Hi,
i decided to purchase Spartan-3E Starter kit from xilinx. the thing i noticed is that this board uses USB cable for downloading and the on-board USB-JTAG logic provides in-system programming for the on-board Platform Flash PROM and the Xilinx XC2C64A CPLD. does this thing makes any difference w.r.t downloading with the JTAG cable. what are the pros and cons??
moreover, does this board also includes the CPLD development board?? i am confused.
Hi,
thanks for the reply. yes i know the usb cable can be used for downloading(abt debugging, i m not sure), it is written in its userguide, but my question is that does this make any difference w.r.t standard JTAG cable, e.g can i use ChipScope Pro with this cable, synplicity's Identify debugger etc. or any other thing which is used with JTAG cable. hope i am clear this time.
All software which working with Xilinx USB cable, must working with this embedded USB JTAG. This board also have conector pins for other external JTAG cable.
All software which working with Xilinx USB cable, must working with this embedded USB JTAG. This board also have conector pins for other external JTAG cable.
Hi dainis,
i hope u r saying "All software which working with standard JTAG cable, must working with this embedded USB JTAG" .
also please tell me where can i find documentation abt external JTAG cable connector, i find in the userguide, but could not able to find it.
All software which working with Xilinx USB cable, must working with this embedded USB JTAG. This board also have conector pins for other external JTAG cable.
Hi dainis,
i hope u r saying "All software which working with standard JTAG cable, must working with this embedded USB JTAG" .
also please tell me where can i find documentation abt external JTAG cable connector, i find in the userguide, but could not able to find it.
the spartan 3E is gate-centric whereas the spartan 3 is I/O centric. so for projects requiring lots of gates without much requirement of I/O, go for spartan 3E.
if you meant whats new in the spartan 3E starter kit compared to the spartan 3, then click the following link
Hi Guys,
Xilinx website says that if we order Spartan-3E starte kit within US it's O.k,
but what about outside US orders.Do they charge extra shipping charges.
Do we need any customs clearance to get the starter kit outside US.
Xilinx kits are really difficult to get in Europe... If you contact your local xilinx representative they say they may not sell kits, they may only give them for free...