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10 www.xilinx.com Spartan-3E FPGA Starter Kit Board User Guide
UG230 (v1.2) January 20, 2011
Preface: About This Guide
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• Chapter 5, “Character LCD Screen,” describes the functionality of the character LCD
screen.
• Chapter 6, “VGA Display Port,” describes the functionality of the VGA port.
• Chapter 7, “RS-232 Serial Ports,” describes the functionality of the RS-232 serial ports.
• Chapter 8, “PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port,” describes the functionality of the PS/2
mouse and keyboard port.
• Chapter 9, “Digital to Analog Converter (DAC),” describes the functionality of the
DAC.
• Chapter 10, “Analog Capture Circuit,” describes the functionality of the A/D
converter with a programmable gain pre-amplifier.
• Chapter 11, “Intel StrataFlash Parallel NOR Flash PROM,” describes the functionality
of the StrataFlash PROM.
• Chapter 12, “SPI Serial Flash,” describes the functionality of the SPI Serial Flash
memory.
• Chapter 13, “DDR SDRAM,” describes the functionality of the DDR SDRAM.
• Chapter 14, “10/100 Ethernet Physical Layer Interface,” describes the functionality of
the 10/100Base-T Ethernet physical layer interface.
• Chapter 15, “Expansion Connectors,” describes the various connectors available on
the Spartan-3E FPGA Starter Kit board.
• Chapter 16, “XC2C64A CoolRunner-II CPLD” describes how the CPLD is involved in
FPGA configuration when using Master Serial and BPI mode.
• Chapter 17, “DS2432 1-Wire SHA-1 EEPROM” provides a brief introduction to the
SHA-1 secure EEPROM for authenticating or copy-protecting FPGA configuration
bitstreams.
• Appendix A, “Schematics,” lists the schematics for the Spartan-3E FPGA Starter Kit
board.
• Appendix B, “Example User Constraints File (UCF),” provides example code from a
UCF.
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