The Xilinx Spartan-6 LX150T Development Kit provides a complete development platform for designing and verifying applications based on the Xilinx Spartan-6 LXT FPGA family. Available with the Spartan-6 LX150T, the kit enables designers to prototype high-performance designs with ease, while providing expandability and customization through the dual FMC LPC expansion slots.
The Spartan-6 LX150T system board is available with the LX150T device (XC6SLX150T-3FGG676). Serial gigabit transceiver interface (GTPs) provide connection to the on-chip PCI Express® x1 hard macro or a PCI Express x4 soft macro, one SFP connector, and a SATA Host interface. The system board includes DDR3 SDRAM, Flash memory, a 10/100/1000 Ethernet PHYs, and a serial port. Other board features include a USB port, a programmable LVDS clock, user switches, and LEDs. The board also provides two FMC LPC expansion slots, providing a total of 136 high-speed, single-ended and differential user I/O. FMC modules can be easily added to the board for additional application specific functions.
National is a leader in power management solutions. National's broad portfolio of devices fit practically any application. The following resources are specific to Xilinx Virtex and Spartan FPGAs.
Analog for Xilinx FPGAs Solutions Guide (pdf) - Suggested power solutions for each Virtex and Spartan FGPA family as well as CoolRunner CPLDs with WEBENCH-enabled solutions highlighted for maximum ease-of-use.
RD-155 - LM20145 producing 2.5V, a common IO voltage, at 5A of load current from a 5V rail with 89% efficiency
RD-128 - LM25576 to create an intermediate bus supply rail of 5V from 6-42V.
RD-164 - LM3152 accepting 12V, a common supply rail, and producing 3.3V at 10A with 95% efficiency.
RD-156 - LM20242 accepting 12V, a common supply rail, and producing 3.3V at 2A of load current with 89% efficiency.
RD-161 - LP3906 multi-output device with a variety of output voltages ranging from 0.8V to 3.5V. The two onboard LDOs provide low noise supply rails.
Spartan-6 LX150T Development Kit - This Spartan-6 based Development Kit features the latest Simple Switcher power modules powering the FPGA and its peripherals.
The newest Spartan-6 FPGAs now include high speed transceivers increasing their flexibility to meet designers' needs. National's signal conditioning products enable Spartan and Virtex FPGAs to extend their reach up to 100 meters of cable or up to 40” of FR4.
DS64BR401 Evaluation Board - Mini SAS4X cable extender demonstration kit provides a complete cable extension solution using the DS64BR401 Quad Bi-directional Cable Extender.
Top 10 Signaling Challenges - Webinar covers signal conditioning challenges in DVI, HDMI and PCIe applications.
LVDS Owners Manual - Handbook for LVDS, CML, signal conditioning/equalization. Sources of jitter and cross talk as well as high-speed transmission line basics are covered.
EXP High-Performance SerDes Module - This module enables low cost FPGAs without gigabit transceivers to handle up to 3.125 Gbps data rate.
Jitter Cleaners - LMK family of clock conditioners with jitter cleaning as low as sub-200-femtoseconds.
PLLs - PLLatinum PLL and PLL+VCO solutions including the LMX2541 world's lowest noise integrated frequency synthesizer family.
National Clock Design Tool - Helps you choose the right clocking solution and loop filter design based on application parameters.
Clock Conditioner Owner's Manual (pdf) - A must for any designer involved with timing subsystems. It discusses jitter fundamentals and clocking applications.
PLL Handbook - The popular industry reference book for PLL performance, design, and simulation.
Xilinx FPGAs integrate the Ethernet MAC and National's Ethernet PHY solutions complete the system. National's DP83640 is the world's only Ethernet PHY with integrated IEEE1588 PTP functionality.
ISM Networking FMC Module – An expansion card that adds IEEE 1588 synchronization to any Spartan-6 or Virtex-6 development platform with FMC connector.
All these boards feature the DP83865 GbE Ethernet PHY:
National's JTAG solutions facilitate remote and in-system test and FPGA reconfiguration and include embedded JTAG masters, JTAG bus port multiplexers and an analog voltage monitor with JTAG interface.
National's analog solutions support all key sensing applications. Precision amplifiers and data converters provide accuracy and speed to enable better process control and more uniform products, less fallout, and quicker response times.
National's is a leader in SDI solutions with complete chipsets including cable drivers & equalizers, reclockers, SerDes, signal conditioning, HDMI cable extenders, and more.
National's family of ultra high speed ADCs offer best in class performance at the lowest power consumption. The family offers both 8- and 10-bit ADCs at up to 3 GSPS speed.
RD-143 Is an 8-bit 3 GSPS data acquisition reference design. It includes an onboard FPGA and local microcontroller to provide an interface to National Semiconductor's WaveVision software to allow data capture directly to a PC.
ADC10D1000 Evaluation Board is a complete subsystem which features the ADC10D1000 and an onboard Virtex-4 FPGA for data buffering. Fully supported by National Semiconductor's WaveVision software to allow data capture directly to a PC.
WaveVision5 Software is is an easy-to-use data acquisition and analysis tool designed to help users evaluate National Semiconductor's high-speed ADCs.
ADC10D1500RB Reference Board is a complete subsystem which features the ADC10D1500 and onboard Virtex-4 FPGA for data buffering. Using the WaveVision 5 software enables PC-based data analysis.
National's base station signal path solutions feature the world's highest performance 16-bit ADCs and include ADCs, high-speed amplifiers, jitter cleaners, PLLs, interface, and more.
Reference Designs:
RD-179 - High-IF Sub-sampling Receiver Subsystem with large/small signal SNR of 71/72.7 dBFS and SFDR greater than 80/92 dBFS. Features the ADC16DV160 dual 16-bit, 160 MSPS ADC, LMH6517 DVA, and LMK04031B clock conditioner.
RD-170 - The SP16130CH4RB Reference Board demonstrates a low IF receiver subsystem application with performance for a 52 MHz input signal of SNR = 75.8 dBFS and SFDR greater than 84 dBFS. It features the ADC16V130 and LMK04031.
RD-147 - The ADC14DS105KARB is a low IF receiver subsystem reference design board demonstrates a low IF receiver subsystem with performance for a 40 MHz input signal of 73.3 dBFS and SFDR greater than 85 dBFS. If features the LMH6552, ADC14DS105 and LMK02000.
RD-146 - This reference design implements a High IF Receiver circuit with performance for a 169 MHz input signal of 68.3 dBFS and SFDR of 77 dBFS. It features the LMH6515, ADC14V155 and LMK03001C
The Xilinx Spartan-6 LX150T Development Kit provides a complete development platform for designing and verifying applications based on the Xilinx Spartan-6 LXT FPGA family. Available with the Spartan-6 LX150T, the kit enables designers to prototype high-performance designs with ease, while providing expandability and customization through the dual FMC LPC expansion slots.
PowerWise® ADC081500 3 GSPS Development Platform
The platform includes the Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGA and National's PowerWise® ADC08D1500 8-bit, 3 GSPS ADC. Also available with any of National's other gigahertz-speed converters.
X-fest is a global series of FREE technical seminars, offering practical, how-to training for designers interested in using the new Spartan®-6 and Virtex®-6 FPGA families from Xilinx.
