Pynq

This github tag is tied to the release of the following SDCard images:

[PYNQ-Z1 v2.4 SDCard image](https://www.xilinx.com/member/forms/download/xef.html?filename=pynq_z1_v2.4.zip)
[PYNQ-Z2 v2.4 SDCard image](https://www.xilinx.com/member/forms/download/xef.html?filename=pynq_z2_v2.4.zip)
[ZCU104 v2.4 SDCard image](https://www.xilinx.com/member/forms/download/xef.html?filename=zcu104_v2.4.zip)
[ZCU111 v2.4 SDCard image](https://www.xilinx.com/member/forms/download/xef.html?filename=zcu111_v2.4.zip)


Within those image files, PYNQ v2.4 is already installed. Updates to PYNQ since the last release include:


* Board Additions
* RFSoC support added in the new [ZCU111-PYNQ](https://github.com/Xilinx/ZCU111-PYNQ) repository
* Programmable Logic Updates
* All bitstreams built using Vivado 2018.3
* Partial reconfiguration support added (beta)
* Expanded metadata parsing using the Vivado hwh files
* SDBuild Updates
* Boot partition built on Petalinux 2018.3
* SDSoC 2018.3 support added
* Vagrant configuration file for users building their own SDCard images
* Yocto recipes added for including PYNQ in Petalinux root filesystems

This github tag is tied to the release of the following SDCard images:

[PYNQ-Z1 v2.3 SDCard image](http://files.digilent.com/Products/PYNQ/pynq_z1_v2.3.zip)
[PYNQ-Z2 v2.3 SDCard image](http://www.tul.com.tw/Download/pynq_z2_v2.3.zip)
[ZCU104 v2.3 SDCard image](https://www.xilinx.com/member/forms/download/xef.html?filename=zcu104_v2.3.zip)

Within those image files, PYNQ v2.3 is already installed. Updates to PYNQ since the last release include:

* Architecture Additions
* Zynq UltraScale+ (ZU+) support added
* Board Additions
* ZCU104 support added
* Programmable Logic Updates
* All bitstreams built using Vivado 2018.2
* Initial support for DSA generation and PL parsing added
* Removed custom toplevel wrapper file requirement
* SDBuild Updates
* Root filesystem based on Ubuntu 18.04
* Boot partition built on Petalinux 2018.2
* SDSoC 2018.2 support added
* Added fpga_manager support for Zynq and ZU+
* AWS Greengrass kernel configuration options added
* Custom board support updated
* New PYNQ Python Modules
* Added ZU+ DisplayPort
* Added PMBus power monitoring
* Added uio support
* Added AXI IIC support
* New Microblaze Programming Notebooks
* Added arduino ardumoto, arduino joystick, grove usranger notebooks

This is a minor release to incorporate v2.2 documentation updates.

This github tag is tied to the [PYNQ-Z2 v2.2 SDCard image](http://www.tul.com.tw/download/pynq_z2_v2.2.img.zip).

Within that image file, PYNQ v2.2 is already installed. Updates to PYNQ since the last release include:

1. Board Additions
a. PYNQ-Z2 support added
2. New Microblaze Subsystems
a. Added RPi Microblaze subsystem, bsp and notebooks
3. New IP
a. Added audio with codec support

This github tag is tied to the [PYNQ-Z1 v2.1 SDCard image](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/digilent/Products/PYNQ/pynq_z1_v2.1.img.zip).

Within that image file, PYNQ v2.1 is already installed. Updates to PYNQ since the last release include:

1. Microblaze Programming
a. IPython magics added for Jupyter programming of Microblazes.
b. Microblaze pyprintf, RPC, and Python-callable function generation added.
c. [New notebooks](https://github.com/Xilinx/PYNQ/tree/master/boards/Pynq-Z1/base/notebooks/microblaze) added to demonstrate the programming APIs.

2. Version Updates
a. Upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
b. Upgraded kernel to tagged Xilinx 2017.4 release.
c. Upgraded all overlays to build with Vivado 2017.4.

3. IP Changes
a. IO switch refactored for portability to new boards and interfaces.
b. Microblaze hierarchical blocks refactored for portability to new boards and interfaces.
c. Logictools pattern generator can drive tri-state control each clock cycle.

4. Usability
a. Jupyter now listens on both :80 and :9090 ports.
b. Added the [jupyter_notebooks_advanced_features.ipynb](https://github.com/Xilinx/PYNQ/blob/master/docs/source/jupyter_notebooks_advanced_features.ipynb) notebook into the getting_started folder.

This github tag is tied to the [PYNQ-Z1 v2.0 SDCard image](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/digilent/Products/PYNQ/pynq_z1_v2.0.img.zip)

Within that image file, PYNQ v2.0 is already installed. Updates to PYNQ since the last release include:

1. New logictools overlay added
a. send waveforms, FSMs and boolean logic to the PYNQ-Z1's Arduino header - all from Python.
b. use the onchip Trace Analyzer to view monitored transactions on Pmod and Arduino headers.
2. Repository now supports direct pip install.
3. New Video subsystem with support for openCV style frame passing, color space transforms, and grayscale conversion.
4. New PynqMicroblaze parent class to implement any PYNQ MicroBlaze subsystem.
5. Start-up process added to systemd services.

Note: Please upgrade to the v2.0 SDCard image before installing this version of PYNQ.