It features a 500k gate spartan3e fpga with a 32bit risc processor and ddr interfaces. Write a verilog module and a constraint file to display. Fpga spartan 3 spartan 3e starter board xc2c64avq44 vhdl code for lcd of spartan3e m25p16 powertip pc1602. Here you will find all the reference materials that digilent has created for this board, as well as links to any external content we have tracked down. Spartan 3e starter kitposted by nobody on october 19, 2006hi, has anyone successfully executed freertos on their spartan 3e starter kit. Since this product is retired, documentation and support may be limited. It includes general information on how to use the various peripheral functions included on th e board. Ive built a basic microblaze system with the edk 8. The board will be a digilent spartan3e starter kit.
Tutorial 2 on using the lcd on the spartan 3e starter kit board. How to program verilog code to display characters onto the lcd of a xilinx spartan3e fpga board. Getting started with spartan3e fpga and verilog the. Issue a display onoff command, oxoc, to turn the display on and disables the cursor and blinking. In order to do this, you must establish the gpio data ports as external fpga pins and then assign them to the proper locations on the fpga via the ucf file. The characters are then displayed on the lcd on the spartan3e. Press a number key on the pc to load the associated multiboot bitstream listed in table 12. In this tutorial, the picoblaze microcontroller is used to control the lcd. The spartan3e starter board is chosen for this tutorial since it is the usual. Rotary encoder interface for spartan3e starter kit 4 design size this design hardly touches the xcss500e device actually using just 0. This is known as the spartan 3e starter kit and is a board produced by xilinx.
The lab report must be submitted via d2l as a word or pdf file along with. Tutorial 7 using the spartan3e starter board lcd display with a c. Nick desaulniers and cody cziesler rit department of computer engineering 5511. It features a 200k gate spartan3, onboard io devices, and 1mb fast asyncronous sram, making it the perfect platform to experiment with any new design, from a simple logic circuit to an embedded. I am trying to get started learning about the spartan3e board. Chapter 5, character lcd screen, describes the functionality of the character lcd screen. Rotary encoder interface for spartan3e starter kit rev2. The lcd on the spartan3e starter board is one of the most convenient features of the board. Xilinx ug230 spartan3e fpga starter kit board user guide. Tutorial 2 on using the lcd on the spartan 3e starter kit board free download as word doc. Click the letters h, e, l, l, o to display hello on the spartan3e lcd. You will use your spartan3e board for this part of the tutorial.
April 2, 2008 dsp on the xilinx spartan3e starter board this how to tutorial is an excerpt from a recently published text embedded design using programmable gate arrays that provides complete xilinx ise fpga projects in verilog using finite state machines fsm, controllerdatapath modules and xilinx logicore blocks for realtime processing in. Introducing the spartan 3e fpga and vhdl i introducing the spartan 3e fpga and vhdl. Xilinx ug230 spartan3e starter kit board user guide. Key components and features figure 11 shows the spartan3 starter kit board, which includes. The board is fully compatible with all versions of the xilinx ise tools including the free webpack.
The board ships with a power supply and usb cable for programming so designs can be implemented immediately with no hidden costs. A simple message was displayed on the lcd in ascii characters, figure 1, which in this case was hello, sean. Key components and features the key features of the spartan3a fpga starter kit board or the spartan3an fpga starter kit board are. Vhdl code for adc and dac spi with fpga xilinx ethernet. It is a very featureladen board with a spartan 3e xc3s500e fpga, 64mbytes of sdram, 128mbits of. The fpga is able to control the lcd display via a 4bit data interface by disabling the intel strataflash memory in order to allow full readwrite access. Spartand 3e starter board lcd pn other digilent forum. Character lcd interface timing microblaze development kit spartan3e 1600 edition user guide. Spartan 3e starter board xilinx spartan3 fpga 500k. Waveshare fpga development board for xilinx spartan3e.
Ive also installed adept 2 on the same pc running windows 7. The fpga waits for characters being sent via the front panel of the vi on the host computer. The spartan3e fpga family uses pr oduction steppin g to indicate improved capabilit ies or enhanced features. Xilinx 700kgate xc3s700a spartan3a fpga in the pbfree 484ball bga package. The spartan3e fpga starter kit is a complete development board solution giving designers instant access to the capabilities of the spartan3e family. The spartan 3e comes with an lcd display and is the only available interface for the user to. The location constraints are provided for you in this section. This example also demonstrates how to use the lcd on the spartan3e starter board.
Template ucf for the spartan 3e starter board is in the back of the spartan 3e starter kit user guide. Tutorial 6 using the spartan3e starter board lcd display. Controlling the lcd is not very hard, but it requires making some code to use it. Single phase cascaded multilevel inverter in tms320f2812 using matlab simulink blocks9 and level duration. Lcds in general offer a cheap and convenient way to deliver information from electronic devices. Stepping 1 is, by definit ion, a function al superset of. The lcd behaves the same way as in any lcd with parallel interface. Tutorial 6 using the spartan3e starter board lcd display with ise 10. It is a very featureladen board with a spartan 3e xc3s500e fpga, 64mbytes of sdram. Using digital clock managers dcms virtexii pro development system. The measured reaction time will be displayed on the lcd display in the. In part a, code is written to display the message hello world on the lcd. See also this discussion quote from the license agreementinstallation and use of the labview fpga target module for the xilinx spartan3e starter board the target module is limited to academic institutions that have a valid, current academic teaching license. To get familiar with the inputoutput mechanisms of the xilinx spartan 3e fpga kit.
Clearly room left for you to add more number of occupied slices. This tutorial is designed to help new users become familiar with using the spartan3e board. Character 16x2 lcd16x2 lcd cpe166 advance logic design 1. This page is a record of the problems i had getting my spartan3e starter kit up and running.
This project is a sample of an lcd controller for the spartan3e board. How to properly install wiring for a 24v minn kota trolling motor with a circuit breaker. Xilinx ug spartan3 fpga starter kit board user guide. The spartan 3e starter board is also compatible with the microblaze embedded development kit edk and picoblaze. This tutorial is mainly for people who never program a fpga and will make a project called blink that will turn a led on the board on and off every second. Xilinx ise and spartan3 tutorial james duckworth, hauke daempfling 1 of 30 rev. This is tutorial how to interface fpga spartan 3a xula50 with lcd 16x2 slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising.
Xilinx ug230 spartan3e starter kit board user guide digilent. Using labview fpga with the xilinx spartan3e xup starter kit. Xilinx is disclosing this document and intellectual property hereinafter the. Webpack if you plan to use vhdl code with the labview fpga module. This tutorial will show how to use the xilinx ise webpack to program a spartan3e starter board using verilog. This tutorial is designed to assist users who wish to use the lcd screen on the spartan3e board. The connection between board and computer is just the usba to usbb. Load that bit file onto the spartan3e board in your lab kit. Program lcd on spartan3e, verilogfpga testlcd youtube. Blinking a led 2 points follow the instructions in the following tutorial to blink a led in your fpga board. Vhdl code for dac spi with fpga spartan 3 datasheet. Chapter 5, character lcd screen, describes the functionality of the character lcd. Labview fpga driver for xilinx spartan 3e starter board. Introducing the spartan 3e fpga and vhdl ii revision history number date description name 0.
Hello, when the documentation for spartan 3e was created about 10 years back, it was not deemed necessary at the time to list what lcd screen was on the board a okaya rc1602, pn lcdrc1602d, since it was a fairly standard lcd screen with a display controller compatible with the hitachi controller dan mentioned. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Using adept with the spartan3e other digilent forum. Available under license creative commons attribution noncommercial share alike 3.
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