SPARTAN-6 FPGA SP601 EVALUATION KIT
ENTRY-LEVEL, LOW-COST
FPGA DESIGN PLATFORM
SPARTAN-6 FPGA SP601 EVALUATION KIT
Accelerated Development
Accelerate your Designs – Right Out of the Box
• Fewer resources under tighter deadlines,
new standards, and shifting requirements
make for a challenging design environment
The Spartan®-6 FPGA SP601 Evaluation Kit is an ideal entry-level development
environment for evaluating the Spartan-6 family. This low-cost kit is the Xilinx Base
Platform for developing consumer, infotainment, video, and other cost- and powersensitive applications. As a Base Level Targeted Design Platform, the new kit
provides an integration of hardware, software, IP, and preverified reference
designs so development can begin right out of the box.
• Market expectations for higher performance
and more intelligent features require new
approaches to developing electronic
systems
• Today’s systems call for advanced memories,
connectivity, digital signal, and embedded
processing, all working together
Simpler and Smarter
Methodologies
• Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms enable
software and hardware designers alike to
leverage open standards, common design
methodologies, development tools, and
run-time platforms
• Design teams can spend less time
developing the infrastructure of an
application and more time building
differentiating features into the end
application
• Targeted Design Platforms from Xilinx
and its network of third parties provide
system designers with simpler and smarter
methodologies for creating FPGA-based
system-on-chip solutions
Value-added Productivity
With everything you need in one package, the Spartan-6 FPGA SP601
Evaluation Kit provides value-added productivity gains that you can’t get from à la carte
development system assemblies. Functional infrastructure that already looks like your
basic architecture makes you more productive as you ramp up a new design, enabling
quicker time-to-innovation for differentiating your products versus your competition.
Multiple design examples provide insight and a kick-start on how to implement system
IP to optimize your unique application.
Integrated, Easy-to-Use Solutions
The Spartan-6 FPGA SP601 Evaluation Kit provides a flexible environment for
higher-level system design including applications which need to implement features
such as Ethernet or DDR2. The SP601 development board includes an industrystandard FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) connector for scaling and customization to
specific applications and markets. The integration of Xilinx development tools help
streamline the creation of systems that adhere to complex requirements.
For more information, support, documents and reference designs, or to purchase,
please visit www.xilinx.com/sp601
SPARTAN-6 FPGA SP601 EVALUATION KIT
What’s Inside the SP601 Evaluation Kit
• Universal 5V power supply
• Cables: 2 USB, 1 Ethernet
• Reference Designs and Demos
–– Board Diagnostic Demo
–– Base System Reference Design featuring DSP48,
Gigabit Ethernet, and DDR2 Memory Controller
–– Multiboot Reference Design, featuring fail-safe
configuration
–– Hardened Memory Controller Reference Design
• Reference designs, demos, documentation, and
applications delivered on Xilinx.com and can be
downloaded from www.xilinx.com/sp601
• SP601 Base Board with the XC6LX16-CS324 FPGA
• ISE® Design Suite WebPACK™ Edition
–– Includes PlanAhead™ Design Analysis Tool
–– Timing Driven Place and Route, SmartGuide™,
and SmartXplorer Technology
• Documentation
–– Hardware Setup Guide
–– Getting Started Guide
–– Hardware User Guide
–– Reference Designs User Guide
• Schematics and PCB files
B OAR D F EATU R ES
Mode
Switches
PROG & Reset
Push Buttons
4x DIP
Switches
USB JTAG
Download Port
4x Push Buttons
4x LEDs
SMA Connectors (Differential)
FPGA: XC6SLX16
CS324-2CES Spartan-6
FMC-LPC Connector
(68 single-ended or
34 differential user
defined signals)
16MB Parallel (BPI) Linear Flash
DDR2
Quad SPI Flash
IIC BUS Connection & IIC EEPROM
Suspend/Awake
User Clock Socket
RJ45
SPI Programming/Header
10/100/1000 Tri-Speed
Ethernet PHY
Serial (UART)/USB
Ethernet Status
LEDs
8x User I/O
Diligent 2x6 Header
FPGA INIT,
DONE LEDs
Take the NEXT STEP
For more information, support, documents, and reference designs, or to purchase, please visit www.xilinx.com/sp601
Part Number: EK-S6-SP601-G
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