Dev kit explores Spartan-6/MicroBlaze

The LX9 FPGA MicroBoard design kit features the Xilinx Spartan-6 and lets EEs leverage the flexibility and customization capabilities of the FPGA family and the MicroBlaze embedded soft processor core. The kit has several reference designs included that simplify the development process for both hardware and software designers.

In kit includes 64 Mbytes of LPDDR memory, a 10/100 Ethernet port, a USB port, a programmable clock, and two expansion ports for I/O access. A license for the Xilinx SDK is included, providing a familiar Eclipse-based environment. The small USB stick-style MicroBoard is powered by the TPS65708 ultra-small footprint power management unit from Texas Instruments. Also included from TI is the CDCE913 programmable fractional PLL-based clock synthesizer. ($89 — available now.)

By Jim Harrison

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