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Preliminaries 

Getting Help! 

Here are some places to get help if you encounter problems: 

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If you can't get the XSUSB Board hardware to work, send an e-mail message 
describing your problem to [email protected] or submit a problem report at 

http://www.xess.com/help.php3

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Sign-up for our email forum

 where you can post questions to other XS Board users. 

Take Notice!! 

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The XSUSB Board works only with the XSA-50, XSA-100, XSA-200, XSA-3S1000 
and XSB-300E Boards.  

It is not compatible with any of the XS40, XS95 or 

XSV Boards!

 

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The XSUSB Board gets its power through the USB cable.  It does not require an 
external power supply!  However, the XSUSB Board does not supply power to the XS 
Board it is attached to; you still need an external power supply for the XS Board. 

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Even if you have experience with the XILINX software tools, please read this 

section 

on setting the FPGA bitstream generation options for the XSUSB Board.

 

 

Packing List 

Here is what you should have received in your package: 

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an XSUSB Board; 

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a 6' USBA-to-USBB cable; 

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an XSTOOLS CDROM containing the XSTOOLs software utilities and documentation 
for all XESS products. 

 

XSUSB INTERFACE BOARD V1.0 USER MANUAL 

 

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Summary of Contents for XSUSB

Page 1: ...How to install and use your new XSUSB Board RELEASE DATE 9 28 2007...

Page 2: ...s are trademarks of XILINX All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying...

Page 3: ...XSUSB Board 4 Connecting the XSUSB Board to Your XSA or XSB Board 5 Connecting a PC to Your XSUSB Board 5 Applying Power 8 Testing Your XSUSB Board 8 Programming 10 Using the XSTOOLs Utilities with th...

Page 4: ...any of the XS40 XS95 or XSV Boards The XSUSB Board gets its power through the USB cable It does not require an external power supply However the XSUSB Board does not supply power to the XS Board it i...

Page 5: ...talled automatically when you insert the XSTOOLs CDROM into your CDROM drive If not then manually run the SETUP EXE installation program on the CDROM Setting the Jumpers on Your XSUSB Board There are...

Page 6: ...l will be held in place when the XSUSB and XS Board are connected Note that the XSUSB Board works only with the XSA 50 XSA 100 XSA 200 XSA 3S1000 and XSB 300E Boards It is not compatible with any of t...

Page 7: ...the first time you have connected an XSUSB Board to this particular USB port Just select the option and click on the indicated button shown in each of the following screenshots and the driver will be...

Page 8: ...The LED on the XSUSB Board will turn on once the driver has been installed and the USB port is activated XSUSB INTERFACE BOARD V1 0 USER MANUAL 7...

Page 9: ...ng Your XSUSB Board The easiest way to test your XSUSB Board is to try testing the XS Board it is attached to using the GUI based GXSTEST utility as follows You start GXSTEST by clicking on the icon p...

Page 10: ...T will configure the FPGA to perform a test procedure on the XSA 3S1000 Board The LED on the XSUSB Board will blink during the FPGA configuration and testing processes Within thirty seconds you will s...

Page 11: ...b 0 to select the USB0 port FPGA Bitstream Generation Options When Using the XSUSB You use the XILINX ISE software to generate the BIT file that is downloaded to the FPGA through the XSUSB Board Steps...

Page 12: ...ction as soon as power is applied In this case you will need to change the FPGA Start Up Clock to the CCLK option and regenerate the bitstream see the previous section for the steps to do this If you...

Page 13: ...A XSUSB Schematics The detailed schematic for the XSUSB Board is shown below XSUSB INTERFACE BOARD V1 0 USER MANUAL 12...

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