Power Select; On-Board Peripherals; Jtag Connector - Xilinx Mimas Spartan 6 FPGA User Manual

2.5. Power Select

The Solder jumper is used to con gure the power source for the board. The Solder jumper in pin 1 and 2 is shorted to switch the power source to on board USB p
use the external DC power.

2.6. On-Board Peripherals

8 LEDs and four micro switches are provided on-board for user de ned purposes. These peripherals are connected to FPGA IOs and can be controlled from user R
have pull-ups on board so make sure to enable week pull ups on corresponding IOs in your design.

2.7. JTAG Connector

JTAG connector provides access to FPGA's JTAG pins. A XILINX platform cable tool can be used to for JTAG programming.
2.8. GPIOs
This board is equipped with 70 user IO pins that can be used for various custom applications. Pin assignments on the connectors are available in the tables below
HEADER P1
Header Pin No.
1
2
Pin description
VCCIO
GND
Spartan-6 (XC6SLX9 TQG144)
Pin No.
NA
NA
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