The spartan3e family of fpgas is specifically designed to meet the needs of high volume, costsensitive consumer electronic applications. Spartan3a, spartan3a dsp, and spartan3an fpga families. Building a hardware and software project targeting the zynq zc702 evaluation kit duration. The eightmember family offers densities ranging from 50,000 to five million system gates. I have a spartan 3e starter kit which i bought a few years ago. Fg320fgg320 drawing showing corner gate mold cgm and pin gate mold. Page 1 spartan3a3an fpga starter kit board user guide ug334 v1. For reference designs and documentation, please visit xilinxs spartan3e support page. Some of the software utilities, such as the chipscope pro analyzer, require. Revision history xilinx reserves the right to make changes, at any time, to the design as deemed desirable in the sole discretion of xilinx. Xilinx is the only as of 2007 fpga vendor to distribute a native linux freeware synthesis toolchain. Their very low cost makes them particularly wellsuited for use in consumer electronics applications, including home networking and digital television equipment. It features a 500k gate spartan3e fpga with a 32bit risc processor and ddr interfaces.
These devices feature a microblaze soft processor running over 200 dmips with 800mbs ddr3 support built on 28nm technology. The spartan series devices described in this data sheet include the 5v spartan family and the 3. Xilinx spartan6 fpga dsp development kit support from. First asic replacement fpga for highvolume production with onchip ram. Were no longer building the development board or breakout for this fpga so weve. It features a 500k gate spartan3e fpga with a 32bit risc processor and ddr. The fivemember family offers densities ranging from 100,000 to 1. Over the period of time fpgas have been built for definite niches varying from specific designs, low power consumption to high gate count. Xilinx announced the architecture for a new arm cortexa9based platform for embedded systems designers, that combines the software programmability of an embedded processor with the hardware flexibility of an fpga. It features a 500k gate spartan 3e fpga with a 32 bit risc processor and ddr interfaces.
Xilinx spartan 6 fpga based development boards and modules with ddr, pcie, usb. The xa spartan3e fpga is the worlds lowest cost logic optimized full feature platform of five devices with system gates ranging from 100k to 1. The spartan 3e starter board provides a powerful and highly advanced selfcontained development platform for designs targeting the spartan 3e fpga from xilinx. These industryleading devices are coupled with a nextgeneration design environment and ip to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable logic to programmable systems integration. Xilinx spartan 6 fpga development boards numato lab. Introduction this version of the libraries guide describes the primitive and macro design elements that make up the xilinx unified libraries and are supported by the spartan3e. I am a new user so i do not know whether it s a mistake on my side in accessing the software or i should go for an older version altogether. The software setup that was used to test this reference design is. The fastadvancing region of software determines hardware enabled.
However, it does not distinguish between product configurations. Model and implement digital designs with xilinx fpgas using the vivado or ise tools access documentation, design examples, and ondemand videos join technical forums and share your experience xup has developed number of workshops using vivado and ise design suite. Xilinx programmable logic xilinx spartan3 xilinx spartan3a xilinx spartan3e xilinx spartan6 xilinx artix7 xilinx kintex7 xilinx virtex7 xilinx zynq soc xilinx ultrascale xilinx spartan7 intel max10 intel cyclone 10 lattice microsemi smartfusion2 gowin arora gowin littlebee measurement and test fmc cards pcie cards cpci serial card. Walkthrough of a complete garage door system as implemented on the xilinx spartan3e starter kit fpga development board with labview. The xa spartan 3a fpga is the worlds lowest cost io optimized full feature platform of four devices with system gates ranging from 200k to 1. Introducing the spartan 3e fpga and vhdl ii revision history number date description name 0. In order to program and communicate with the spartan3e starter board, you must download and install the free xilinx ise webpack software. Xilinx ug332 spartan3 generation configuration user guide.
Cad, software to configure the xilinx spartanseries fpga. The xilinx spartan is an admired fpga board and is here to stay. Where a computer has programmable software, this is programmable hardware. Spartan3a dsp dsp optimized for applications where integrated dsp macs and expanded memory are required. Getting started with xilinx design tools and the xilinx spartan 3 starter kit a users guide by. A separate version of this guide is also available for users who prefer to. The spartan 3 generation of fpgas offers a choice of five platforms, each delivering a unique costoptimized balance of programmable logic, connectivity, and dedicated hard ip for your lowcost applications. Page 1 spartan3e starter kit board user guide click a component to jump to the related documentation. Xilinx tools is a suite of software tools used for the design of digital circuits implemented using xilinx field programmable gate array fpga or complex programmable logic device cpld.
