Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

newbie needs help

Hello, I start playing with a Spartan 3 demo board. I want to program a 8 bits counter with one button that increments...

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posted by olivier.scalbert

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Chipscope

I am using xilinx xup virtex2 pro Dev system board, and I am trying to communicate 2 boards together, using chipscope,...

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posted by nmichou

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xilinx spi example under linux

Does anyone have any example code that uses the Xilinx SPI Linux driver? I just need to read a temperature sensor so so...

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posted by cepope

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Using Altera's SerialLite to create a high-speed data link between Two or more FPGA's

Hello, I have a question about using the SerialLite MegaCore Function to create a high-speed data link between two or m...

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posted by jjlindula

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Spartan3 XC3S400 won't work after upgrading ISE from ISE6.3 to ISE8.2

anyone has experienced this before and how to fix it? we have an old design with XC3S400 using ISE6.3, it works fine un...

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posted by jetq5188

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PPC cache errata

Hi folks, I wonder how do you fight (bypass) problems with a PPC405 (Xilinx Virtex-4FX) caching problems - silicon erra...

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posted by ales.gorkic

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FPGA-CPU THROUG ETHERNET

Hi, I am trying to send messages from spartan 3e to pc via ethernet and viceversa. I have included opb_ethernet in the b...

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posted by pbantunez

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Wishbone I2C Application

Hi, My name is Loo, I am fresh for FPGA and Wishbone. Currently, I am using the Opencore I2C with Wishbone interface fo...

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posted by camel_1213

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EDK 8.2 bidir gpio in XBD (board definition)

I'm using WebPACK 8.2 and EDK 8.2, and created a board definition file (.xbd) for the Digilent Spartan-3 starter board...

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posted by eric

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Xilinx: Connecting an on-chip memory-like component to Microblaze

Hi, I'm new to Xilinx devices and tools so please bear with my ignorance. I have an on-chip component that interfaces o...

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posted by tj

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ISE Simulator radix question

The default radix on waveforms is decimal and although I can right click the waveforms and change the radix to hex, it...

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posted by fred

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Strange JTAG TCK problems with Spartan XC3S400

Addressed to the XILINX insiders: I have made me myself a small pcb which is basically a replica of the simple Xilinx J...

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posted by df6jb

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lead free bga pads

Hi all I'm having trouble finding pcb layout recomendations on the altera and xilinx web sites for lead free bga's. I'm...

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posted by colin_toogood

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Bitstream programming

Hello I've started working on Xilinx Virtex II PRo FPGA kit for a project. Is there a way to configure bitstreams or ne...

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posted by fyp.quadruples

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Surface mount ic's

Does anyone know what is needed to work with surface mount ic's, what sort of starting price tag are we talking about? (...

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posted by <smount>

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