UARTs - UG1713

SCU35 Evaluation Board User Guide (UG1713)

Document ID
UG1713
Release Date
2025-11-21
Revision
v1.0 English

The SCU35 board provides three (3) UART interfaces connected between the XCSU35P FPGA and FTDI FT4232HL (U11) USB-to-Quad-UART bridge device through TI SN74AVC4T245 level-shifters U8, U9, U12, and U14. The FT4232HL (U11) port assignments are listed in the following table.

Table 1. FT4232HL Port Assignments
FT4232HL XCSU35P SU+ Device
Port AD (JTAG) XCSU35P JTAG chain
Port BD (UARTB) SCU35_UARTB
Port CD (UARTC) SCU35_UARTC
Port DD (UARTD) SCU35_UARTD

The FT4232HL UART interface connections are shown in the following figure. For more information on the FT4232HL, see the Future Technology Devices International Ltd. website.

Note: The FTDI configuration image can be programmed with the Vivado tools. See the Programming FTDI Devices for Vivado Hardware Manager Support section in the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Programming and Debugging (UG908). Alternatively, a JTAG-SMT2 or similar from Digilent is recommended. The detailed device connections for the feature described in this section are documented in the SCU35 board XDC file, referenced in Xilinx Design Constraints.