Xilinx ise and spartan3 tutorial james duckworth, hauke daempfling 8 of 30 doubleclick on assign package pins in the processes pane in the left of the window. The spartan 3e family of fieldprogrammable gate arrays fpgas is specifically designed to meet the needs of high volume, costsensitive consumer electronic applications. December 6, 2006 and beijing, china, december 5, 2006 at a press conference in beijing today, xilinx, inc. Xilinx field programmable gate arrays fpgas are highly flexible, reprogrammable. So that our start menu shortcuts will still work, follow these steps to copy the new.
You may be asked to save the vhdl file, and your design will be checked for syntax errors these will need to be fixed before you can proceed. These devices have enhanced system performance and an increased amount of logic per io, in comparison with the spartan3 family of devices. Xilinx spartan6 pcie io control for intel atom processor. Because of their exceptionally low cost, spartan3 generation fpgas are. Xilinx is the worlds leading provider of all programmable fpgas, socs and 3d ics.
Xlnx, the worlds leading supplier of programmable solutions, unveiled its spartan3a family of iooptimized field programmable gate arrays fpgas, an extension of its lowcost, high volume spartan3. Xilinx ug230 spartan3e starter kit board user guide. Ise version that still supports spartan 3 devices xilinx. These devices feature a microblaze soft processor running over 200 dmips with. Xilinx spartan3 libraries guide for schematic designs. See the separate data sheets for more advanced members for the spartan series.
Fpga based autonomous vehicle locking system a smart door. The xa spartan 3e fpga is the worlds lowest cost logic optimized full feature platform of five devices with system gates ranging from 100k to 1. Access and use xilinx spartan3a fpga devices in your designs. Xilinx spartan3e xc3s500e com11657 sparkfun electronics. Spartan3e bsdl models bsdl models zip 384 kb md5 sum value.
There is a built in 50 mhz system clock, 3 leds, a push button and an epcs4 so you can have the board powerup with your program. The spartan3e family builds on the success of the earlier. This answer record summarizes the device support section of the release notes from current and past xilinx design tool versions. Unfollow xilinx spartan board to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. With an alarming increase in the number of applications, the industry has also tried to keep pace. The spartan3 generation of fpgas offers a choice of five platforms, each delivering a unique costoptimized balance of programmable logic, connectivity, and. The spartan3a family of fpgas solves the design challenges in most highvolume, iointensive electronic applications.
Spartan 6 fpga modules for oem integration and industrial designs. Door lock with provision to set the password in real time neelabhrofsm verilog. Xilinx wp266, security solutions using spartan3 generation. I saw that this board is still on digilent home page so there must be a w. Density up to 1862 logic cells or 40,000 system gates. A wide variety of xilinx spartan options are available to you, there are 326 suppliers who sells xilinx spartan on, mainly located in asia. Getting started with xilinx design tools and the xilinx. This is a door lock project designed to run on the basys 3 artix7 fpga as it is. Xilinx delivers spartan3a platform worlds lowest cost. Added links to new reference designs using the spartan3e and spartan3a. The design procedure consists of a design entry, b synthesis and. I think the problem was that most folks just had trouble getting out of the gate. Spartan3 generation configuration user guide ug332 xilinx.
It features a 1600k gate spartan3e capable of implementing large complex digital systems including the 32bit microblaze risc soft processor with ddr interfaces. Spartan3 generation fpgas utilize the industrys most costeffective and productionproven process. Xilinx assumes no obligation to correct any errors contained herein or to advise you of any correction if such be made. Vhdl files to run peripherals on xilinx spartan 3e starter kit. Electrical ethernet is to communicate with indoor sub systems and optical. Xilinx spartan6 fpga sp601 evaluation kit for sale online. Access and use xilinx spartan3e fpga devices in your designs. Spartan3 libraries guide for schematic designs 4 w w w. Xilinx uniquely enables applications that are both software defined and hardware optimized powering industry advancements in cloud computing, sdn.