which version PCI LogiCore for XC4000E?

Hi,

The v1.2 PCI LogiCORE was shipped on CD-ROM, and for a time was available for download (but no longer). The Xilinx PCI cores have not traditionally been part of the implementation tools until just recently when they were made available through Core Generator. The specific version you are looking for will only work with XACT6, which is substantially older than Foundation 4.1i.

I'm assuming you asked this question because you have some XC4000E hardware sitting around and want to use it. My advice would be to sell it on eBay and use the money to buy one of the inexpensive boards from a Xilinx distributor or the FPGA4FUN website. You'll then need to install ISE6 (WebPack will do...) and get an eval copy of the v3.0 PCI LogiCORE.

Or maybe just post again, asking for a cracked copy. :)

Good luck, Eric

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Thank you, Eric, for quick answer. I have bought some pcs of XC4013E-PQ240-3C on eBay :) for my unprofit use in my hobby only. But I don´t understand what is role of PCI LogiCore, when CoreGen of older Foundations isn´t usable (... if I understand correctly). To generate correct pci.vhd for appropriate core only? But why aren´t downloadable pci.vhd-s for this purpose directly (e.g. on xilinx´s ftp)??

Hi,

Core Generator is a "delivery vehicle". The PCI LogiCORE from Xilinx is a piece of IP, in the form of a netlist. Initially, Xilinx would deliver the netlist directly to customers on a CD or via download from a web page. If you have the PCI LogiCORE netlist, it does not matter if you have Core Generator or not.

Xilinx currently makes the PCI LogiCORE available through Core Generator, and also available on the web. Web download is only available if you own a license, you cannot download an eval from the web... Core Generator is capable of generating an eval copy.

In any case, your issue is that the netlist for XC4000E devices has been discontinued a long time ago, and is no longer available or supported. What is currently available on the web and through Core Generator is a netlist that is suitable for derivatives of the Virtex family:

• Virtex, Virtex-E, Spartan-II, Spartan-IIE

• Virtex2, Virtex2Pro, Spartan3

• Virtex4

If you are just doing this for fun, you might consider using the PCI interface from OpenCores. You could target this to any device you wish. If you are doing "serious development work" you probably don't want to be using XC4000E but instead one of the devices above in which case you can use the current PCI LogiCORE.

Hope that helps, Eric