12 www.xilinx.com Spartan-3E Starter Kit Board User GuideUG230 (v1.0) March 9, 2006Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview Radvanced development on a board with additional peripherals and FPGA logic, considerthe SP-305 Development Board:• Spartan-3 SP-305 Development Board (HW-SP305-xx)http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xebiz/designResources/ip_product_details.jsp?key=HW-SP305-USAlso consider the capable boards offered by Xilinx partners:• Spartan-3 and Spartan-3E Board Interactive Searchhttp://www.xilinx.com/products/devboards/index.htmKey Components and FeaturesThe key features of the Spartan-3E Starter Kit board are:• Xilinx XC3S500E Spartan-3E FPGA♦ Up to 232 user-I/O pins♦ 320-pin FBGA package♦ Over 10,000 logic cells• Xilinx 4 Mbit Platform Flash configuration PROM• Xilinx 64-macrocell XC2C64A CoolRunner CPLD• 64 MByte (512 Mbit) of DDR SDRAM, x16 data interface, 100+ MHz• 16 MByte (128 Mbit) of parallel NOR Flash (Intel StrataFlash)♦ FPGA configuration storage♦ MicroBlaze code storage/shadowing• 16 Mbits of SPI serial Flash (STMicro)♦ FPGA configuration storage♦ MicroBlaze code shadowing• 2-line, 16-character LCD screen• PS/2 mouse or keyboard port• VGA display port• 10/100 Ethernet PHY (requires Ethernet MAC in FPGA)• Two 9-pin RS-232 ports (DTE- and DCE-style)• On-board USB-based FPGA/CPLD download/debug interface• 50 MHz clock oscillator• SHA-1 1-wire serial EEPROM for bitstream copy protection• Hirose FX2 expansion connector• Three Digilent 6-pin expansion connectors• Four-output, SPI-based Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC)• Two-input, SPI-based Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) with programmable-gainpre-amplifier• ChipScope™ SoftTouch debugging port• Rotary-encoder with push-button shaft• Eight discrete LEDs• Four slide switches
