Kit cuts costs and time for FPGA designs

Low-cost Spartan-3AN starter kit is ideal for prototyping high-volume nonvolatile applications where higher system integration or security is critical.

New from Xilinx, the low-cost Spartan-3AN starter kit is ideal for prototyping high-volume nonvolatile applications where higher system integration or security is critical such as broadband access, digital displays, set top boxes, data acquisition and low-power mobile and handheld devices.

"Our Spartan-3 generation provides users the most flexible, reliable and cost-effective solution for space-sensitive applications requiring nonvolatile single-chip solutions", says Harry Raftopoulos, Director of Marketing and Applications for the General Products Division at Xilinx.

"The out-of-the-box functionality of the Spartan-3AN starter kit supports our goal to provide customers a low-cost and easy to use environment".

The kit provides out-of-the-box functionality with the necessary hardware, software tools, evaluation board, power supply, reference designs and accessories to get users up and running in minutes.

Designers can take advantage of the robust IP security schemes of Spartan-3AN devices which include on-chip DeviceDNA, a production-stamped, unique identifier for anti-cloning; largest on-chip user Flash with up to 11Mbit for safekeeping critical code and JTAG lockdown to prevent backdoor access to the FPGA.

The evaluation board features a 700K system gate FPGA, and is fully equipped with subsystems such as 10/100 Ethernet PHY, 64Mbytes DDR2 SDRAM, two 16Mbit serial Flash, ADC and DAC circuitry, a 2 x 16 LCD display for debugging, various switches, a rotary knob, and expansion headers.

The Spartan-3AN starter kit is available now for $225.00 for a limited time only.

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