Getting Started With The Spartan-6 Fpga Sp605 Embedded Kit; Introduction; Sp605 Embedded Kit Contents; What's Inside The Box - Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA SP605 Embedded Kit Getting Started

Getting Started with the
Spartan-6 FPGA SP605 Embedded Kit

Introduction

The Spartan®-6 FPGA Embedded Kit conveniently delivers the key components of the
Xilinx® Embedded Targeted Design Platform (TDP) required for developing embedded
software and hardware in a wide range of applications in Broadcast, Industrial, Medical,
Aerospace and Defense markets. For software developers, a familiar Eclipse-based IDE,
GNU tools, OSes, libraries and a pre-verified reference design enables them to start
programming right away. Similarly, hardware designers now have immediate access to a
pre-integrated MicroBlaze™ processor subsystem that includes the most commonly used
peripheral IP cores, enabling them to begin at once developing their custom logic.
This Getting Started Guide will walk you through the steps to set up the SP605 board and
run the out-of-box video and Linux demonstrations that are designed to illustrate the
flexibility and capability of a MicroBlaze processor subsystem for embedded design. Then,
if you have not already installed the Xilinx ISE® software, you will be directed through the
steps to install the software, get updates, and generate a license. Finally this guide will
point you to next steps in using the embedded software and hardware tutorials included in
this kit.

SP605 Embedded Kit Contents

What's Inside the Box

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SP605 Getting Started Guide
UG727 (v1.1) June 21, 2010
SP605 Evaluation Board with the XC6SLX45T-3FGG484 FPGA along with:
• Power Supply
• Two USB Type-A to Mini-B 5-pin cables
• Ethernet Cable
• VGA to DVI Adapter
• Compact Flash card - 2 GB (with Embedded Kit demo)
ISE Design Suite Embedded Edition: (device-locked) for Spartan-6 LX45T FPGA
Xilinx ISE Design Suite 12.1 DVD, which includes:
• ISE Foundation with ISE Simulator
• PlanAhead Design and Analysis Tool
• Embedded Development Kit (EDK)
• Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS)
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