Hello. Im a new masters degree student and i want to have a kit at home. I need help on selecting the right development kit for me. What are the difference in capabilities for the Spartan 3, Spartan 2, Spartan 2E. These three types seems like the boards that have a reasonable price for me.
- Thomas
All three device families are quite capable and boards containing any of the three will help in learning about FPGAs.
Spartan-3, however, is architecturally similar to the other modern Xilinx FPGA families like Virtex-II/Pro, etc. Also, the latest free Xilinx WebPack software typically supports the two most recent Spartan FPGA families, Spartan-3 being the most recent of all three. The older families are still supported, but only in "Classic" software that may not include the latest enhancements.
Just in case you haven't already seen it, the Spartan-3 Starter Kit board also includes 1Mbyte of RAM on the board, plus RS-232, VGA, and PS/2 ports.
--------------------------------- Steven K. Knapp Applications Manager, Xilinx Inc. General Products Division Spartan-3/II/IIE FPGAs
--------------------------------- Spartan-3: Make it Your ASIC
I was looking at the Spartan 3 kit and it seems that this suits my needs in more than one way with some onboard io stuff and a nice price. Thanks for you reply.
- Thomas
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