Spartan-3A、Spartan-3A Starter Kit発売

fpga hardware

Spartan-3A Starter Kit (HW-SPAR3A-SK-UNI-G)
Xilinx Development Boards

$199.00かあ

Spartan-3A Starter Kit Imageを見ても、
ビジョンとか見えないなあ。今どのくらい熟成してるんじゃろ。

Key Features

Xilinx Devices: Spartan-3E (XC3S500E-4FG320C), CoolRunner潤・II (XC2C64A-5VQ44C) and Platform Flash (XCF04S-VO20C)

Clocks: 50 MHz crystal clock oscillator

Memory: 128 Mbit Parallel Flash, 16 Mbit SPI Flash, 64 MByte DDR SDRAM

Connectors and Interfaces: Ethernet 10/100 Phy, JTAG USB download, Two 9-pin RS-232 Serial Port, PS/2- style mouse/keyboard port, rotary encoder with push button, Four Slide Switches, Eight Individual LED Outputs, Four Momentary-Contact Push Buttons, 100-Pin hirose Expansion Connection Ports and Three 6-pin expansion connectors

Display: 16 character - 2 Line LCD

Spartan-3Eスタータキットはこんなスペック。

Key Features

Xilinx Devices: Spartan-3A (XC3S700A-FG484) and Platform Flash (XCF04S-VOG20C)

Clocks: 50 MHz Crystal Oscillator on-board, open slot for optional user-installed clock

Memory: 4 Mbit Platform Flash PROM, 32Mx16 DDR2 SDRAM, 32 Mbit parallel Flash, 2-16 Mbit SPI Flash Devices

Analog Interface Devices: 4-channel D/A converter, 2-channel A/D converter, Signal Amplifier

Connectors and Interfaces: Ethernet 10/100 PHY, JTAG USB download port, two 9-pin RS-232 Serial Port, PS/2-style mouse/keyboard port, 15-pin VGA connector capable of 4,096 colors, one FX2 100-pin and two 6-pin expansion connectors, 20 user I/O available on standard header pins, stereo mini-jack for PWM audio. Rotary/push button function switch, eight individual LED outputs, four slider switches, four push-button switches.

Display: 16 character, 2-Line LCD

Spartan-3Aスタータキットはこんなスペック。

XC3S700Aと XC3S500Eを比較するとこんな感じ。

Family Spartan-3A Spartan-3E
Model XC3S700A XC3S500E
System Gates 700k 500k
Equivalent Logic Cells 13,248 10,476
Distributed RAM(Kbits) 92 73
Block RAM(Kbits) 360 360
Digital Clock Manager 8 4
Max User I/O 372 232

手元にある別のボードに乗っている Virtex-4FX/XC4VFX60が、56,880 Logic Cells, 4,176 Kbit RAMらしい。
Virtexシリーズはさすがにだいぶ規模がでかいなあ。

Spartan-3Aだけにあるインタフェース

  • Analog Interface Devices:
    • 4-channel D/A converter
    • 2-channel A/D converter
    • Signal Amplifier
  • 15-pin VGA connector capable of 4,096 colors
  • 20 user I/O available on standard header pins
  • stereo mini-jack for PWM audio.

VGAが復活してるのがでかいな。これで可視化が超楽に

Spartan-3A, Spartan-3E Startar Kit共通インタフェース

  • Ethernet 10/100 PHY
  • JTAG USB download port
  • two 9-pin RS-232 Serial Port
  • PS/2-style mouse/keyboard port
  • one FX2 100-pin
  • two 6-pin expansion connectors
  • Rotary/push button function switch
  • eight individual LED outputs
  • four slider switches
  • four push-button switches.
  • Display: 16 character 2-Line LCD