University Board Selection

XUP supports introductory and advanced hardware development systems designed for teaching and research.

• Introductory Boards
  • Basys
  • Nexys-2
  • Spartan®-3E Starter Kit
• Advanced Boards
  • NEW! Virtex®-5 Development System. XUPV5-LX110T
• Mature FPGA Boards
  • Note: Mature FPGA Boards should not be used for new installations.
  • XUP Virtex-II Pro

Introductory Boards

Introductory boards offer a basic set of features useful for undergraduate laboratory exercises.

Introductory Boards
Board	Description
Basys ($59)	This is an ideal circuit design platform for anyone who wants to learn about FPGAs and digital circuit design. It combines the advanced features of the Xilinx Spartan-3E FPGA with straight- forward power supply and I/O circuits, making it the perfect platform for introductory designs ranging from simple logic circuits to complex digital systems. The four on-board 6-pin connectors can accommodate any of the Digilent low-cost "PMOD" accessory circuits, making it easy to add A/D and D/A converters, motors, sensors, and a variety of other devices and circuits.
Nexys-2 ($99)	This is a powerful digital system design platform built around a Xilinx Spartan 3E FPGA. With 16Mbytes of fast SDRAM and 16Mbytes of Flash ROM, the Nexys-2 is ideally suited to embedded processors like the Xilinx 32-bit RISC Microblaze™. The on-board high-speed USB2 port, together with a collection of I/O devices, data ports, and expansion connectors, allow a wide range of designs to be completed without the need for any additional components.
Spartan-3E FPGA Starter Kit ($149)	This is a complete development board solution giving designers instant access to the capabilities of the Spartan-3E family. Complete kit includes board, power supply and USB cable. Designers can take advantage of EDK's Base System Builder to quickly architect a system using various board features.

Refer to starter board features for a listing of all features for each starter board.

Advanced Boards

Advanced boards offer a more advanced set of features useful senior level undergraduate and
graduate laboratory exercises.

Advanced Boards
Board	Description
NEW! XUPV5-LX110T Development System ($750 academic)	The XUPV5-LX110T is a feature-rich unified platform, with on-board memory and industry standard connectivity interfaces, ideal for teaching and research. It features a Virtex-5 XC5VLX110T FPGA. This board is well supported with helpful reference designs that demonstrate the use of the interfaces.

Mature FPGA Boards

Mature FPGA Boards should not be used for new installations.

Mature FPGA Boards
Board	Description
Virtex-II Pro Development System ($299 academic)	NOTE: XUPV2P must not be used for new installations. To use this board, you must already be a current Xilinx development tools version 10.1 or earlier license holder. This has been designed specially for education in collaboration with leading academics from all over the world. Its many innovative features provide support for nearly all aspects of the digital engineering curriculum from undergraduate to graduate courses and projects, as well as research. Designers can take advantage of EDK's Base System Builder to quickly architect a system using various board features.