The Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX45 is a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) under the Spartan-6 series. It offers a wide range of features and product advantages ranging from increased performance, low-cost design and small form-factor packaging.
This blog post highlights the advantages or benefits of designing FPGAs with the Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX45.
Product Advantages
Below are some of the benefits the Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX45 has over its competing FPGA boards.
1. Increased System Performance
The Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX45 has an increase in the system’s performance. This is achieved via the 800 Megabyte per second (Mbps) DDR3 with a dedicated integrated memory controller.
It also features up to eight (8) low-power 3.2 Gigabyte per second (Gbps) serial transceivers.
2. MicroBlaze Processor
The device also uses the MicroBlaze core soft processor. As the primary processor backing the device, it ensures that the system is in top-notch functioning at all times.
3. Cost Optimization
Save more money when working with the Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX45. It offers a wide range of cost-saving features.
An example is the elimination or reduction of dependency on external processors. The Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX45 doesn’t depend on controllers powered by external Microcontrollers (MCUs) either.
The achievement of the cost optimization metrics goes a long way to bolster the overall reduction of the components in the Bill of Materials (BOM).
4. Programmable System Integration
The system (Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX45) is integrable with other devices. This innovation is thanks to its programmable system architecture.
You can also take advantage of the PCI Express interface that easily integrates with the endpoint block.
The high pin count ratio of the Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX45 also accounts for the number of available ports through which data can be channeled into and out of the device.
Moreso, the integration of over 40 I/O standards open up the opportunity for the device to simplify the design process.
5. Faster Configurations and Design Acceleration
Have a project that needs urgent attention? Perhaps, you are looking for a streamlined board to make your FPGAs. Whichever is the case, you can maximize the full-stack accelerated design concept of the Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX45.
It provides among many other things, for the real-time configuration of the device. You also get to leverage the ISE Design Suite, which has been designed as an FPGA design solution for projects channeled to both the Windows and Linux platforms.
The device also uses integrated wizards to facilitate the design process, whereby the wizards are used to enforce real-time design closure.
6. Overall Power Reduction
Saving costs of design and improving the architectural offerings are two of the common functionalities of the Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX45.
The other is power reduction. The device is able to considerably reduce power and heat dissipation by maintaining between 1.2-volt and 1.0-core volt options.
It also enables the use of zero power alongside the hibernate power-down mode to effectively manage power utilization on the device.
Conclusion
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