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Overcoming the Challenges of Embedded Circuit Designs with the Spartan 7 Board

Embedded designs have become a popular design model for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). You need them to fast-track your circuit board designs, integrate several components and complete the designs in real-time.

However, some challenges ranging from a longer configuration time reduce the chances of doing all these with ease. That is the reason why you should consider working with the Spartan 7 board.

It is an FPGA development board, specifically targeted at consumers who want to get the designs completed on time. Rest assured that the board also comes with several components that you can pick from to get the job done faster and excellently too.

How Does the Spartan 7 Board Work?

It is a development board for both enthusiasts and hobbyists in the FPGA field. You can use it to get your designs started almost immediately.

One of the attributes of the board is that it is low-cost, enables flexible circuit board designs and fits into small form-factor use cases.

Tackling FPGA Cost-Sensitivity with the Spartan 7 Development Board

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Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are highly-configured and can be remodified to serve different purposes. It may take some time to get a hang of all these, which is why development boards were manufactured.

With these boards, you get to start making designs, prototypes and basically conceptualization the entire design framework.

The Spartan 7 is optimized for cost-sensitive applications, a market that is continually dwindling because of the high costs of FPGA boards.

The cost-optimized specification of the Spartan 7 extends to the overall reduction in the costs of the Bill of Materials (BOM).

It also includes the XADC and SYSMON that enables the integration of monitoring circuitry and discrete analog.

Expanding the Input and Output (I/O) pins is also possible with the cost-optimized design of the Spartan 7.

Out-of-the-Box Design

By default, the Spartan 7 is an out-of-the-box circuit board design, enabling the flexible configuration of the components.

You don’t necessarily have to depend on external or use several additional components because the Spartan 7 doesn’t rely or have any carrier board.

As a single FPGA development board, it is a one-size-fits-all for different design needs, ranging from small form-factor FPGA packaging applications to those requiring the most stringent requirements.

Features of the Spartan 7 Development Board

Here are some of the features you can be sure of finding on the Spartan 7 development board:

1. Multiple Configuration Options

Get access to several configuration options. The most popular is the JTAG debugger, which comes with the board. The configuration process includes the synthesis and downloading of the codes via the Xilinx Toolchain.

You can also configure the Spartan 7 with a bit-file. To do this, you need to use the Hardware Manager from Xilinx Vivado. The file will be directly programmed into the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).

2. Encryption

Protect the design with the built-in 57-bit binary sequence, which doubles as the DNA serial number. This enables you to encrypt the design through the JTAG.

Improve the security of your design also by using both the SHA-256 bitstream symmetric authentication and the AES256 CBC Mode bitstream decryption mode.

Conclusion

Both beginners and FPGA hobbyists will find the Spartan 7 a reliable development board to design and modify the designs of a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).

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