ZZ9000 multifunction card for Zorro Amigas – MNT

The ZZ9000 is the Zorro expansion card for the Amiga and the official successor to the famous VA2000 graphics card. However, it can do more than just graphics. Based on the Xilinx ZYNQ XC7Z020 chip, it not only has a powerful 7-series FPGA, but also 2 ARM Cortex-A9 cores and DDR3 memory. These components make it a multifunctional card: it offers the functionality of a flickerfixer/scandobbler, a coprocessor to relieve some computing operations (e.g. decoding JPG, MP3, etc.), GFX expansion of 1 GB DDR3-RAM, a network card and USB interface.

features

• RTG: 8 bit 256-color “chunky”, up to 1920×1080 FHD screen resolution at 16 bit or 32 bit color depth. (1920×1080 at 16 bit, all other resolutions up to 32 bit).
• Enhanced VA2000CX Amiga native video passthrough functionality with AGA support (scandoubler with interlaced flicker-fixer)
• Dual 666MHz ARM Cortex A9 coprocessors to offload computing tasks such as JPEG, MP3 decoding and graphics acceleration
• 1 GB DDR3 RAM
• Ethernet interface: get your Amiga online
• The USB port supports USB mass storage devices. The driver allows you to access the USB stick from the workspace.
• SD card interface (for firmware updates, not usable from AmigaOS)
• For Amiga 500, 2000, 3000 and 4000(T) (Zorro 2 and 3 compatible)
• Drivers, firmware and schematics are open source: https://source.mnt.re/explore
• Involved ZZ9000CX Video Slot Capture Card with Cable
• Involved metal slot bracket
• Involved optional heatsink
• A minimal SDK with C examples for running ARM code from AmigaOS is included https://source.mnt.re/explore
• Important: To use the ZZ9000 with the Amiga 500, you need a Zorro II adapter such as Rob Cranley’s Z-500 or the Checkmate 1500 Zorro adapter.