Xilinx MIcroBlaze Development Spartan-3E 1600E Kit

MicroBlaze Development Kit Spartan-3E 1600 Edition User Guide 41
UG257 (v1.1) December 5, 2007 www.xilinx.com
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Chapter 5
Character LCD Screen
Overview
The Spartan-3E MicroBlaze Development Kit board has been designed with a 16 pin
female header connector. The Spartan-3E MicroBlaze Development board is shipped with
a 2x16 LCD display attached, but any standard LCD display can be attached to this
connector.
The Spartan-3E MicroBlaze Development Kit board prominently features a 2-line by 16-
character liquid crystal display (LCD). The FPGA controls the LCD via the 4-bit data
interface or 8 bit data interface in shown Figure 5-1.
Figure 5-1: Character LCD Interface
Spartan-3E
FPGA
LCD
Header (J13)
(P3)
(P4)
(L17)
LCD_CS1
LCD_CS2
LCD_RW
GND
PSWT
(L18)
LCD_D / i
(E3)
LCD_RET
(M18)
LCD_E
(R15)
(R16)
(P17)
(M15)
SF_D8
SF_D9
SF_D10
SF_D11
(M16)
(P6)
(R8)
(T8)
SF_D12
SF_D13
SF_D14
SF_D15
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SF_CEO
D[15:8]
Intel StrataFlash
CE0
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