Hardware User Guide
3-2 Xilinx Development System
• Spartan™ Product Families
Note: The Spartan series is a low-cost FPGA family, based on the
XC4000 devices. See the Xilinx web site or the 1998 Xilinx Databook for
more information about Spartan.
Download Cable Support
The FPGA Demonstration Board is shipped with two short "ribbon"
cables which can be used to configure FPGAs. You can also configure
designs with the XChecker Cable (slave serial mode), the onboard
XC1700PD8 PROM (master serial mode), or the Parallel Cable III, a
JTAG Cable. For more information on connecting XChecker Cable or
the Parallel Cable III, see the “Cable Hardware” chapter.
Software Support
Two Xilinx software packages can be used with this demonstration
board.
• XChecker is a command line text-only program, available for
both PC and Workstation platforms. The XChecker Software
supports the XChecker Cable only.
• Hardware Debugger, a GUI-type program, is the recommended
software for use with this demonstration board. For more infor-
mation on using Hardware Debugger with the demonstration
board, see the “Demonstration Board Operation” section.
Board Features
The FPGA Demonstration Board is shipped with two devices, the
XC3020APC68 and XC4003EPC84. The board has the following
features.
• One socket for an XC3000 PC68 device
• One socket for an XC4000 PC84 device
• One XC1700PD8 socket for each FPGA
• An XChecker/Parallel Cable III header for each FPGA
• Daisy-chain configuration with the XC4000 device at the head of
the chain
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