Key components and features – Digilent 410-087P-KIT User Manual
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Spartan-3E Starter Kit Board User Guide
UG230 (v1.0) March 9, 2006
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
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advanced development on a board with additional peripherals and FPGA logic, consider
the SP-305 Development Board:
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Spartan-3 SP-305 Development Board (HW-SP305-xx)
Also consider the capable boards offered by Xilinx partners:
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Spartan-3 and Spartan-3E Board Interactive Search
Key Components and Features
The key features of the Spartan-3E Starter Kit board are:
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Xilinx XC3S500E Spartan-3E FPGA
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Up to 232 user-I/O pins
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320-pin FBGA package
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Over 10,000 logic cells
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Xilinx 4 Mbit Platform Flash configuration PROM
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Xilinx 64-macrocell XC2C64A CoolRunner CPLD
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64 MByte (512 Mbit) of DDR SDRAM, x16 data interface, 100+ MHz
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16 MByte (128 Mbit) of parallel NOR Flash (Intel StrataFlash)
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FPGA configuration storage
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MicroBlaze code storage/shadowing
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16 Mbits of SPI serial Flash (STMicro)
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FPGA configuration storage
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MicroBlaze code shadowing
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2-line, 16-character LCD screen
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PS/2 mouse or keyboard port
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VGA display port
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10/100 Ethernet PHY (requires Ethernet MAC in FPGA)
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Two 9-pin RS-232 ports (DTE- and DCE-style)
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On-board USB-based FPGA/CPLD download/debug interface
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50 MHz clock oscillator
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SHA-1 1-wire serial EEPROM for bitstream copy protection
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Hirose FX2 expansion connector
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Three Digilent 6-pin expansion connectors
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Four-output, SPI-based Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC)
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Two-input, SPI-based Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) with programmable-gain
pre-amplifier
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ChipScope™ SoftTouch debugging port
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Rotary-encoder with push-button shaft
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Eight discrete LEDs
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Four slide switches