GD32E507Z-EVAL

Board Overview

GD32E507Z-EVAL

Name:

gd32e507z_eval

Vendor:

GigaDevice Semiconductor

Architecture:

arm

SoC:

gd32e507

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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

The gd32e507z_eval board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board

Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.

2 / 2

Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.

vnd,foo

Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

gd32e507z_eval

/

gd32e507

gd32e507z_eval/gd32e507 target

Type	Location	Description	Compatible
CPU	on-chip	ARM Cortex-M33 CPU1	arm,cortex-m33
Clock control	on-chip	Gigadevice Reset and Clock Unit (RCU) if a multi-function peripheral in charge of reset control (RCTL) and clock control (CCTL) for all SoC peripherals1	gd,gd32-cctl
Counter	on-chip	GigaDevice GD32 timer1 13	gd,gd32-timer
DAC	on-chip	GigaDevice GD32 series DAC module1	gd,gd32-dac
DMA	on-chip	GD32 DMA controller2	gd,gd32-dma
Flash controller	on-chip	There are three types GD32 FMC1	gd,gd32-flash-controller
GPIO & Headers	on-chip	GD32 GPIO4 3	gd,gd32-gpio
I2C	on-chip	GigiDevice GD32 I2C3	gd,gd32-i2c
Input	on-board	Group of GPIO-bound input keys1	gpio-keys
Interrupt controller	on-chip	ARMv8-M NVIC (Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller)1	arm,v8m-nvic
	on-chip	GigaDevice External Interrupt Controller1	gd,gd32-exti
LED	on-board	Group of GPIO-controlled LEDs1	gpio-leds
	on-board	Group of PWM-controlled LEDs1	pwm-leds
Multi-Function Device	on-chip	Gigadevice Reset and Clock Unit (RCU) if a multi-function peripheral in charge of reset control (RCTL) and clock control (CCTL) for all SoC peripherals1	gd,gd32-rcu
MMU / MPU	on-chip	ARMv8-M MPU (Memory Protection Unit)1	arm,armv8m-mpu
MTD	on-chip	Flash memory binding of GD32 FMC v11	gd,gd32-nv-flash-v1
Pin control	on-chip	The AFIO peripheral is used to configure pin remapping, EXTI sources and, when available, enable the I/O compensation cell1	gd,gd32-afio
	on-chip	The GD32 pin controller (AFIO model) is a singleton node responsible for controlling pin function selection and pin properties1	gd,gd32-pinctrl-afio
PWM	on-chip	GigaDevice GD32 PWM1 11	gd,gd32-pwm
Reset controller	on-chip	Gigadevice Reset and Clock Unit (RCU) if a multi-function peripheral in charge of reset control (RCTL) and clock control (CCTL) for all SoC peripherals1	gd,gd32-rctl
Serial controller	on-chip	GigaDevice USART1 5	gd,gd32-usart
SRAM	on-chip	Generic on-chip SRAM description1	mmio-sram
Timer	on-chip	ARMv8-M System Tick1	arm,armv8m-systick
Watchdog	on-chip	GD32 free watchdog timer1	gd,gd32-fwdgt
	on-chip	GD32 window watchdog timer1	gd,gd32-wwdgt

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

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:

pyocd pack install gd32e507ze

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

1. Build the Zephyr kernel and the Hello World sample application:

   west build -b gd32e507z_eval samples/hello_world
   

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

   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

3. To flash an image:

   west build -b gd32e507z_eval samples/hello_world
   west flash
   

   You should see “Hello World! gd32e507z_eval” in your terminal.

4. To debug an image:

   west build -b gd32e507z_eval samples/hello_world
   west debug