EK-S6-SP601-G

Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA SP601 Evaluation Kit

The Spartan®-6 FPGA SP601 Evaluation Kit is an ideal entry-level development environment for evaluating the Spartan-6 family. This kit delivers all the basic components of the Xilinx Base Targeted Design Platform in one package. It provides a flexible environment for system design and provides customers reference design and examples on how to leverage features such as the integrated memory interface core. It includes an industry-standard FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) connector for future scaling and customization to specific applications and markets.

Key Features

• FPGA: XC6SLX16 CS324-2CES Spartan-6
• Configuration:
  • Onboard configuration circuitry
  • 8MB Quad SPI Flash
  • 16MB Parallel (BPI) Flash
  • JTAG
• Memory:
  • DDR2 Component Memory 128MB
  • IIC 8Kb IIC EEPROM
• Communication:
  • 10/100/1000 Tri-Speed Ethernet PHY
  • Serial (UART) to USB Bridge
• Expansion Connectors:
  • FMC-LPC connector (68 single-ended or 34 differential user defined signals)
  • 8 User I/O (Digilent 2x6 Header)
• Clocking:
  • 200MHz Oscillator (Differential)
  • Socket (Single-Ended) Populated with 27MHz Osc
  • SMA Connectors (Differential)
• Display:
  • 4x LEDs
• Control:
  • 4x Push Buttons
  • 4x DIP Switches

What's Included

• ROHS Compliant SP601 Base Board including the XC6SLX16-CS324-2CES FPGA
• ISE WebPACK (Supporting both Windows and Linux)
  • ncludes Planahead™ Design Analysis Tool – Streamline your design process between synthesis and place-and-route as well as providing intuitive IO planning.
  • Includes Timing Driven Place and Route – Delivers optimal quality of results with advanced implementation algorithms.
  • Include SmartGuilde™ - Delivers industry’s fastest incremental implement runtimes.
  • Includes SmartXplorer Technology – Leverage computing resources for optimal quality of results.
  • ISE Simulator Lite – Integrated RTL simulation environment
• Documentation
  • Hardware Setup Guide – Easy to follow instructions for getting your development board up and running in minutes so you can begin evaluation
  • Getting Started Guide – Complete instructions enabling you to evaluate and modify designs included in your evaluation kit.
  • Hardware Users Guide – Detailed guide providing information about the hardware included in your kit
  • Reference Design and Example User Guide – Instructions for using the included reference design and design examples included in your kit
  • Schematics and PCB files – Information you need to accelerate layout and development of your board based upon best practices
• Cables
  • Universal 5V power supply
  • Two USB cables – enabling BIST and device configuration
  • One Ethernet cable – host communication to the base reference design interface
• Reference Designs and Demonstration
  • Base Reference Design – Design that includes gigabit host communication, DDR2 memory interface, example programmable processing and serial loopback optimized for the Spartan-6 FPGA family.
  • Base Reference Design Interface and Demonstration – Evaluate different implementations and see results in this convenient, easy to use interface
• Examples Designs and Demonstrations
  • Board Diagnostic Demo
  • Base System Reference Design featuring DSP48, Gigabit Ethernet, and DDR2 Memory Controller
  • Multiboot Reference Design, featuring fail-safe configuration
  • Hardened Memory Controller Reference Design
• USB Flash Drive
  • All reference designs, demos, and documents are delivered on a USB stick.