About this guide, Acknowledgements, Guide contents – Xilinx MIcroblaze Development Spartan-3E 1600E User Manual
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MicroBlaze Development Kit Spartan-3E 1600 Edition User Guide
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Preface
About This Guide
This user guide provides basic information on the MicroBlaze Development Kit board
capabilities, functions, and design. It includes general information on how to use the
various peripheral functions included on the board. For detailed reference designs,
including VHDL or Verilog source code, please visit the following web link.
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Spartan™-3E Starter Kit Board Reference Page
Acknowledgements
Xilinx wishes to thank the following companies for their support of the MicroBlaze
Development Kit board:
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Intel Corporation for the 128 Mbit StrataFlash memory
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Linear Technology for the SPI-compatible A/D and D/A converters, the
programmable pre-amplifier, and the power regulators for the non-FPGA
components
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Micron Technology, Inc. for the 32M x 16 DDR SDRAM
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SMSC for the 10/100 Ethernet PHY
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STMicroelectronics for the 16M x 1 SPI serial Flash PROM
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Texas Instruments Incorporated for the three-rail TPS75003 regulator supplying most
of the FPGA supply voltages
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Xilinx, Inc. Configuration Solutions Division for the XCF04S Platform Flash PROM
and their support for the embedded USB programmer
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Xilinx, Inc. CPLD Division for the XC2C64A CoolRunner™-II CPLD
Guide Contents
This manual contains the following chapters:
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Chapter 1, “Introduction and Overview,”
provides an overview of the key features of
the MicroBlaze Development Kit board.
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Chapter 2, “Switches, Buttons, and Knob,”
defines the switches, buttons, and knobs
present on the MicroBlaze Development Kit board.
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describes the various clock sources available on the
MicroBlaze Development Kit board.
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Chapter 4, “FPGA Configuration Options,”
describes the configuration options for
the FPGA on the MicroBlaze Development Kit board.