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Chapter 1
Introduction and Overview
Thank you for purchasing the Xilinx Spartan™-3E Starter Kit. You will find it useful in
developing your Spartan-3E FPGA application.
Choose the Starter Kit Board for Your Needs
Depending on specific requirements, choose the Xilinx development board that best suits
your needs.
Spartan-3E FPGA Features and Embedded Processing Functions
The Spartan-3E Starter Kit board highlights the unique features of the Spartan-3E FPGA
family and provides a convenient development board for embedded processing
applications. The board highlights these features:
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Spartan-3E specific features
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Parallel NOR Flash configuration
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MultiBoot FPGA configuration from Parallel NOR Flash PROM
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SPI serial Flash configuration
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Embedded development
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MicroBlaze™ 32-bit embedded RISC processor
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PicoBlaze™ 8-bit embedded controller
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DDR memory interfaces
Learning Xilinx FPGA, CPLD, and ISE Development Software Basics
The Spartan-3E Starter Kit board is more advanced and complex compared to other
Spartan development boards. To learn the basics of Xilinx FPGA or CPLD design and how
to use the Xilinx ISE development software, consider using the High Volume Starter Kit
Bundle, which includes both a Spartan-3 FPGA development board and a Xilinx
CoolRunner™-II/XC9500XL CPLD development board at a very affordable price.
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High Volume Starter Kit Bundle (HW-SPAR3-CPLD-DK)
Advanced Spartan-3 Generation Development Boards
The Spartan-3E Starter Kit board demonstrates the basic capabilities of the MicroBlaze
embedded processor and the Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK). For more