_7015	1	-	LPC	:white_check_mark:	:white_check_mark:	:white_check_mark:	Standard :free:	-
PicoZed 7030	pz_7030	1	-	LPC	:white_check_mark:	:white_check_mark:	:white_check_mark:	Standard :free:	-
ZC706	zc706_hpc	4	-	HPC	:white_check_mark:	:white_check_mark:	:white_check_mark:	Enterprise	-
ZC706	zc706_lpc	1	-	LPC	:white_check_mark:	:white_check_mark:	:white_check_mark:	Enterprise	-

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