Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit Reference Design and Documentation
The Spartan®-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit enables faster design development and provides a jump-start through the connectivity targeted reference design included in it.
Note: For information on upgrading from the Spartan-6 FPGA ML605 Evaluation Kit or other domain-specific Spartan®-6 design platform, see the specific steps at the bottom of this page.
Upgrading to the Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit
This is for users who currently have any of the following Spartan-6 kits:
Note: For information on upgrading from the Spartan-6 FPGA ML605 Evaluation Kit or other domain-specific Spartan®-6 design platform, see the specific steps at the bottom of this page.
| Reference Design & Documentation | ISE® Design Suite 12.2 | ISE Design Suite 12.1 |
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| Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Targeted Reference Design | ||
| This is a x1PCIe-DMA-DDR3-GbE that enables turnkey implementations with the main integrated components in a Spartan-6 FPGA—the endpoint block for PCI Express, the GTP transceivers, and the memory controller block working together in an application with additional IP cores such as a third-party (Northwest Logic) Packet DMA engine for the PCI Express interface, XPS-LL-TEMAC (using the LogiCORE IP Tri-mode Ethernet MAC) and Memory Interface Generator (MIG) tool. | Spartan-6 LXT FPGA: CES Silicon (Reference Design & Documentation) (zip) |
Spartan-6 LXT FPGA: CES Silicon (Reference Design & Documentation) (zip) |
| Spartan-6 LXT FPGA: Production Silicon (Reference Design & Documentation) (zip) |
Spartan-6 LXT FPGA: Production Silicon (Reference Design & Documentation) (zip) |
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| Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit Hardware Setup Guide | ||
| The Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit Hardware Setup Guide provides a step by step hardware setup and overview of the Kit. | Hardware setup guide(pdf) | Hardware setup guide(pdf) |
| Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit Getting Started Guide | ||
| The Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit Getting Started Guide provides hardware setup steps and step by step overview of the Connectivity Targeted Reference Design. It covers the steps for the Installation of the Software as well as where to find additional resources. | ug665 (v1.3) (pdf) | ug665 (v1.1) (pdf) |
| Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit Reference Design User Guide | ||
The Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Targeted Reference Design is a fully operational bridge between the PCIe and GbE IP blocks that provides an efficient platform for evaluating the key integrated components in a Spartan-6 FPGA device.
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ug392 (v1.4) (pdf) | ug392 (v1.3) (pdf) |
| Additional Documentation | ||
| This includes SP605 FPGA Board User Guide, Schematics, PCB files as well as other base reference designs like IBERT and BIST designs. | Spartan-6 FPGA Evaluation Kit Documentation | |
| This includes Embedded Targeted Reference designs including Microblaze® Processor Sub-system Design and related documentation. | Spartan-6 FPGA Embedded Kit Documentation | |
Upgrading to the Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit
This is for users who currently have any of the following Spartan-6 kits:
- Spartan-6 FPGA SP605 Evaluation Kit
- Spartan-6 FPGA Embedded Kit
Please visit http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards_kits/upgrade.htm for further details.
Archived Files - ISE Design Suite 11.4
- Spartan-6 LXT FPGA Connectivity Targeted Reference Design (zip)
- Documentation
- Hardware Setup Guide (pdf)
- Getting Started Guide (pdf)
- Targeted Reference Design User Guide (pdf)