Xilinx CIC core in Spartan 3?

May 30, 2007 1 Replies

Does anyone know if the Xilinx CIC core will work in the Spartan 3? It's not listed as a target (only Spartan IIE) but then the data sheet is dated 2002, wheras S3 apparently was announced in 2003...



You will need to select the device type in coregen as a spartan IIE, generate the core, and use the resulting .edn netlist in your S3 design.

CICs use basic, non-device specific primitives (adders, counters, registers etc ....).

When I first ported my first DSP FPGA from a SIIE to S3 two years ago, there was a moment of panic when I saw CICs were not supported. I think this is just a deficiency in the GUI that has never been resolved.

Regards, John Retta Owner and Designer Retta Technical Consulting Inc. email : jretta@rtc-inc.com web : www.rtc-inc.com wrote in message news:1180536814.626509.110470@p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... > Does anyone know if the Xilinx CIC core will work in the Spartan 3? > It's not listed as a target (only Spartan IIE) but then the data sheet > is dated 2002, wheras S3 apparently was announced in 2003... >

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