Saturn - Spartan 6 FPGA Development Board with DDR SDRAM

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Product Description

Saturn is an easy to use FPGA Development board featuring Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA. Saturn is specially designed for experimenting and learning system design with FPGAs. This development board features Xilinx XC6SLX series FPGA with FTDI’s FT2232H Dual-Channel USB device. The high speed USB 2.0 interface provides fast and easy configuration download to the on-board SPI flash. No programmer or special downloader cable is needed to download the bit stream to the board. 

Academic pricing is available for students and faculty. 

Applications

• Product Prototype Development 
• Development and testing of custom embedded processors 
• Signal Processing 
• Communication devices development 
• Educational tool for Schools and Universities 

 
Board features

• FPGA: Spartan-6 LX45 in CSG324 package (XC6SLX9, LX16 and LX25 available for custom order) 
• DDR: 166MHz 512Mb LPDDR 
• Flash memory: 128 Mb SPI flash memory 
• 100MHz CMOS oscillator 
• High Speed USB 2.0 interface for On-board flash programming 
• FT2232H Channel A is dedicated for SPI Flash Programming. Channel B can be used for custom applications.
• On-board voltage regulators for single power rail operation 
• FPGA configuration via JTAG and USB 
• Maximum 158 IOs for user defined purposes 
  • XC6SLX9 - 118 IOs 
  • XC6SLX16 - 150 IOs 
  • XC6SLX25 - 144 IOs 
  • XC6SLX45 - 136 IOs 
  • FT2232H - 8 IOs

• All tools, files and projects associated with building Linux for Saturn
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• Bootable Linux Image For Saturn
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• Configuration Tool (Windows)
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• Configuring FT2232H USB Serial converter on Saturn Spartan 6 Module
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• Creating Xilinx EDK test project for Saturn
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• Expansion modules and Peripherals
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• How to test LPDDR SDRAM on Saturn using ISE
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• IO Breakout Module For Saturn
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• Saturn, Microblaze and Linux - How to Run Linux on Saturn Spartan 6 FPGA Module
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• Schematics and layout in KiCad
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• User Constraints File
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• User Manual
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• xc3sprog for Windows And Linux (Third party, Open source)
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• Numato Lab Board support files for EDK BSB wizard
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1. Spartan6 and DDR SDRAM Memory - Your First DDR Interfacing Project
2. Configuring FT2232H USB Serial converter on Saturn Spartan 6 Module
3. Creating Xilinx EDK test project for Saturn - Your first Microblaze processor based embedded design
4. Saturn, Microblaze and Linux - How to Run Linux on Saturn Spartan 6 FPGA Module - Part I
5. Saturn, Microblaze and Linux - How to Run Linux on Saturn Spartan 6 FPGA Module - Part II
6. Saturn, Microblaze and Linux - How to Run Linux on Saturn Spartan 6 FPGA Module - Part III
7. Saturn, Microblaze and Linux - How to Run Linux on Saturn Spartan 6 FPGA Module - Part IV

Index  -  Name  -  Language/Technology  -  IDE  -  Hardware Modules Required  -  Download

 

1_16x2 LCD Display_Verilog_Xilinx ISE

Saturn IO Breakout Module , Alphanumeric LCD Display Expansion Module

 

2_LEDs_Verilog_Xilinx ISE

Saturn IO Breakout Module , LED Expansion Module - 8 LEDs

 

3_Push Button Switch_Verilog_Xilinx ISE

Saturn IO Breakout Module , Push Button Switch Expansion Module

 

4_Seven Segment LED Display_Verilog_Xilinx ISE

Saturn IO Breakout Module , Seven Segment LED Display Expansion Module

 

5_8Bit VGA_Verilog_Xilinx ISE

Saturn IO Breakout Module , VGA Display Expansion Module

 

6_LM4550 AC97 Audio_Verilog_Xilinx ISE

Saturn IO Breakout Module , LM4550 AC97 Expansion Module

 

7_CS4344 Stereo Audio_Verilog_Xilinx ISE

Saturn IO Breakout Module , CS4344 Audio Expansion Module

 

8_100M Ethernet_Verilog_Xilinx ISE

Saturn IO Breakout Module , 100BASE-T Ethernet Expansion Module