Embedded Processing Development Kit — Spartan-3E SP3E1600E MicroBlaze Edition Design Examples

Below are example designs created for the Spartan™-3E MicroBlaze™ Embedded Processing Development Kit to demonstrate various features or capabilities. Documentation and source files are included. These example designs are provided with the Limitations described below.

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Example Designs
Description	Features Used	Software Version	Doc Files (PDF)	Zip Files
Spartan-3E 1600E MicroBlaze Development Board
User Guide	Development Board User Guide		6031 kb
Schematics, BOM, and Gerbers	PDF and Gerber Zip		2992 kb 32 kb	1440 kb
Getting Started and Linux Reference System
Getting Started Guide and overview of the BlueCat Linux MicroBlaze reference system. Includes Boot Image and configuration files.	MicroBlaze, DDR, 10-100 Ethernet, Timer, Interrupt, Flash, UART, GPIO	EDK 9.2 SP1	1.5 MB (PDF)	10.8 MB (ZIP)
Initial Design for the Spartan3E MicroBlaze Development Kit
This is the design shipped with the board. The embedded MicroBlaze Processor prints messages on the character LCD screen. Flashes the LEDs, reads the Switches and Buttons and sends text data as standard out over a DTE UART at 115200, 1 Stp bit, No Parity, Flow Control =None	MicroBlaze, LCD, Switches, Buttons, LEDs & UART	EDK 9.2 SP1		278 kb
Using and Creating Flash Files
XAPP963 describes the process for creating Flash files for the MicroBlaze processor Embedded Development Kit	Flash Programming App Note	EDK 9.2 SP1	866 kb
MicroBlaze uCLinux Reference System
This reference system demonstrates uCLinux running on the MicroBlaze soft processor and was designed using the Embedded Development Kit (EDK). An example basic uCLinux kernel is provided that is tailored to the Spartan-3E 1600E Edition Development Kit board and this reference design. The kernel and ROM file system are downloaded into the DDR memory and run completely out of the external memory. The uCLinux kernel image is pre-loaded into the Intel StrataFlash on the board from the factory. You can download the Reference design files, the Bootloder software files or the FLASH files	MicroBlaze, DDR, 10-100 Ethernet, Timer, Interrupt, & UART	EDK 9.1 SP1		Request info
MicroBlaze Web Server Reference System
This reference system demonstrates a Web server running on the MicroBlaze soft processor, designed using the Embedded Development Kit (EDK). This system is designed for the Spartan-3E 1600E development board. To run the Web server demonstration, the Web server software application executable and memory file system (MFS) image must be downloaded into the DDR memory. The Web server application and the MFS image are pre-loaded into the parallel NOR StrataFlash on the board. The SPI serial flash is pre-loaded with a bootloader application that loads the application and MFS image into the DDR memory and executes the Web server software application. You can download the Reference design files, the Bootloder software files or the FLASH files	MicroBlaze, DDR, 10-100 Ethernet, Timer, Interrupt, Switches, Buttons, LEDs & UART	EDK 9.1 SP1	1496 kb	772 kb
		ISE 8.2i SP2, EDK 8.2 SP2	1496 kb	772 kb 6 kb 3434 kb
PicoBlaze RS-232 StrataFlash Programmer
Turns the Spartan-3E FPGA into an Intel StrataFlash programmer. The FPGA connects to a PC via an RS-232 UART. Via HyperTerminal (not included), download an MCS file to the Intel StrataFlash parallel NOR Flash memory, check the memory ID, bulk erase the entire 128-Mbit Flash, and read and write Flash data. Details for obtaining the PicoBlaze™ files can be found on the following Spartan-3E web page link: www.xilinx.com/picoblaze	PicoBlaze, RS232, NOR Flash	ISE 8.2i SP2, EDK 8.2 SP1	825 kb	948 kb
PicoBlaze SPI Flash Programmer
Turns the Spartan-3E FPGA into an SPI serial Flash programmer. The FPGA connects to a PC via an RS-232 UART. Via HyperTerminal (not included), download an MCS file to the STMicro M25P16 SPI Flash, check the memory ID, bulk erase the SPI Flash, and read Flash data. Details for obtaining the PicoBlaze files can be found on the following Spartan-3E web page link: www.xilinx.com/picoblaze	PicoBlaze, RS232, SPI Flash	ISE 8.2i SP2, EDK 8.2 SP1	755 kb	887 kb

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