Spartan-6 FPGA SP623 Characterization Kit

Documentation

• SP623 Documentation

Device Family Support

• Spartan-6 LXT

The Xilinx Spartan®-6 FPGA SP623 Characterization Kit provides the hardware environment for characterizing and evaluating the GTP transceivers available on the on-board Spartan-6 LXT FPGA (up to 3.125 Gbps). Each GTP Transceiver is accessible through 4 SMA connectors.

What's Included

Boards

• ROHS compliant SP623 kit including the Spartan-6 XC6SLX150T-3FGG676 FPGA

Tools & IP

• Design Suite: Logic Edition
  • Device-locked to the Spartan-6 LX150T FPGA

Targeted Reference Design(s) and Demo(s)

• IBERT design verifying functionality of every GTP Transceiver

Documentation

• Getting Started Guide – Complete instructions for running the IBERT demonstrations.
• Hardware Users Guide – Detailed guide providing information about the SP623 board.
• Schematics and PCB files

Cables & Adapters

• Universal 12V power supply
• One USB A/mini-B cable
• Six SMA to SMA cables

Key Features

• Spartan-6 XC6SLX150T-3FGG676 FPGA
• On-board power supplies for all necessary voltages
• Power supply jacks for optional use of external power supplies
• JTAG configuration port for use with Platform Cable USB or Parallel Cable III/IV cables
• System ACE controller
• Power supply module supporting all GTP transceiver power requirements
• A fixed, 200 MHz 2.5V LVDS oscillator wired to global clock inputs
• One pair of user SMA global clock inputs
• SuperClock-2 module supporting multiple frequencies
• 16 pairs of SMA connectors for the GTP transceivers
• 8 differential SMA connector pairs for GTP transceiver clock inputs
• Power status LEDs
• General purpose DIP switches, LEDs, push buttons, and test I/O
• Two VITA 57.1 FMC HPC connectors
• USB-to-UART bridge
• I2C Bus Management