Introduction

Zettbrett Lite is a compact yet powerful baseboard developed as part of an advanced digital hardware design course. The goal was to create a modular platform capable of hosting Linux-enabled SoMs, with full support for memory, power delivery, and various communication peripherals.

This board provides the essential foundation to boot and develop on embedded systems using either an FPGA-based SoC or a commercial System-on-Module.

Highlights

• 🧠 SoM footprint compatible with FPGA or Linux-capable SoC
• 🔋 Independent power rails, power sequencing, and filtering
• 🧮 DDR memory, flash and microSD support
• 🔌 Multiple I/O: USB, Ethernet, GPIO headers, UART, and more
• 🛠️ Onboard programmer, clock generation, and debug interfaces

All design work — including schematic capture, layout, BOM selection, and 3D rendering — was carried out as part of an academic project, and the board was fully validated through simulation and rule checks.

This board represents my approach to system-level electronic design: modular, scalable, and ready to support real-world embedded development.

📌 This project was developed for the course “Advanced Digital Hardware Design”, as a final evaluation milestone.