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Spartan-3A FPGA Family:
Functional Description
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Product Specification
Spartan-3A FPGA Design Documentation
The functionality of the Spartan®-3A FPGA Family is
described in the following documents. The topics covered in
each guide is listed below.
• DS706: Extended Spartan-3A Family Overview
www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/
data_sheets/ds706.pdf
• UG331: Spartan-3 Generation FPGA User Guide
www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/
user_guides/ug331.pdf
• Clocking Resources
• Digital Clock Managers (DCMs)
• Block RAM
• Configurable Logic Blocks (CLBs)
- Distributed RAM
- SRL16 Shift Registers
- Carry and Arithmetic Logic
• I/O Resources
• Embedded Multiplier Blocks
• Programmable Interconnect
• ISE® Software Design Tools
• IP Cores
• Embedded Processing and Control Solutions
• Pin Types and Package Overview
• Package Drawings
• Powering FPGAs
• Power Management
• UG332: Spartan-3 Generation Configuration User
Guide
www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/
user_guides/ug332.pdf
• Configuration Overview
- Configuration Pins and Behavior
- Bitstream Sizes
• Detailed Descriptions by Mode
- Master Serial Mode using Xilinx® Platform
Flash PROM
- Master SPI Mode using Commodity SPI Serial
Flash PROM
- Master BPI Mode using Commodity Parallel
NOR Flash PROM
- Slave Parallel (SelectMAP) using a Processor
- Slave Serial using a Processor
- JTAG Mode
• ISE iMPACT Programming Examples
• MultiBoot Reconfiguration
• Design Authentication using Device DNA
For application examples, see the Spartan-3A FPGA
application notes.
• Spartan-3A FPGA Application Notes
www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/
spartan-3a_application_notes.htm
For specific hardware examples, please see the Spartan-3A
FPGA Starter Kit board web page, which has links to
various design examples and the user guide.
• Spartan-3A/3AN FPGA Starter Kit Board Page
www.xilinx.com/s3astarter
• UG334: Spartan-3A/3AN FPGA Starter Kit User
Guide
www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/
boards_and_kits/ug334.pdf
For information on the XA Automotive version of the
Spartan-3A family, see the following data sheet.
• XA Spartan-3A Automotive FPGA Family Data Sheet
www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/data_sheets/
ds681.pdf
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