{"id":6665,"date":"2015-04-30T11:21:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T18:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=6665"},"modified":"2021-06-16T16:27:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T23:27:12","slug":"throwback-thursday-looking-back-at-nexys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/throwback-thursday-looking-back-at-nexys\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Looking Back at Nexys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve talked a lot lately about the Nexys 4 DDR lately, and we definitely hope you like it as much as we do here at Digilent. But what are the roots of this awesome board?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2006, we ended up with an amazing IC development platform based on the Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA &#8212; the original Nexys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nexys-original-spartan-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6674\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nexys-original-spartan-3-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"nexys-original-spartan-3\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nexys-original-spartan-3-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nexys-original-spartan-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nexys-original-spartan-3-169x225.jpg 169w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nexys-original-spartan-3-800x1067.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since then we&#8217;ve had the Nexys 2, 3, and 4 before arriving at what we currently use.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6665 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/throwback-thursday-looking-back-at-nexys\/nexys2_400\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NEXYS2_400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NEXYS2_400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NEXYS2_400-300x300-cropped.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6675'>\n\t\t\t\tNexys 2.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/throwback-thursday-looking-back-at-nexys\/nexys3-obl-400\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NEXYS3-obl-400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NEXYS3-obl-400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NEXYS3-obl-400-300x300-cropped.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6676'>\n\t\t\t\tNexys 3.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/throwback-thursday-looking-back-at-nexys\/nexys4-obl-600\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nexys4-obl-600-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nexys4-obl-600-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nexys4-obl-600-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6677'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Nexys 4.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing what the future brings in regards to the Nexys line of FPGAs!<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-6665 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='6665' data-nonce='1c819b3974' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-6665 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-6665 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='6665' data-nonce='1c819b3974' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-6665 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-6665 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve talked a lot lately about the Nexys 4 DDR lately, and we definitely hope you like it as much as we do here at Digilent. 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