Introduction And Overview; Getting Started - Xilinx Spartan-3A FPGA User Manual

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Introduction and Overview

Thank you for purchasing the Xilinx Spartan™-3A FPGA Starter Kit. The board is
invaluable to develop a Spartan-3A FPGA application. This document is for Revision C of
the Spartan-3A FPGA Starter Kit. If using Revision D of the Spartan-3A FPGA Starter Kit,
or the Spartan-3A FPGA DDR Starter Kit or the Spartan-3AN FPGA Starter Kit, see UG334.

Getting Started

The Spartan-3A Starter Kit board is ready for action, right out of the box. The design stored
in Flash exercises the various I/O devices such as the VGA display, serial ports, and so on,
plus demonstrates new Spartan-3A FPGA features such as selectable MultiBoot and the
power-saving Suspend mode.
To start using the board, follow the simple steps outlined in
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Spartan-3A FPGA Starter Kit Board User Guide
UG330 (v1.3) June 21, 2007
1 CHECK JUMPER SETTINGS!
5 Connect AC wall adapter.
6 Turn on power switch.
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See messages and
instructions on LCD
character display.
Figure 1-1: Powering Up the Spartan-3A Starter Kit Board
Double-check the position of the board jumpers, as shown in
These settings are required for the demonstration design to configure correctly.
Optionally connect a VGA display device. The display device can be a CRT, a flat-
panel, or even a projector.
Optionally connect headphones or amplified speakers to the audio jack.
Set the SUSPEND switch to the "RUN" position.
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Optional: Connect VGA display.
3 Optional: Connect headphones
PS/2 RS-232
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or amplified speakers
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Set SUSPEND switch
to RUN position.
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Control operation using
rotary / push-button switch.
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