Xilinx® Spartan™-3 MB Development Kit

The Spartan-3 MB Development Kit provides a complete, low cost solution for developing designs and applications based on the Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA family. The kit bundles a full-featured, expandable Spartan-3 based system board with a power supply, user guide and reference designs. Optional Xilinx ISE software and P160 application specific expansion modules are also available.

The Spartan-3 MB system board utilizes the 1.5 million-gate Xilinx Spartan-3 device (XC3S1500-4FG676) in the 676-pin fine-grid array package. The high gate density and advanced features included in the Spartan-3 FPGA allows complete system solutions to be implemented in the low cost device. The system board includes an abundance of on-board features that simplify system prototyping and proof of concept projects. Both DDR and flash memory are included for processor systems and DSP applications. External interfaces support USB, 10/100 Ethernet, serial, and LVDS. Two P160 expansion module slots are available to easily add application specific daughter cards. User switches, LEDs, 7-segment LEDs, and a 2 x 16 Character LCD are also included. Configuration through JTAG, Platform Flash Proms, and an optional System ACE™ interface round out the system design.

The Spartan-3 FPGA family has the advanced features needed to fit the most demanding, high volume applications. The Xilinx Spartan-3 MB Development Kit provides a feature-rich platform to explore the most demanding applications, allowing you to quickly and effectively meet your time-to-market requirements.

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Features:

• Available with Xilinx XC3S1500-4FG676 Spartan-3 FPGA
• 32 MB DDR SDRAM
• 4 MB Flash memory
• 10/100 Ethernet PHY, USB 2.0 and serial ports
• Two P160 expansion slots
• LVDS transmit and receive interface (8 data + clock)
• 2 x 16 character LCD
• Piezo speaker
• Two 7-segment LED displays
• User LEDs and switches
• On-board clock oscillator
• System ACE/User I/O header
• JTAG configuration port
• Platform flash ISP PROMS
• 3.3V, 2.5V and 1.2V regulators

Applications:

• MicroBlaze™ soft processor development
• IP development
• General-purpose prototyping platform
• Digital signal processing
• Interface verification

Kit Includes:

• Spartan-3 MB Development Board
• AC-to-DC power supply adapter
• Complete reference designs with source code (VHDL and/or Verilog HDL)
• Bundled software options
• Downloadable documentation and reference design