MicroBlaze Development Kit Spartan-3E 1600 Edition User Guide 7
UG257 (v1.1) December 5, 2007 www.xilinx.com
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Preface

About This Guide
This user guide provides basic information on the MicroBlaze Development Kit board
capabilities, functions, and design. It includes general information on how to use the
various peripheral functions included on the board. For detailed reference designs,
including VHDL or Verilog source code, please visit the following web link.
xSpartan™-3E Starter Kit Board Reference Page
http://www.xilinx.com/sp3e1600e

Acknowledgements

Xilinx wishes to thank the following companies for their support of the MicroBlaze
Development Kit board:
xIntel Corporation for the 128 Mbit StrataFlash memory
xLinear Technology for the SPI-compatible A/D and D/A converters, the
programmable pre-amplifier, and the power regulators for the non-FPGA
components
xMicron Technology, Inc. for the 32Mx 16 DDR SDRAM
xSMSC for the 10/100 Ethernet PHY
xSTMicroelectronics for the 16Mx 1 SPI serial Flash PROM
xTexas Instruments Incorporated for the three-rail TPS75003 regulator supplying most
of the FPGA supply voltages
xXilinx, Inc. Configuration Solutions Division for the XCF04S Platform Flash PROM
and their support for the embedded USB programmer
xXilinx, Inc. CPLD Division for the XC2C64A CoolRunner™-II CPLD

Guide Contents

This manual contains the following chapters:
xChapter 1, “Introduction and Overview,” provides an overview of the key features of
the MicroBlaze Development Kit board.
xChapter 2, “Switches, Buttons, and Knob,” defines the switches, buttons, and knobs
present on the MicroBlaze Development Kit board.
xChapter 3, “Clock Sources,” describes the various clock sources available on the
MicroBlaze Development Kit board.
xChapter 4, “FPGA Configuration Options,” describes the configuration options for
the FPGA on the MicroBlaze Development Kit board.