EFM-02

Spartan-6LX FPGA module with USB 3.0

OBSOLETE

Please note the pinkompatible successor product EFM-03

Spartan-6LX® FPGA module

optional breakout-board

Spartan-6LX® FPGA module

up to 191 user io.

The EFM-02 embedded FPGA module is based on the Xilinx Spartan-6LX® FPGA. This FPGA family delivers an optimal balance of low risk and low power for cost-sensitive applications. With integrated power supplies, platform flash and reference designs, the EFM-02 provides everything to build custom cameras, image processing systems or any other high-performance FPGA-based systems.

target applications

high performance PC peripherals
CMOS sensor interfacing
custom cameras
image processing
DSP co-processing
embedded control
custom test equipment

features

Xilinx Spartan-6LX® FPGA
versions available:
XC6SLX45-3FGG484I
XC6SLX100-3FGG484I
XC6SLX150-3FGG484I
USB3.0 SuperSpeed
2Gbit DDR2
64Mbit dual SPI flash
up to 191 io signals
Reference design and extensive software support

properties & qualities

USB 3.0 SuperSpeed performance

Real-world measured data rate of more than 300 MB/s can be achieved with the UDK3 API and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connections.

large on-board SDRAM

The on-board DDR2 SDRAM provides 2 Gbit (eq. 256 MByte) memory capacity - ideal for applications like image processing or data acquisition.

plenty of user io

With up to 191 user-IO, which can also be used as differential pairs, the EFM02 offers ample connectivity options.

multiple configuration options

You can configure the FPGA using the Xilinx Platform Cable (JTAG), using your own UDK-based software, using the UDK3 board manager or from the on-board flash memory. All this options are always available - there is no need to choose by setting switches or jumpers.

easy to use USB 3.0 connectivity

A suitable Wishbone bus-connector IP is included in the EFM-03 example design of the UDK3. Just use it in your design and access your local Wishbone bus from a PC over USB 3.0. The Cesys UDK API calls provide read and write functions to addressable blocks of data remotely on your local Wishbone bus. It works as easy as memcopy does locally on your PC.

Unified Development Kit UDK and API

The Cesys UDK is an API for FPGA configuration and interfacing the FPGA to the software running on your PC. The UDK handles everything between a API call from your software and a Wishbone bus transaction inside the FPGA. Read and write calls are serialized through the USB 3.0 bus, making the FPGA bus address space directly accessible by your software. Using the UDK results in an enormous saving in time and development resources. The UDK comes with no additional cost in binary form with the EFM-02 module. To use it with 3rd party hardware, we offer a pay-once source-code licensing model for the UDK source-code.

management tools included

Included in the UDK, there are tools to perform FPGA configuration, clear, write and read the on-board configuration flash, read and write the user-ID of the board and control the reset-pin.

reference design

Use our extensively tested reference designs as a starting point for your projects. We use our own reference designs for many customer projects and can therefore offer you the very best support.

design-in support

We have great interest in ensuring that your project is successful. That is why we will give great effort to assist you. We will answer questions that you ask in our support-forum as soon as possible because sometimes, it's the little things that stop you. In addition to our free forum-support, we offer fee-based support and development service customized to your needs.

prototyping and OEM integration

The EFM-02 was built for prototyping systems and integration into OEM devices. Everywhere, a flexible FPGA solution with USB 3.0 interface is required, the EFM-02 is a perfect match.

block schematics

Spartan-6LX attributes

device	logic cells	CLB flip-flops	distributed RAM bits	block RAM bits	DSP48A1 slices	CMTs
XC6LX45	43,661	54,576	401k	2,088k	58	4
XC6LX100	101,261	126,576	976k	4,824	180	6
XC6LX150	147,443	184,304	1,335k	4,824	180	6

1 Each DSP48A1 slice contains an 18 x 18 multiplier, an adder, and an accumulator

2 Each CMT contains two DCMs and one PLL

development tools

To develop your own FPGA solutions, Xilinx offers the ISE design suite.
The XC6SLX45 FPGA is supported by the free version, called WebPack Edition.
The XC6SLX100 and XC6SLX150 FPGAs are supported by all other ISE Design Suite editions.