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====== Spartan-3E ======
{{Digilent Infobox
| Manual = [[reference-manual]]
| Support = https://forum.digilent.com/forum/4-fpga/
| Title = Spartan-3E
| Subtitle = Starter Board
| Header = Features
| Bullet = Four-output, SPI-based Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC)
| Bullet = Two-input, SPI-based Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) with programmable gain pre-amplifier
| Header = Key Specifications
| Logic Cells = over 10,000
| PROM = 4 Mbit Platform Flash configuration
| DDR SDRAM = 64 MByte, x16 data interface, \\ 100+ MHz
| NOR Flash = 16 MByte (Intel StrataFlash)
| SPI Serial Flash = 16 MBits (STMicro)
| Ethernet = 10/100 PHY \\ (requires Ethernet MAC in FPGA)
| Oscillator = 50 MHz clock oscillator
| Header = Connectivity and On-board I/O
| Pmod Connectors = 3 6-pin Pmod Ports
| LCD = 2-line, 16-character LCD screen
| PS/2 = 1 PS/2 mouse or keyboard port
| VGA = 1 VGA port
| FX2 = Hirose FX2 expansion connector
| RS-232 = 2 9-pin RS-232 ports \\ (DTE- and DCE-style) 
| DIP = 8-pin DIP socket for \\ auxiliary clock oscillator
| Switches = 4 slide switches
| Buttons = 4
| LEDs = 8 discrete LEDs
| Header = Electrical
| Power = Universal power supply \\ 100-240V, 50/60 Hz
| Logic Level = 3.3V
| Header = Physical
| Width = 6.0 in
| Length = 7.0 in
| Header = Design Resources
| Header = Documentation
| Primary IC = [[https://docs.xilinx.com/v/u/en-US/ds312| Spartan-3E]] (XC3S500E)
| User Guide = {{:reference:programmable-logic:spartan-3e:s3estarter_ug.pdf| }}
| Schematic = {{:reference:programmable-logic:spartan-3e:spartan-3e_sch.pdf| }}
}}

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===== Tutorials =====
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===== Example Projects =====
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===== Additional Resources =====
== Reference Designs ==
  * Active Power Meter reference design -- {{:s3e:activepowermeter.zip|ZIP}}
  * BRAM Configuration reference design -- {{:s3e:bramcfgrefproj.zip|ZIP}}
  * RS232 example reference design -- {{:s3e:rs232_refproj.zip|ZIP}}
  * VGA controller reference design -- {{:s3e:vga_refcomp.zip|ZIP}}

== Reference Components===
  * PS2 Mouse Control reference component -- {{:s3e:mouserefcomp.zip|ZIP}}
  * PS2 Mouse Displayer reference component -- {{:s3e:mousedisplayer_refcomp.zip|ZIP}}
  * RS232 interface reference component*-- {{:s3e:rs232_refcomp.zip|ZIP}}
  * Pulse-width modulation reference component -- {{:s3e:pwmrefcomp1.zip|ZIP}}

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