Xilinx Spartan-6 LX9 User Manual

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1 Introduction
The purpose of this manual is to describe the functionality and contents of the Avnet Spartan-6 FPGA LX9
MicroBoard from Avnet Electronics Marketing. This document includes instructions for operating the board,
descriptions of the hardware features, and explanations of the test code programmed into the on-board
programmable memory. For reference design documentation and example projects, see the Avnet Design
Resource Center (DRC).
DRC Home Page: www.em.avnet.com/drc
Spartan-6 FPGA LX9 MicroBoard Kit Home Page www.em.avnet.com/s6microboard
1.1 Description
The Spartan-6 FPGA LX9 MicroBoard provides a complete hardware environment for designers to accelerate
their time to market. The kit delivers a stable platform to develop and test designs targeted to the low-cost and
low-power Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA. The installed Spartan-6 FPGA LX9 device offers a prototyping
environment to effectively demonstrate the enhanced benefits of low-cost Xilinx FPGA solutions. Reference
designs are included with the kit to exercise standard peripherals on the evaluation board for a quick start to
device familiarization.
The Spartan-6 FPGA LX9 MicroBoard kit contains the following individual pieces:
 Avnet Spartan-6 FPGA LX9 MicroBoard
 Type A male to Type A female USB Extension Cable
 Type A to Micro-B USB Cable
 Xilinx ISE® Design Suite WebPACK edition
 License voucher for ChipScope™ Pro, XPS, and SDK (device-locked to XC6SLX9)
 Welcome Letter
 Getting Started Guide
Please note that this kit does NOT include a 10/100 Ethernet cable.

Xilinx Spartan-6 LX9 Specifications

General

Brand	Xilinx
Model	Spartan-6 LX9
Category	I/O Systems
Language	English