SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T17:19:58-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsJayKominek on BOB-08595 - Spartan 3E Breakout BoardJayKominekurn:uuid:ff796959-2ddd-36a6-5355-33fef5d752e92011-12-01T12:40:26-07:00<p>waaah. if you think there is enough market and their profits are so excessive, then you've clearly got a wonderful opportunity to go into business for yourself.<p>for anyone else: you're looking at $30 to buy just one of the chip, and probably $30 to get your hands on at least one board. can you layout the board, do the ordering, and assembly in less than an hour? if so, you're sufficiently skilled that your time is worth more than $10/hour.</p></p>
SomeGuy123 on BOB-08595 - Spartan 3E Breakout BoardSomeGuy123urn:uuid:8dbd5c73-b674-e50a-96be-b74bc58b5da92011-07-15T14:05:45-06:00<p>100 mil = 0.1 inches * 26 = 2.6 inches.<br>
The headers would have .1 inch spacing. Each header row would be about 2.6 inches long.</p>
Promptcritical on BOB-08595 - Spartan 3E Breakout BoardPromptcriticalurn:uuid:f68a568e-8248-ab06-69c9-0092a03c12fd2011-07-15T00:40:40-06:00<p>100mil? Why would you want 4 inch headers? The board isn't even 4" wide!</p>
Entris on BOB-08595 - Spartan 3E Breakout BoardEntrisurn:uuid:bcd6357a-c8dc-c585-232f-20fa8737c58e2011-04-07T05:09:01-06:00<p>I would buy a few of these for my prototyping needs, too bad the price is legalized theft. I can design my own board, have them made by a professional PCB house and get the parts of the price of one of these. :-/</p>
Nimphious on BOB-08595 - Spartan 3E Breakout BoardNimphiousurn:uuid:5cae37f7-f0d9-2b63-cfce-a01c2864f6822010-10-11T00:17:26-06:00<p>What's the reasoning behind the oddly spaced power through-holes? It would be nice to be able to put 100mil headers on them...</p>
RADNOR on BOB-08595 - Spartan 3E Breakout BoardRADNORurn:uuid:15021755-9110-843f-1e85-8d4b88ed209d2010-10-10T01:19:40-06:00<p>oh i didnt even look at it, its 2 layer.. but dont c a reason in it then. would be much better to have something like this with at least 4 layers.</p>
RADNOR on BOB-08595 - Spartan 3E Breakout BoardRADNORurn:uuid:26743d49-6448-a435-f0e1-78e58eb8aced2010-10-10T01:17:22-06:00<p>is this a 4-Layer? Or 2-Layer board? if its 2 layer then signal quality for sure not gona be good.</p>
Shadowclaw on BOB-08595 - Spartan 3E Breakout BoardShadowclawurn:uuid:c10c3213-abbe-a9ed-f9cd-49a540517e372010-06-16T13:02:34-06:00<p>if you did a standard install the actual program is located in the /opt/Xilinx directory from there (I think, I'm not in front of my computer at the minute) its ISE/Common/lin and then the program is called "ise" just double click on it.</p>
Jason0x21 on BOB-08595 - Spartan 3E Breakout BoardJason0x21urn:uuid:72a113c8-253c-02e2-02b6-ff0d195d6be32010-05-04T08:56:04-06:00<p>Which set of Xilinx tools are you using? What have you downloaded?</p>
josheeg on BOB-08595 - Spartan 3E Breakout Boardjosheegurn:uuid:7dae9ddf-407d-12d3-39c7-512bf90b5e602009-10-30T14:03:29-06:00<p>Does anyone know what command to run to start Xilinx software in linux I run ubuntu? I would like to start my design before I buy the cables and FPGA.</p>
Soshimo on BOB-08595 - Spartan 3E Breakout BoardSoshimourn:uuid:9ac0f5e7-c6ec-7b8f-77a9-9d9889b39d172009-08-23T11:10:35-06:00<p>Thanks so much for the example code. All the tutorials out there assume the diligent board which has the FPGA package type so the pin numbers are all incorrect when it comes to routing and mapping. It looks like the PQ package type just numbers the pins sequentially whereas the FPGA uses letters and numbers to identify the pins. The .ucf file in the sample cleared up any doubts I was having. Thanks Again!</p>