Saturn –Spartan 6 FPGA Dev. Board -FPGA008B-FT


Description

Features

Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA  USB 2.0 Host Interface    Upto 150 User IOs    DDR SDRAM For Temporary Data Storage   Built In Configuration System

Applications

OEM Integration  Acceleration  Evaluation  ResearchResearch

Saturn is an easy to use USB FPGA module with DDR SDRAM featuring Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA. With the compact form factor and IO accessibility on industry standard 2.54mm (100mil) headers, Saturn is a great choice for embedding FPGA, DDR and USB in your system with ease. With Saturn, the complex parts of the design are already taken care for you so you can focus on your own application and achieve faster time to market.

Why Saturn?

  • Designed for OEM Integration
  • RoHS  compliant
  • USB, FPGA and DDR in very compact form factor
  • Industry standard 100mil (2.54mm) headers for IO access
  • Built in configuration system
  • Single power rail operation
  • Up to 150 user IOs
  • Length matched differential IO pairs
  • XoBus-Lite compatible
  • Documentation, Reference Designs and KB articles

Category Xilinx Spartan 6
SKU: FPGA008

Description

Saturn is an easy to use FPGA Development board featuring Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA. Saturn is designed to be suitable for a wide variety of applications such as OEM integration,  Prototyping, Experimenting and learning system design with FPGAs etc.. This development board features Xilinx XC6SLX series FPGA with FTDI’s FT2232H Dual-Channel USB device. The high speed USB 2.0 interface provides fast and easy configuration download to the on-board SPI flash. No programmer or special downloader cable is needed to download the bit stream to the board.

Features

  • FPGA: Spartan-6 LX45 in CSG324 package (other variations available, please contact us for details)
  • DDR: 166MHz 512Mb LPDDR
  • Flash memory: 128 Mb SPI flash memory
  • 100MHz CMOS oscillator
  • High Speed USB 2.0 interface for On-board flash programming
  • FT2232H Channel A is dedicated for SPI Flash Programming. Channel B can be used for custom applications.
  • On-board voltage regulators for single power rail operation
  • FPGA configuration via JTAG and USB
    • XC6SLX16 – 150 IOs
    • XC6SLX45 – 136 IOs
    • FT2232H – 8 IOsMaximum 158 IOs for user defined purposes

Applications

  • Product Prototype Development
  • OEM Integration
  • Development and testing of custom embedded processors
  • Signal Processing
  • Communication devices development
  • Educational tool for Schools and Universities

Additional information

 
Weight 0.12 lbs
Dimensions 5.00 x 3.00 x 2.00 in
FPGA Device

XC6SLX16, XC6SLX45

Header Type and IO Headers

Male Header on Bottom, Female Header on Top, Ship Separate

Memory

Number Of GPIOs (Max)

150

Configuration Options

JTAG, USB

Primary Clock Frequency

Sample Code

 
Language/Technology IDE/Compiler Type OS Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE 16x2 LCD Display Saturn IO Breakout Module Alphanumeric LCD Displa Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE LEDs Saturn IO Breakout Module LED Expansion Module - Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE Push Button Switch Saturn IO Breakout Module Push Button Switch Expan Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE Seven Segment LED Display Saturn IO Breakout Module Seven Segment LED Displ Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE 8Bit VGA Saturn IO Breakout Module VGA Display Expansion M Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE LM4550 AC97 Audio Saturn IO Breakout Module LM4550 AC97 Expansion Mo Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE CS4344 Stereo Audio Saturn IO Breakout Module CS4344 Audio Expansion M Download

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