USB FPGA MODULE 1.2 :: Overview

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Desciption

The ZTEX USB-FPGA-Module 1.2 is a Spartan 3 FPGA board with USB 2.0 interface.

Features

• Xilinx Spartan-3 XC3S400 FPGA
• High-Speed (480 MBit/s) USB interface via Mini-USB connector
• Up to approx. 300 MBit/s net transfer rate via USB
• Cypress CY7C68013A EZ-USB-Microcontroller
• 60 General Purpose I/O's (GPIO):
  • 52 FPGA GPIO's
  • 8 EZ-USB FX2 GPIO's (4 if Flash option is installed)
• 20 special I/O's (SIO):
  • 6 SIO's for FPGA configuration including JTAG
  • 2 serial ports (4 pins)
  • I²C interface (2 pins)
  • 2 interrupts
  • 3 timers
  • 1 clock output
  • 1 Wakeup pin
  • 1 Breakpoint pin
• FPGA configuration via USB (No JTAG adapters or other additional utilities required.)
• 128 Kbit EEPROM memory can be used to store the firmware)
• Flash memory (optional, can be used to store the Bitstream)

Images

Top side of the Spartan 3 USB-FPGA-Module 1.2 from ZTEX. Click on the image for a larger version.

Block diagram of Spartan 3 USB-FPGA-Module 1.2 from ZTEX.

References

• Product Homepage
• ZTEX Wiki
• Schematics (PDF)