Mimas – Spartan 6 FPGA Development Board


Description

Mimas is an easy to use FPGA Development board featuring Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA. Mimas is specially designed for experimenting and learning system design with FPGAs. This development board features Xilinx XC6SLX9 TQG144 FPGA with maximum 70 user IOs. The USB 2.0 interface provides fast and easy configuration download to the on-board SPI flash.

Features

  • FPGA: Spartan-6 XC6SLX9 in TQG144 package
  • Flash memory: 16 Mb SPI flash memory (M25P16)
  • 100MHz CMOS oscillator
  • USB 2.0 interface for On-board flash programming
  • FPGA configuration via JTAG and USB
  • 70 IOs for user defined purposes
  • On-board voltage regulators for single power rail operation

Applications

  • Product Prototype Development
  • Signal Processing
  • Wired and Wireless Communications
  • Educational tool for schools and universities

 

Category Xilinx Spartan 6
SKU: FPGA002

Description

Mimas is an easy to use FPGA Development board featuring Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA. Mimas is specially designed for experimenting and learning system design with FPGAs. This development board features Xilinx XC6SLX9 TQG144 FPGA with maximum 70 user IOs. The USB 2.0 interface provides fast and easy configuration download to the on-board SPI flash. You don’t need a programmer or special downloader cable to download the bit stream to the board.

Features

  • FPGA: Spartan-6 XC6SLX9 in TQG144 package
  • Flash memory: 16 Mb SPI flash memory (M25P16)
  • 100MHz CMOS oscillator
  • USB 2.0 interface for On-board flash programming
  • FPGA configuration via JTAG and USB
  • 8 LEDs and four switches for user defined purposes
  • 70 IOs for user defined purposes
  • On-board voltage regulators for single power rail operation

Applications

  • Product Prototype Development
  • Signal Processing
  • Wired and Wireless Communications
  • Educational tool for schools and universities

Additional information

 
Weight 0.11 lbs
Dimensions 5.00 x 3.00 x 2.00 in
FPGA

Number Of Clock Sources

1

Primary Clock Frequency

Number Of Gneral Purpose LEDs

8

Switches

4x Push Button

Number Of GPIOs (Max)

70

Configuration Options

JTAG, USB

Configuration Memory

SPI Flash

Sample Code

 
Language/Technology IDE/Compiler Type OS Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE 16x2 LCD Display Mimas IO Breakout Module, Alphanumeric LCD Displa Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE Push Button Switch Mimas IO Breakout Module Push Button Switch Expan Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE Seven Segment LED Display Mimas IO Breakout Module Seven Segment LED Display Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE 8Bit VGA Mimas IO Breakout Module VGA Display Expansion Mo Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE LM4550 AC97 Audio Mimas IO Breakout Module LM4550 AC97 Expansion M Download
Verilog Xilinx ISE CS4344 Stereo Audio Mimas IO Breakout Module CS4344 Audio Expansion M Download

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