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MicroBlaze Development Kit Spartan-3E 1600 Edition User Guide 9
UG257 (v1.1) December 5, 2007 www.xilinx.com
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Chapter 1
Introduction and Overview
Thank you for purchasing the Xilinx MicroBlaze™ Development Kit Spartan™-3E 1600E
Edition. You will find it useful in developing your Spartan-3E FPGA application.
Choose the Starter Kit Board for Your Needs
Depending on specific requirements, choose the Xilinx development board that best suits
your needs.
Spartan-3E FPGA Features and Embedded Processing Functions
The MicroBlaze Development Kit board highlights the unique features of the Spartan-3E
FPGA family and provides a convenient development board for embedded processing
applications. The board highlights these features:
x Spartan-3E specific features
i Parallel NOR Flash configuration
i MultiBoot FPGA configuration from Parallel NOR Flash PROM
i SPI serial Flash configuration
x Embedded development
i MicroBlaze 32-bit embedded RISC processor
i PicoBlaze™ 8-bit embedded controller
i DDR memory interfaces
i 10-100 Ethernet
i UART
Learning Xilinx FPGA, CPLD, and ISE Development Software Basics
The MicroBlaze Development Kit board is more advanced and complex compared to other
Spartan development boards.
Advanced Spartan-3 Generation Development Boards
The MicroBlaze Development Kit board demonstrates the basic capabilities of the
MicroBlaze embedded processor and the Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK). For
more advanced development on a board with additional peripherals and FPGA logic,
consider the V4 FX12 Board: