Preface: About This Guide; Acknowledgements; Guide Contents - Xilinx Spartan-3E User Manual

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About This Guide
This user guide provides basic information on the Spartan-3E Starter Kit board
capabilities, functions, and design. It includes general information on how to use the
various peripheral functions included on the board. For detailed reference designs,
including VHDL or Verilog source code, please visit the following web link.
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Acknowledgements

Xilinx wishes to thank the following companies for their support of the Spartan-3E Starter
Kit board:
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Guide Contents

This manual contains the following chapters:
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Spartan-3E Start Kit Board User Guide
UG230 (v1.0) March 9, 2006
Spartan™-3E Starter Kit Board Reference Page
http://www.xilinx.com/s3estarter
Intel Corporation for the 128 Mbit StrataFlash memory
Linear Technology for the SPI-compatible A/D and D/A converters, the
programmable pre-amplifier, and the power regulators for the non-FPGA
components
Micron Technology, Inc. for the 32M x 16 DDR SDRAM
SMSC for the 10/100 Ethernet PHY
STMicroelectronics for the 16M x 1 SPI serial Flash PROM
Texas Instruments Incorporated for the three-rail TPS75003 regulator supplying most
of the FPGA supply voltages
Xilinx, Inc. Configuration Solutions Division for the XCF04S Platform Flash PROM
and their support for the embedded USB programmer
Xilinx, Inc. CPLD Division for the XC2C64A CoolRunner™-II CPLD
Chapter 1, "Introduction and Overview,"
the Spartan-3E Starter Kit board.
Chapter 2, "Switches, Buttons, and Knob,"
present on the Spartan-3E Starter Kit board.
Chapter 3, "Clock Sources,"
Spartan-3E Starter Kit board.
Chapter 4, "FPGA Configuration Options,"
the FPGA on the Spartan-3E Starter Kit board.
www.xilinx.com
provides an overview of the key features of
defines the switches, buttons, and knobs
describes the various clock sources available on the
describes the configuration options for
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