Ver 1.97
Added support for Spartan-6 LX, LXT and LX low power FPGAs
Added support for Virtex-6 LXT, SXT, HXT, LXT low power and SXT low power FPGAs
Extended support for Virtex-5 LX and LXT families, including LX20T, LX155, LX155T
Added new Power Management articles and app notes to technical resources library (AN-1752, Power Designer 121)
Implemented enhancements to the user interface and splash screen
Removed some older regulators from the power solutions database
Ver 1.94
Added support for Spartan 3A, Spartan 3AN and Spartan 3A DSP FPGAs
Added enhancements to the user interface
Ver 1.93
Added support for international use: Enhanced compatibility for system using different decimal separators.
Updated solutions database (added LM3743, LM3102/03, LM20k (LM20133, 134, 145, 242)
Updated webench availability for recommended solutions
Added "Update" to Menu Bar items to "Check the Web for Latest Version"
Added "Send us Feedback" mailto option to "Help" Menu Bar list
Updated email feedback email address on splash screen to hot link
Updated FPGA related app note list in Menu Bar (added AN-1745)
Ver 1.91
Added description for "Most Efficient" and "Simpler Design" solutions
Added link to explore "multi-output IC alternatives"
Added links in Menu Bar to access additional online resources: Power Designer Articles; Powering Digital Cores landing page
Ver 1.90
Added Virtex 5 LX and LXT FPGAs
Updated solutions database (added LM2830/31/32, LM2853, LM3100, LM2696 & LP3879)
Updated webench availability for recommended solutions
Added solutions for Vccint = 1.0V for 3.3V, 5V and 12V Vin
Ver 1.85
Added Solution Block Diagrams to GUI
Created Menu Bar lists for FPGA-related app notes (Power, Interface, On-Line Seminars, etc) to link to additional online technical resources.
X-Fest
October 2009 through February 2010
36 locations worldwide
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.
Analog for Xilinx FPGAs Solutions Guide (pdf) - Recommended National analog solutions for each Virtex and Spartan FGPA family as well as CoolRunner CPLDs.
AN-1340 - Simplified Programming of Xilinx Devices Using a SCANSTA111/112 JTAG Chain Mux
AN-1745 - Powering FPGAs Using LM201xx PowerWise® Synchronous Buck Regulators
Power Designer:
Topic:
Designing Long-Reach Applications with DVI, HDMI, and PCI Express Cable Standards
Your Hosts:
Bob Pease & Dr. Howard Johnson
Guests:
Navneet Rao - Xilinx
Jim Beneke - Avnet Electronics
Stephan Kempainen and James Chang - National
X-Fest
October 2009 through February 2010
36 locations worldwide
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.