VCC VW-300

The VCC VW-300 is a FPGA development board. It has an on board XCV300 Xilinx FPGA. This page contains some details for using the board.

FPGA Pins

The following tables contain the FPGA pin numbers for connections to the board's various peripherals.

Data Sheets

Below are a set of links to documents related to the board. Included are data sheets for the various components found on the board, board schematics and some articles.

Data Sheets

Schematics

Articles

Test Designs

Below are a set of links to test designs, these could be used as references, or just to check that the hardware is working.

JTAG Configuration Chain

The FPGA on the VCC board can be configured via a JTAG chain. The image below shows the devices on the chain, the Virtex FPGA and a Xilinx CPLD.

JTAG Chain

It is possible, and probably easier, to use impact from the command line. By using batch files, you can store a set of impact commands. These batch files are then run by using impact's -batch flag, as shown below. The batch file in this case being called boardID.batch.

> impact -batch boardID.batch

The batch file shown below will display the contents of the board's JTAG chain and is useful for checking that the cable is all connected up OK.

# Impact batch File
# Board ID commands for VCC VW-300 board

setMode -bs                          # Set to Boundary Scan Mode
setCable -port lpt2                  # Use Parallel port

identify                             # Identify devices
info                                 # Display information on devices

quit                                 # Quit Impact

This second batch file can be used to configure the FPGA. It reads a bit file called bitFile.bit. You will also need the BSD file xc9536.bsd for the CPLD. This can be found within the files installed with ISE.

# Impact batch File
# Program commands for VCC VW-300 board
# Program Virtex and bypass CPLD

setMode -bs                          # Set to Boundary Scan Mode
setCable -port lpt2                  # Use Parallel port

addDevice -p 1 -file "bitFile.bit"   # Bit File for Vitrex
addDevice -p 2 -part "xc9536.bsd"    # BSD file for CPLD

program -p 1                         # Program device 1 - FPGA

quit                                 # Quit Impact