Key Components And Features - Xilinx Spartan-3 User Manual

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Introduction
The Xilinx Spartan-3 Starter Kit provides a low-cost, easy-to-use development and
evaluation platform for Spartan-3 FPGA designs.

Key Components and Features

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Spartan-3 Starter Kit Board User Guide
UG130 (v1.1) May 13, 2005
shows the Spartan-3 Starter Kit board, which includes the following
200,000-gate Xilinx Spartan-3
package (XC3S200FT256)
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4,320 logic cell equivalents
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Twelve 18K-bit block RAMs (216K bits)
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Twelve 18x18 hardware multipliers
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Four Digital Clock Managers (DCMs)
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Up to 173 user-defined I/O signals
2Mbit Xilinx XCF02S Platform
PROM
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1Mbit non-volatile data or application code storage available after FPGA
configuration
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Jumper options allow FPGA application to read PROM data or FPGA
configuration from other sources
1M-byte of Fast Asynchronous SRAM (bottom side of board, see
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Two 256Kx16 ISSI IS61LV25616AL-10T 10 ns SRAMs
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Configurable memory architecture
- Single 256Kx32 SRAM array, ideal for
- Two independent 256Kx16 SRAM arrays
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Individual chip select per device
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Individual byte enables
3-bit, 8-color VGA display port
9-pin RS-232 Serial Port
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DB9 9-pin female connector (DCE connector)
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RS-232 transceiver/level translator
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Uses straight-through serial cable to connect to computer or workstation serial
port
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Second RS-232 transmit and receive channel available on board test points
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XC3S200 FPGA in a 256-ball thin Ball Grid Array
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Flash, in-system programmable configuration
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MicroBlaze
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