Mimas – Spartan 6 FPGA Development Board
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 a maximum of 70 user IOs. The USB 2.0 interface provides fast and easy configuration download to the onboard SPI flash. You don’t need a programmer or special downloader cable to download the bitstream 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
- Onboard voltage regulators for single power rail operation
Applications
- Product Prototype Development
- Signal Processing
- Wired and Wireless Communications
- Educational tool for schools and universities
If you would like to develop and prototype more powerful applications please review our latest additions to the FPGA family, our Mimas A7 FPGA Development Board, and Narvi Spartan 7 FPGA Module featuring Xilinx’s Artix-7 and Spartan-7 FPGAs.
Specifications
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 0.11 lbs |
| Dimensions | 5 × 3 × 1 in |
| Product Dimensions | 2.60 x 2.45 x 0.51 in |
| FPGA | |
| Number Of Clock Sources | 1 |
| Primary Clock Frequency | |
| Number Of GPIOs (Max) | |
| Switches | 4x Push Button |
| Number Of Gneral Purpose LEDs | 8 |
| Configuration Options | |
| Configuration Memory | SPI Flash |
Sample Code
Sample Code
| Name | Language/Technology | IDE | Hardware Modules Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16x2 LCD Display | Verilog | Xilinx ISE | Mimas IO Breakout Module, Alphanumeric LCD Display Expansion Module |
| LEDs | Verilog | Xilinx ISE | Mimas IO Breakout Module LED Expansion Module - 8 LEDs |
| Push Button Switch | Verilog | Xilinx ISE | Mimas IO Breakout Module Push Button Switch Expansion Module |
| Seven Segment LED Display | Verilog | Xilinx ISE | Mimas IO Breakout Module Seven Segment LED Display Expansion Module |
| 8Bit VGA | Verilog | Xilinx ISE | Mimas IO Breakout Module VGA Display Expansion Module |
| LM4550 AC97 Audio | Verilog | Xilinx ISE | Mimas IO Breakout Module LM4550 AC97 Expansion Module |
| CS4344 Stereo Audio | Verilog | Xilinx ISE | Mimas IO Breakout Module CS4344 Audio Expansion Module |
