.. zephyr:board:: gd32e507z_eval

Overview

The GD32E507Z-EVAL board is a hardware platform that enables prototyping on GD32E507ZE Cortex-M33 High Performance MCU.

The GD32E507ZE features a single-core ARM Cortex-M33 MCU which can run up to 180 MHz with flash accesses zero wait states, 512kiB of Flash, 128kiB of SRAM and 112 GPIOs.

Hardware

• GD32E507ZET6 MCU
• AT24C02C 2Kb EEPROM
• GD25Q16 16Mbit SPI and QSPI NOR Flash
• GD9FU1G8F2A 1Gbit NAND Flash
• Micron MT48LC16M16A2P-6AIT 256Mbit SDRAM
• 4 x User LEDs
• 1 x Joystick (L/R/U/D/C)
• 1 x USART (connected to USB VCOM at J1 connector)
• 1 x POT connected to an ADC input
• Headphone interface
• USB FS connector
• 1 x CAN (includes SN65HVD230 PHY)
• Ethernet Interface
• 3.2" RGB-LCD (320x240)
• GD-Link on board programmer
• J-Link/JTAG connector

For more information about the GD32E507 SoC and GD32E507Z-EVAL board:

• GigaDevice Cortex-M33 High Performance SoC Website_
• GD32E507X Datasheet_
• GD32E50X User Manual_
• GD32E507Z-EVAL User Manual_

Supported Features

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Serial Port

The GD32E507Z-EVAL board has one serial communication port. The default port is USART0 with TX connected at PA9 and RX at PA10. USART0 is exposed as a virtual COM port via the J1 USB connector.

Programming and Debugging

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Before programming your board make sure to configure boot jumpers as follows:

• JP3/4: Select 2-3 for both (boot from user memory)

Using GD-Link or J-Link

The board comes with an embedded GD-Link programmer. It can be used with pyOCD provided you install the necessary CMSIS-Pack:

.. code-block:: console

pyocd pack install gd32e507ze

J-Link can also be used to program the board using the JTAG interface exposed in the JP2 header.

#. Build the Zephyr kernel and the :zephyr:code-sample:hello_world sample application:

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world :board: gd32e507z_eval :goals: build :compact:

#. Run your favorite terminal program to listen for output. On Linux the terminal should be something like /dev/ttyUSB0. For example:

.. code-block:: console

  minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 -o

The -o option tells minicom not to send the modem initialization string. Connection should be configured as follows:

  - Speed: 115200
  - Data: 8 bits
  - Parity: None
  - Stop bits: 1

#. To flash an image:

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world :board: gd32e507z_eval :goals: flash :compact:

You should see "Hello World! gd32e507z_eval" in your terminal.

#. To debug an image:

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world :board: gd32e507z_eval :goals: debug :compact:

.. _GigaDevice Cortex-M33 High Performance SoC Website: https://www.gigadevice.com/products/microcontrollers/gd32/arm-cortex-m33/high-performance-line/

.. _GD32E507X Datasheet: https://gd32mcu.com/download/down/document_id/252/path_type/1

.. _GD32E50X User Manual: https://www.gd32mcu.com/download/down/document_id/249/path_type/1

.. _GD32E507Z-EVAL User Manual: https://www.gd32mcu.com/data/documents/evaluationBoard/GD32E50x_Demo_Suites_V1.2.1.rar