The Spartan®-6 FPGA SP605 Evaluation 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 high-speed serial transceivers, PCI Express®, DVI, and/or DDR3. It includes an industry-standard FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) connector for future scaling and customization to specific applications and markets.

The kit integrations hardware, software, IP, and a pre-verified reference design so development can begin right out of the box.

Buy SP605 Evaluation Kit online and get started immediately with a full-seat of Xilinx ISE® Design Suite: Logic Edition device locked to the Spartan-6 XC6SLX45T device. While your shipment is being processed, you will be sent an E-mail with instructions on how to immediately download this software.

What's Included

• ROHS compliant SP605 Base Board including the XC6SLX45T-FGG484 -3C FPGA
• ISE Design Suite: Logic Edition (device-locked for the Spartan-6 LX45T FPGA)
  • Includes 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 – Integrated RTL simulation environment. 
  • Includes ChipScope™ Pro and ChipScope Pro Serial IO Toolkit – Perform on-chip design verification for logic and serial connectivity analysis and measurement.  
• 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 12V power supply 
  • Two USB cables – enabling BIST and device configuration 
  • One Ethernet cable – host communication to the base reference design interface
  • One DVI-VGA adapter – standard interface for video display 
• Reference Designs and Demonstration
  • Base Reference Design – Design that includes gigabit host communication, DDR3 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 
  • ChipScope Pro Serial IO Toolkit IBERT Transceiver Test Design 
  • Multi Boot Reference Design, featuring fail safe
  • PCI Express Gen 1 (x1) Test Design 
  • DDR3 Memory Interface Design
• USB Flash Drive 
  • All reference designs, demos, and documents are delivered on a USB stick.

Key Features

• FPGA: XC6SLX45T FGG484-3C Spartan-6
• Configuration:
  • Onboard JTAG configuration circuitry
  • 8MB Quad SPI Flash
  • 32MB Parallel (BPI) Flash
  • System ACE CF with 2GB CompactFlash (CF) Card
  • JTAG
• Memory:
  • 128MB DDR3 Component Memory
  • 32MB Parallel (BPI) Flash (also available for configuration)
  • 8Kb IIC EEPROM
• Communications and Networking
  • 10/100/1000 Tri-Speed Ethernet
  • SFP transceiver connector
  • GTP port (TX, RX) with four SMA connectors
  • USB to UART Bridge
  • PCI Express x1 Edge Connector
• Expansion Connectors:
  • FMC-LPC connector (1 GTP Transceiver, 68 single-ended or 34 differential user defined signals)
  • User GPIO with two SMA connectors
  • 4 User I/O (1x6 Header)
• Clocking:
  • 200 MHz Oscillator (Differential)
  • 27 MHz Socketed Oscillator (Single-Ended)
  • SMA Connectors for external clock (Differential)
  • GTP Reference Clock port with 2 SMA connectors
• Display:
  • Video - DVI / VGA
  • 4X LEDs
• Control:
  • 4X Push Buttons
  • 4X DIP Switches
• Power 12V wall adapter or ATX
• Voltage and Current measurement capability of 2.5V, 1.5V, and 1.2V supplies

Software License: You have to provide user name and email address for a Xilinx account. The license will be transferred to your account. As soon as this is started, your right of revocation is void.

References

• Manufacturer name: Xilinx
• Manufacturer's part name(s): Spartan-6 FPGA SP605 Evaluation Kit
• Manufacturer's part code(s): EK-S6-SP605-G

Resources

• Manufacturer product page
• Documents