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There are also a TON of free Xilinx tutorials, including hours of content on Spartan 3,
here:

http://www.demosondemand.com/dod/proddemos/vendors/pd_xilinx.aspx 

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From: cores-bounces@o... [mailto:cores-bounces@o...] On Behalf Of
Erez Birenzwig
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 10:09 AM
To: 'Discussion list about free open source IP cores'
Subject: Re[2]: [oc] Spartan 3

Try reading the Xilinx documentation or run the Project Manager...

That's assuming you have some knowledge of Verilog or VHDL to program
the FPGA. If not, I'll start by learning that as a start...

To program the FPGA, you'll need to connect it through JTAG and run
Xilinx iMPACT. It'll do most of the detective work for you...
The CD might come with some "bit" files that you can load directly... 

Good luck
Erez.

-----Original Message-----
From: cores-bounces@o... [mailto:cores-bounces@o...] On
Behalf Of Dumitru Stama
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 3:16 AM
To: cores@o...
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re[2]: [oc] Spartan 3

Hi John,
This is my board :
http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?Nav1=Products&Nav2=Programmab
le&Prod=S3BOARD
It is fitted with XC3S1000 and this is the only thing which is different
than the standard one. I took ISE Webpack but i need something to get me
started with it and maybe with picoblaze.
Microblaze is too expensive for my budget right now and since this is only a
hobby for me i want to play with picoblaze.
I installed ISE Webpack (man it's HUGE ... !) and i just watch the whole
thing without any clue whatsoever what to do next :D I just need some simple
examples, some tutorial to start my quest.

Thank you for your answer and understanding

LJ> It might help to specify a model number of the board, and try 
LJ> searching for that on google.

LJ> Check http://www.digilentinc.com/ site and see if they have any 
LJ> documentation for your board.

LJ> Get the ISE Webpack (free) from Xilinx.com.

LJ> Picoblaze will fit easily.  That said, the pinouts of the board are 
LJ> fairly important, so you will need to locate the board's 
LJ> specifications somewhere...  They might be built into EDK, but 
LJ> that's not free.

LJ> -----Original Message-----
LJ> From: cores-bounces@o... 
LJ> [mailto:cores-bounces@o...]
LJ> On Behalf Of Dumitru Stama
LJ> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 5:12 AM
LJ> To: cores@o...
LJ> Subject: [oc] Spartan 3

LJ> Hi guys,
LJ> I just bought a Digilent Spartan 3 board with a programming cable 
LJ> and a power supply. I have no CD or manual with that and i was 
LJ> wondering if you can direct me to a simple tutorial to learn how to 
LJ> actually put something in my Spartan XC3S1000. Picoblaze will fit ?

LJ> Thank you in advance for your answers, Dumitru

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