Serial Cables; Pc Hyperterminal Window; Turning On Power For The First Time - Xilinx Spartan-3A DSP S3D1800A Getting Started

Chapter 2: Quick Start Guide

Serial Cables

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PC HyperTerminal Window

Launch a HyperTerminal connected to the RS232 COM port. Set Bits per second to 19200, Data
bits to 8, Parity to None, Stop bits to 1, and Flow control to None.

Turning on Power for the First Time

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Plug in the serial cable from the PC RS232 port and the RS232 connector (P2) on the board.
With SW1 Power in the OFF position, plug in the 5V supply at J5.
Turn the SW1 Power to the ON position.
a. The three red power supply LEDs, D16, D17 and D18, will light.
a. The red Reset LED, D6, will flash momentarily.
a. The blue DONE LED, D1, will turn on, and LEDs D7 through D14 will start to walk an
LED from right to left and then start to count in binary.
In the HyperTerminal, the following text will appear.
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Walking the LEDs
Counting on the LEDs
Reading the DIP Switches
SW3 = 0x0
Testing a region of DDR2 SDRAM
Testing : 0x20000000 - 0x20ffffff
Writing pseudo-random data...0x20fd8000
Reading : 0x20fd8000
Total Errors = 0
Mem passed
*Press any key to continue
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