Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA KC705 User Manual

12 www.xilinx.com KC705 Getting Started Guide
UG883 (v4.0.1) May 28, 2014
Hardware Test Board Setup Requirements
Install the UART Driver
1. Run the downloaded executable UART-USB driver file listed in Hardware Test Setup
Requirements, page 9. This enables UART-USB communications with a host PC (see
Figure 4).
2. Set the USB-UART connection to a known port in the Device Manager as follows:
•Right-click My Computer and select Properties.
• Select the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager button.
• Find and right-click the Silicon Labs device in the list. Then select Properties.
•Click the Port Settings tab and the Advanced… button.
• Select an open COM port between COM1 and COM4.
X-Ref Target - Figure 4
Figure 4: UART Cable Driver Installation
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Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA KC705 Specifications

General

FPGA Speed Grade	-2
FPGA Package	FFG900
Logic Cells	326, 080
DSP Slices	840
Clock Management Tiles	10
Transceivers	16
DDR3 Memory	1GB
Flash Memory	128MB
Clock	200 MHz oscillator
Form Factor	ATX
Ethernet	10/100/1000
Expansion Connectors	FMC
USB	USB-UART