The goal of this project was to develop a low cost Zynq-based board that can be used for almost anything. It turns out that the board is particularly well suited for smart vision applications.

The main features of the Qoobik Rocket 280 include:

• Zynq Z-7020 SoC FPGA with 85k FPGA logic cells
• 1 GB DDR3L low power SDRAM memory
• USB JTAG debugging capability with full integration into Xilinx Vivado tool flows
• USB UART for the Linux console
• Micro HDMI output with 1080p60 capability
• MIPI CSI-2 2 lane camera connector with compatibility with the Raspberry Pi camera modules
• USB host connector with over-current protection
• Dual-band 2.4G/5G wireless module with WLAN, Bluetooth and Zigbee capabilities using the on-board or external U.FL antenna
• Micro SD Card holder
• Stereo 96 kHz 24 bit audio CODEC with 3.5 mm headphone connector
• Real-time clock with on-board battery holder for rechargeable battery
• 40 pin I/O connector compatible with Raspberry Pi HAT with 22 FPGA I/Os plus I2C and UART signals
• 140 pin I/O connector with 58 FPGA I/Os and many peripheral signals allowing the board to be used as a FPGA module
• Dual 1 Msps 12-bit A/D converter with up to 17 input channels
• 3 user push buttons, 1 reset button
• 4 user LEDs, 1 power LED
• High-efficiency buck converters for all of the six power rails

The board can be powered from USB or from the 2.54 mm pin header or from the 2 pin battery/fan connector.