TED Spartan-6 FPGA Consumer Video Kit

Product Details

• Spartan-6 FPGA Consumer Video Kit Product Brief (PDF)
• FAQs (PDF)

Documentation

• Kit Supporting Documents from TED
• S6LX150T FPGA Data Sheet (PDF)

Device Family Support

• Spartan-6 LXT

Speed up development of video algorithms and incorporate the latest video interface standards right out of the box. The Spartan®-6 FPGA Consumer Video Kit is a comprehensive design environment for developing and debugging advanced video algorithms—featuring FMC option boards* and pre-validated cores for emerging and de facto high speed display interfaces like DisplayPort™, V-by-One® HS, HDMI™ 1.3 and 1.05Gbps LVDS.  DTV designers can quickly verify algorithms and test new interfaces, enabling faster time to market with differentiated video products.

What's Included

Hardware and Design Tools

• RoHS compliant Spartan-6 LX150T video evaluation base board
• FMC Option Boards:
  • LVDS
  • V-by-One HS
  • DisplayPort
  • HDMI 1.3
• ISE® Design Suite:  Embedded Edition (device-locked for the Spartan-6 LX150T FPGA)
• PlanAhead™ Design Analysis Tool – Streamlined design process between synthesis and place-and-route and intuitive IO planning
• Timing Driven Place and Route – Optimal quality of results with advanced implementation algorithms
• SmartGuide™ - Industry’s fastest incremental implement runtimes
• SmartXplorer Technology – Leverage computing resources for optimal quality of results 
• ISE Simulator – RTL simulation environment
• ChipScope™ Pro and ChipScope Pro Serial IO Toolkit – On-chip design verification for logic and serial connectivity analysis and measurement 

Documentation

• Getting Started Guide
• Hardware Users Guide
• Reference Design and Example User Guide

Cables

• Power Supply
• LVDS Cables
• MMCX to SMA Connectors
• Xilinx Platform Cable USB-II
• V-by-One HS Cables

Key Features

• Spartan-6 LX150T-3C FPGA
• 1 x High Pin Count (HPC) FMC connector with up to eight GTP connections. Note: All HPC pins are not connected to the FPGA.
• 3 x Low Pin Count (LPC) FMC connectors
• 2 x DDR2 SDRAM (Chip): ELPIDA EDE2116ACBG (2 Gbits x 2) 800Mbps
• Multiple clock sources
• Xilinx Platform Cable USB-II
• Evaluation version of DisplayPort LogiCORE IP
• Evaluation version of V-by-One HS core

*Spartan-6 FPGA Consumer Video Kit PRO version includes LVDS, V-by-One HS, DisplayPort, and HDMI 1.3 FMC option boards. Foundation version available with 1.05Gbps LVDS FMC option board only.