Xilinx S3DSP + EDK Board, too good to be true?

It's a good deal. But beware, it has DDR2 ram, were I didn't find free ip to run Mico32...

Uwe there is no free DDR2 for mico32. yet.

Xilinx EDK based designs are most likely to be only ones that uses the DDR2. from that point of view some older S3 boards with SDRAM or DDR are better as there are more choices

Antti

Where do you get the idea EDK is free or available for a very low price?

John_H wrote: ...

-- Uwe Bonnes snipped-for-privacy@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt

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I'm at a directory listing. Nothing obvious there. A search for edk comes up with no matches.

Was there a specific location within that directory configuration where you get the idea EDK is free or available for a very low price?

- John_H

Antti wrote: ...

Does this "yet" have any meaning?

-- Uwe Bonnes snipped-for-privacy@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt

--------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ----------

sorry, I meant= not yet. and nothing known if ever, but.. well I assume it would not be so complicated to convert the MIG generated monster to the WB bus and connect to your beloved mico32 as it hasnt been done, then it means nobody cared todo it, thats all

Antti

Joel,

Your analysis of the kit is accurate -- board, usb JTAG cable, and full seat of Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS for short and also referred to as Xilinx EDK) are included. See

One catch is that this is a limited time offer after which the kit pricing goes up to $595. And, of course the intention is to get you hooked.

For those wondering about DDR2 support, Xilinx provides the MIG DDR2 controller in Verilog or VHDL for free. MIG is in CoreGEN which is part of ISE WebPack or Foundation. Note that support for the 1800A part on this board is included in WebPack, which is free

When using MicroBlaze in XPS, the MPMC core is used and is included with XPS. Example designs for MIG and MPMC are available from Xilinx and/or Avnet. The BlueCat Linux design makes use of MPMC and the DDR2. Many of the current Avnet Speedways use this board's DDR2

The board is also expandable through EXP modules

I h> Hi All,

John

Uwe was "teasing" you. (is that correct word?) he wanted to point that the FREE EDK is called Mico32 :) but was too shy to say it directly.

Antti