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Spartan-3E Starter Kit Board User Guide www.xilinx.com 3

UG230 (v1.0) March 9, 2006

Preface: About This Guide

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Guide Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview

Choose the Starter Kit Board for Your Needs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Spartan-3E FPGA Features and Embedded Processing Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Learning Xilinx FPGA, CPLD, and ISE Development Software Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Advanced Spartan-3 Generation Development Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Key Components and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Design Trade-Offs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Configuration Methods Galore! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Voltages for all Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Related Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chapter 2: Switches, Buttons, and Knob

Slide Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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