In fact, the product model stored on the device itself is the Virtex-E model number (for the FPGA on the Digilab board the on-chip device name is XCV200E). The Spartan-IIE devices are identical to those in Xilinx s Virtex-E family of FPGAs. The Digilab IIE board contains a minimal number of prototyping devices, but it contains 6 40-pin I/O headers for attaching daughter boards with additional functionality. The Digilab IIE board contains a Xilinx Spartan-IIE device (XC2S200E) with the equivalent of approximately 200,000 gates. FPGA development board The Digilent Digilab IIE board (available from will be used in this tutorial, however, other boards utilizing a Xilinx FPGA can easily be substituted. This tutorial will NOT deal with the Foundation family of software. All menus structures and screen shots are taken from the ISE 4.2i version. Xilinx software The Xilinx ISE 4.2i software will be used in this text. Stepby-step instructions will be given to guide the reader through generating a project, creating a design file, compiling the project, and downloading the design to an FPGA board. 1 Lab 1: Introduction to Xilinx ISE Tutorial This tutorial will introduce the reader to the Xilinx ISE software.
