Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
For simple Spartan-3 FPGA applications, consider the fairly basic Spartan-3 Starter Kit
board.
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Also consider the capable boards offered by Xilinx partners:
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Related Resources
Refer to the following links for additional information:
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Spartan-3 Starter Kit (HW-SPAR3-SK-UNI-G)
www.xilinx.com/s3starter
Spartan-3 Generation Board Interactive Search
www.xilinx.com/products/devboards/index.htm
Spartan-3A Starter Kit
www.xilinx.com/s3astarter
Example User Constraints File (UCF)
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www.xilinx.com/products/boards/s3astarter/files/s3astarter.ucf
Board schematics (annotated)
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www.xilinx.com/bvdocs/userguides/s3astarter_schematic.pdf
Bill of materials (BOM) list
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www.xilinx.com/bvdocs/userguides/s3astarter_bom.xls
Link to design examples
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www.xilinx.com/products/boards/s3astarter/reference_designs.htm
Xilinx MicroBlaze Soft Processor
www.xilinx.com/microblaze
Xilinx PicoBlaze Soft Processor
www.xilinx.com/picoblaze
Xilinx Embedded Development Kit
www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm
Xilinx Software Tutorials
www.xilinx.com/support/techsup/tutorials/
Xilinx Technical Support
www.xilinx.com/support
www.xilinx.com
Spartan-3A FPGA Starter Kit Board User Guide
UG330 (v1.3) June 21, 2007
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