XK2F3-2 XILINX FPGA KIT

The Xilinx SPARTAN-3 XK2F3-2 FPGA kit is primarily designed for FPGA beginners and students. Its handy board design helps overcome common problems that beginners face when starting to learn Xilinx FPGA programming.

This kit does not require an external power supply or a separate programming cable. The XK2F3-2 FPGA kit is powered via USB. The onboard USB controller supports JTAG programming and UART communication.

The kit also includes basic peripherals for simple FPGA projects and can be used as a USB programmer for programming external JTAG devices. The documentation includes step-by-step instructions and a demo project.

Features

1) XILINX XC3S50 VQ100 5C FPGA 
* 50000 gates (1728 Logic Cells)
* 63 User I/O (42 routed on this board)
* 4x 18x18 hardware multipliers
* 4x 18K-bits block RAMs (72K)
* 2 Digital Clock Managers

2) XILINX XCF02S VO20C FLASH
* 2 Mbit Platform Flash PROM
* IEEE Standard 1149.1/1532 Boundary-Scan (JTAG) support for programming
* Endurance of 20000 Program/Erase Cycles

3) FTDI FT2232 USB controller
* USB to JTAG port A
* USB to UART port B
* Reset supervision
* Buffered port for programming external JTAG devices. Vref 1.65V -5.5V

4) Onboard IO peripherals
* 4 LEDs
* 2 push buttons
* Speaker
* 62.500 MHz CMOS crystal oscillator
* 1024Kbit EEPROM

5) Handy configuration
* Configuration from onboard USB programmer
* Configuration from external programmer
* Mode select jumper (JTAG or FLASH)
* DONE LED
* Reset push button

6) Onboard power supply
* Kit is powered from USB
* 5V (USB controller)
* 3.3V (IO, PERIPHERALS)
* 2.5V (VCCAUX)
* 1.2V (CORE VOLTAGE)
* POWER-ON LED

7) 32 independent I/O routed to the connectors
* Four 2x6 female connectors (8 IO, 2 VCC, 2 GND)
* Peripheral modules support
* 2.54mm pitch for all connectors
* 3.3V IO voltage
* I²C header

8) Small and handy PCB outline

Current version:

XK2F3-2 Rev. C

Previous versions:

XK2F3 Rev. A

XK2F3 Rev. B

XK2F3 Rev. C

Tags: XK2F3-2, XILINX, FPGA, KIT