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AR# 34313 Spartan-6 I/O Banking Rules - Output I/O Standard Restrictions

Description

In Spartan-6 FPGA, there are banking rules which must be followed when pinning out your design. There are some I/O Banks that do not support certain output I/O Standards. This Answer Record summarizes the I/O Standards that are not supported as OUTPUTS by each bank.

Solution

The following information is also available in Chapter 1 of the Spartan-6 Select IO User Guide (UG381), which should be used as the absolute reference for banking rules. The section below summarizes which outputs are not supported in the following banks.

Output I/O Standards which are not supported in Banks 0 and 2 (top and bottom):

LVCMOS25 24 mA Drive

LVCMOS18, LVCMOS18_JEDEC 24 mA Drive

LVCMOS15, LVCMOS15_JEDEC 16 mA and 12 mA Drive

LVCMOS12, LVCMOS12_JEDEC 12 mA and 8 mA Drive

LVPECL_25*

LVPECL_33*

HSTL_II

HSTL_II_18

SSTL15_II

SSTL18_II

Output I/O Standards which are not supported in Banks 1, 3, 4, and 5 (left and right):

LVDS_25

LVDS_33

MINI_LVDS_25

MINI_LVDS_33

RSDS_25

RSDS_33

PPDS_25

PPDS_33

LVPECL_25*

LVPECL_33*

TMDS_33

* LVPECL25 and LVPECL33 are not supported as an output in any bank on Spartan-6 FPGAs.

In addition to these standard rules, there are Bank Compatibility rules based on VCCO voltage and other I/O Standards used which must be followed. Those are not covered in this Answer Record. The following sections should be closely read for I/O banking rules in the Spartan-6 FPGA SelectIO Resource User Guide:

  • The rules for I/O bank and VCCO voltages can be found in the "I/O Banking Rules" section
  • The rules for Single Ended I/O Standards can be found in "Table 1-4: Spartan-6 FPGA Single-Ended I/O Standard Bank Compatibility"
  • The rules for Differential I/O Standards can be found in the "Differential I/O Standard Bank Compatibility" section

Linked Answer Records

Associated Answer Records

Answer Number Answer Title Version Found Version Resolved
46791 Spartan-6 FPGA Design Assistant - Troubleshoot Common Fabric Problems N/A N/A

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AR# 34313
Date Created 02/08/2010
Last Updated 02/11/2013
Status Active
Type General Article
Devices
  • Spartan-6 LX
  • Spartan-6 LXT
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