Spartan is a FPGA family of Xilinx. It has different generations e.g. Spartan-3, Spartan-6.
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VHDL is incomplete. The signal is not driven by any source pin in the design
I'm trying to write a very simple program on a Spartan-3E development board. I want to read the slide switches and use the LED next to the slide switches to indicate which switch is in the on position.
Here is my code:
library IEEE;
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Implementing Ethernet MDIO/SMI interface in VHDL
I'm working on connecting the LXT972M PHY Transceiver to LPC2368 chip. I've already done the RMII to MII converter, but I can't figured how to implement that bidirectional MDIO signal in VHDL. As I just spotted it must be managed by some additional…

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vhdl code for producig triangular wave using DAC2904 is not working
I am doing a project in college and want to produce a triangular wave using a DAC2904 and a Spartan 3 xc3s5000 board.
I have written code for it but is not working.
I don't know may be it is the problem in code or in my ucf file:
library ieee;
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What is the Intel Strata Flash Memory on Spartan-3E Starter Kit?
What would an use case scenario be like? I know that there's plenty information about this in the user manual, but i'm a beginner and don't know really how to handle that information. Thank you for your time.
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Bus timing constraints
I'm programming a Xilinx Spartan-6 on an OpalKelly implementation for my master thesis at university. To be precise, this is the FPGA I'm working on (XEM6010-LX45): https://www.opalkelly.com/products/xem6010/
It is mounted on a board that has to…

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enabling gpio pins on spartan 3
I am trying to run a dc motor using spartan 3 fpga board and i need to take out 2 pins from the board as the input pins to my motor driver. I am not able to enable them. i have already declared them as out std_logic and i have also generated a…

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Trying to make a 4-bit multiplier in VHDL with 3x4 keypad input and 2x16 LCD to be implemented on a Spartan 3E board
everyone. I'm trying to make a 4-bit multiplier in VHDL. It is to be implemented on a Spartan 3E board using the built-in 2x16 LCD and a 3x4 keypad through a C922 IC.
Using it goes like this: user inputs a number through the keypad, presses a button…

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Signal is assigned but never used. This unconnected signal will be trimmed
To start with - I have three dimensional reg, assigned only in initial begin.
reg [4:0] PS[0:9];
PS[0] = 24; PS[1] = 10; PS[2] = 8; PS[3] = 8; PS[4] = 17;
PS[5] = 16; PS[6] = 4; PS[7] = 4; PS[8] = 16; PS[9] = 16;
At first i was trying to access…

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Data Transfer between two Spartan 3E
I'm trying to do ADC-DAC with two separate Spartan 3E kits. First kit will get analog signal and convert it to digital. Second kit will get this converted digital data and convert it to analog again. I successfully implemented ADC and DAC…

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Identifying a start of a frame
I have implemented a HDMI Transmitter and receiver on a Atlys Spartan 6 board. Its working properly. I am using 1080p @ 60Hz. The board takes a one pixel, decodes it, encode it back and send it to the monitor.
Now i need to identify the start of a…

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Generating Single Port ROM on Spartan 6 using Xilinx ISE Design Suite
I'm having some trouble designing a single port rom onto a spartan 6 board. I use the provided core generator to create block memory and choose single port rom with 32 bit width and 256 depth with a coe file that just counts from 0 to 255. I drop…

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How can my vhdl code and microblaze co-exist?
Well my problem stated when i had my vhdl code up and running on my Spartan-3a but needed to send and receive data from it to the pc,
I need my vhdl code , so i went for a microplaze structure , problem is I cant understand how will my vhdl code and…

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How to put VHDL project on Spartan 6 FPGA
I am working on a project in VHDL that will be placed onto the spartan 6 fpga. The code is ready but I am not sure how to proceed with getting it onto the fpga.
I have access to another project and noticed that this project has a Microblaze…

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Getting data from microprocessor VHDL Spartan 3A
I have an app who's instantiating a micropocessor that we develop on vhdl course, it also is displaying data on the LCD display of the FPGA.
We have tested the micro and the LCD separately and they do work.
Now the idea is to display the data of the…

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VHDL State Machine for LCD initialization
I'm trying to implement the initialization of a LCD of the Spartan 3AN. I'm very new to this so every advise is very welcome.
My code is as follows:
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