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Xilinx FPGA Starter Kits


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The Spartan-3 FPGA Starter Kit – $99
Complete solution includes:

  • Xilinx® Spartan™-3 200,000-gate platform FPGA XC3S200-4FT256C
  • Xilinx 2 Mb Platform Flash configuration PROM – XCF02S
  • 1 MB of fast asynchronous SRAM (512K x 16 or 256K x 32)
  • 3-bit, eight-color VGA display port
  • Nine-pin RS-232 serial port
  • PS/2-style mouse/keyboard port
  • Four-character, seven-segment LED display
  • Eight slide switches
  • Eight individual LED outputs
  • Four momentary contact push-button switches
  • 50 MHz crystal clock oscillator
  • Three 40-pin expansion connection ports
  • Universal power supply 100-240V AC, 50/60 Hz
  • JTAG cable
  • Spartan-3 resource CD
  • ISE™ Foundation™ evaluation CD
  • EDK evaluation CD
Part numbers
  • DO-SPAR3-DK
  • DO-SPAR3-DK-J (Japanese version)
The Spartan-3 FPGA Starter Kit gives you instant access to the complete platform capabilities of the Xilinx Spartan-3 family. The kit brings high-volume designs to reality quicker, at a lower cost, and on schedule.

For more information about the Spartan-3 FPGA Starter Kit, visit www.xilinx.com/s3boards/.

The Spartan-3E FPGA Starter Kit – $149
(available in Q3CY05)
Complete solution includes:

  • Xilinx Spartan-3E 500,000-gate platform FPGA XC3S500E-4FG320
  • 32 Mb parallel flash
  • 8 Mb SPI flash
  • 32 MB of DDR SDRAM
  • Board interfaces
  • Ethernet 10/100 PHY
  • USB 2.0 PHY + controller
  • 3-bit, eight-color VGA display port
  • Nine-pin RS-232 serial port
  • PS/2-style mouse/keyboard port
  • Three 40-pin expansion connection ports
Additional features
  • Two-line LCD
  • Four slide switches
  • Eight individual LED outputs
  • Two momentary contact push-button switches
  • 90 MHz crystal clock oscillator
  • Universal power supply 100-240V AC, 50/60 Hz
  • JTAG cable
  • Spartan-3/3E resource CD
  • ISE Foundation evaluation CD
  • EDK evaluation CD
Part numbers
  • DO-SPAR3E-DK
  • DO-SPAR3E-DK-J (Japanese version)
The Spartan-3E FPGA Starter Kit includes a full-featured development board based on the Spartan-3E platform FPGA family.

For more information about the Spartan-3E FPGA Starter Kit, visit www.xilinx.com/s3eboards/.

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