Tarjetas DE2 y SPARTAN3

Buenas comentarles.. un correo me llego de un estudiante de digitales 1 y me preguntaba que tarjetas de fpga para vhdl tenemos en la facultad, pues le dije que habia ya un post en el blog sobre este tema... peroooo buscando en el blog no lo encontre por ningun lado.. de seguro cuando actualize la base de datos con el backup que tenia.. pues no se debio guardar este post..
Vuelvo a escribir sobre estas tarjetas alguito, espero les sea de ayuda..

TARJETA CYCLONE II- DE2 de Altera


esta es la tarjeta que te prestan en laboratorio

otra foto de la tarjeta de2 de la facu

Especificaciones de la tarjeta
DE2 board provides users many features to enable various multimedia project development. Component selection was made according to the most popular design in volume production multimedia products such as DVD, VCD, and MP3 players. The DE2 platform allows users to quickly understand all the insight tricks to design real multimedia projects for industry.
  • Altera Cyclone II 2C35 FPGA with 35000 LEs
  • Altera Serial Configuration devices (EPCS16) for Cyclone II 2C35
  • USB Blaster built in on board for programming and user API controlling
  • JTAG Mode and AS Mode are supported
  • 8Mbyte (1M x 4 x 16) SDRAM
  • 512K byte(256K X16) SRAM
  • 4Mbyte Flash Memory (upgradeable to 4Mbyte)
  • SD Card Socket
  • 4 Push-button switches
  • 18 DPDT switches
  • 9 Green User LEDs
  • 18 Red User LEDs
  • 16 x 2 LCD Module
  • 50MHz Oscillator and 27MHz Oscillator for external clock sources
  • 24-bit CD-Quality Audio CODEC with line-in, line-out, and microphone-in jacks
  • VGA DAC (10-bit high-speed triple DACs) with VGA out connector
  • TV Decoder (NTSC/PAL) and TV in connector
  • 10/100 Ethernet Controller with socket.
  • USB Host/Slave Controller with USB type A and type B connectors.
  • RS-232 Transceiver and 9-pin connector
  • PS/2 mouse/keyboard connector
  • IrDA transceiver
  • Two 40-pin Expansion Headers with diode protection
  • DE2 Lab CD-ROM which contains many examples with source code to exercise the boards, including: SDRAM and Flash Controller, CD-Quality Music Player, VGA and TV Labs, SD Card reader, RS-232/PS-2 Communication Labs, NIOSII, and Control Panel API
Comentarios: tips extras
  • Cuando creen un nuevo proyecto ponganle en device family: Cyclone II 
  • luego marquen specific device...ahi en la lista de abajo busquen  la fpga EP2C35F672C6  es la que tenemos en laboratorio, todos los ejemplos dados fueron probados en esta board de2 de altera
 TARJETA SPARTAN 3AN de Xilinx


Especificaciones de la tarjeta
The Xilinx Spartan®-3A Starter Kit delivers instant access to Spartan-3A FPGA device features such as SUSPEND power-saving mode, high-speed I/O options, DDR2 SDRAM memory interface, commodity flash configuration support, and FPGA/IP protection using Device DNA Security.

What's Included

  • Development board
  • Power supply 100-240V, 50/60 Hz with universal plug adaptors
  • ISE® WebPACK™ software and ISE Foundation™ software evaluation
  • Quickstart guide
  • Programming cable
  • Product collateral

Key Features

  • Xilinx Devices
    • Spartan-3A (XC3S700A-FG484)
    • Platform Flash (XCF04S-VOG20C)
  • Clocks
    • 50 MHz crystal oscillator on-board
    • Open slot for optional user-installed clock
  • Memory
    •  4 Mbit Platform Flash PROM
    • 32M x 16 DDR2 SDRAM
    • 32 Mbit parallel Flash
    • 2-16 Mbit SPI Flash devices
  • Analog Interface Devices
    • 4-channel D/A converter
    • 2-channel A/D converter
    • Signal amplifier
  • Connectors and Interfaces
    • Ethernet 10/100 PHY
    • JTAG USB download port
    • Two 9-pin RS-232 serial port
    • PS/2-style mouse/keyboard port
    • 15-pin VGA connector capable of 4,096 colors
    • One FX2 100-pin and two 6-pin expansion connectors
    • 20 user I/O available on standard header pins
    • Stereo mini-jack for PWM audio
    • Rotary/push button function switch
    • Eight individual LED outputs
    • Four slider switches
    • Four push-button switches
  • Display
    • 16 character, 2-Line LCD