SP605 - Known Issues and Release Notes Master Answer Record
Description
This Answer Record lists all known issues with the SP605 Evaluation Kit.
Solution
Board/Kit Related Issues
(Xilinx Answer 33319) - SP601 - HyperTerminal does not automatically detect USB UART Bridge
(Xilinx Answer 33417) - Spartan-6 FPGA MCB - Spartan-6 FPGA Memory Controller User Guide (UG388) incorrectly states that MIG automatically outputs files for the SP601/SP605 reference boards
(Xilinx Answer 33569) - Development Boards - Where can I find the USB UART driver?
(Xilinx Answer 33610) - SP605 - Preliminary information related to the Spartan-6 FPGA SP605 Evaluation Kit
(Xilinx Answer 34093) - SP605 - Change to resistor network values on the MGT_AVCC rail
(Xilinx Answer 37579) - What device do I have on my board? Is it an Engineering Sample or Production silicon?
(Xilinx Answer 39210) - Boards - Directory structure of CF card changed
(Xilinx Answer 40350) - Development Boards - Do Series 6 Evaluation Kits from Xilinx support eFUSE?
(Xilinx Answer 40705) - Development Boards - BRD GUI on Windows 7
Documentation Related Issues
(Xilinx Answer 35087) - SP605 User Guide (UG526) - Discrepancies in Pinouts between User Guide and Schematics
(Xilinx Answer 41050) - UG525 - Typos in Figure 1-1
(Xilinx Answer 42252) - UG526 - UART and USB ports labeled incorrectly in Figure 1-2
PCI Express Related Issues
(Xilinx Answer 33665) - 11.3 CORE Generator - Why am I unable to select the -3 speed grade for the PCIe core generation for the Spartan-6 FPGA xc6slx45t part that is on the SP605 board?
(Xilinx Answer 34404) - SP605 Schematics - PCI Express Endpoint Connectivity section shows clock net name PCIE_250M_N. Should this really be PCIE_125M_N?
Design Tools Related Issues
(Xilinx Answer 34203) - 11.x ChipScope - IBERT - Spartan-6, Virtex-5, Virtex-6 - PCS loopback results in an increasing error count
11.5 Software Information
11.5 includes important updates and supports production devices for the Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 device families. However, several workarounds might be required for Virtex-6 and some Spartan-6 FPGA customers using ISE 11.5 software. Please review (Xilinx Answer 32147) before you upgrade to 11.5. These workarounds are addressed in ISE 12.1 software, released in May 2010.
12.1 Software Information
At this time, SP605 Evaluation Kits are not shipped with the 12.1 version of ISE Design Suite. The reference designs (shipped with the kits and available on-line) are only supported in version 11.4 of the software.
Applies To
Boards & Kits
- Spartan-6 FPGA SP605 Evaluation Kit
- Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit
- Spartan-6 FPGA Embedded Kit