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Configure the PYNQ board (only once)

After flashing your SD card and before booting the PYNQ, we will first have to configure the PYNQ to boot from the image that is on the SD and to use the power that is provided by the USB connection.

Prerequisites

  1. A PYNQ-Z2 board.
  2. An SD card with the correct image. For 5EWC0, the SD card that you received with your PYNQ kit should already be flashed with the right image.
  3. A plugin module with a display.

⚠️ Warning

Do not turn on your PYNQ yet!

Configure the USB-power jumper

Configure the power mode of the PYNQ by setting the boot jumper to the "USB" position. The jumper is the little black tab that can be placed either on the two leftmost (USB) pins or the two rightmost pins (REG).

⚠️ Warning

Make sure the jumper makes proper contact!

Power-mode jumper

Power-mode jumper

Power-mode jumper

Power-mode jumper

This is the power-mode jumper in its correct position. Power-mode jumper in its correct position

Configure the SD jumper

Similar to the USB-power jumper, configure the boot mode of the PYNQ by setting the boot jumper to the "SD" position.

⚠️ Warning

Make sure the jumper makes proper contact!

Power-mode jumper

Power-mode jumper

Plug in the display module

You should have a display for the PYNQ; plug it into the Arduino headers on the board (see the image below). Since it is asymmetric it can be plugged in in only one way. Ensure that the pins are all the way in.

⚠️ Warning

Make sure to push on the green printed circuit board (PCB) and not on the screen when inserting it. The glass is fragile and will break!

Connectors

The display plugin board on the PYNQ

Insert the SD card into the PYNQ

Insert the SD card into the PYNQ, taking care of the orientation (as shown in the picture):

Orientation of SD card

You should feel a click when you push it in.

Insert SD Card

Proper SD insertion overview

You can always leave the SD card in the PYNQ board, but be careful that it's not pushed out accidentally during transport.

⚠️ Warning

Do not pull out the SD card. To remove the SD card, push it in: it will then click and come out.

Continue

After inserting the SD card with the image and configuring your board, you can now connect it to your computer.