Anyone with Xilinx SP305-board ?

Seemed like a good deal, but the board was only around for purchase a few
months, so I guess there aren't to many  around ? Thats a shame, really ! It
is as far as I can tell a good board, It has a good  an powerfull FPGA;
Spartan 3-1500 and enough power to fullfill the requirements of my masters
degree.  But the board are no longer available ? I was kind'a hoping
draining knowledge from other users of this board...

John Smith wrote:
> Seemed like a good deal, but the board was only around for purchase a few
> months, so I guess there aren't to many  around ? Thats a shame, really ! It
> is as far as I can tell a good board, It has a good  an powerfull FPGA;
> Spartan 3-1500 and enough power to fullfill the requirements of my masters
> degree.  But the board are no longer available ? I was kind'a hoping
> draining knowledge from other users of this board...

Have you tried searching on the Xilinx website. I was able to find:

http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards/sp305/reference_designs.htm
http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xebiz/designResources/ip_product_details.jsp?key=HW-SP305-US&sGlobalNavPick=PRODUCTS&sSecondaryNavPick=BOARDS

Between the two, there are reference designs (with working UCF files),
schematics, and a user guide.

-Seth

John

What are your requirements for a board? We can match the XC3S1500 on a
number of our products just a question of what else you want on board.
Have a look at our University Access program for discounts etc. Click
the big green square on top right of our root page for details or
directly at http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/uap/uap.html.

John Adair
Enterpoint Ltd.


John Smith wrote:
> Seemed like a good deal, but the board was only around for purchase a few
> months, so I guess there aren't to many  around ? Thats a shame, really ! It
> is as far as I can tell a good board, It has a good  an powerfull FPGA;
> Spartan 3-1500 and enough power to fullfill the requirements of my masters
> degree.  But the board are no longer available ? I was kind'a hoping
> draining knowledge from other users of this board...

"radarman" <jshamlet@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> John Smith wrote:
> > Seemed like a good deal, but the board was only around for purchase a
few

> Have you tried searching on the Xilinx website. I was able to find:
>
> http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards/sp305/reference_designs.htm
>
http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xebiz/designResources/ip_product_details.jsp?key=HW-SP305-US&sGlobalNavPick=PRODUCTS&sSecondaryNavPick=BOARDS
>
> Between the two, there are reference designs (with working UCF files),
> schematics, and a user guide.
>
> -Seth

Thanks for the tips, I will check it out. It seems kind'a strange to me
though that Xilinx is discontinuing this board after a few months on the
market ?  Why is that ?

>
> Have you tried searching on the Xilinx website. I was able to find:
>
> http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards/sp305/reference_designs.htm
>
http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xebiz/designResources/ip_product_details.jsp?key=HW-SP305-US&sGlobalNavPick=PRODUCTS&sSecondaryNavPick=BOARDS
>
> Between the two, there are reference designs (with working UCF files),
> schematics, and a user guide.
>

Well, I've checked  it out now, and I have downloaded all this stuff before,
so nothing new. In fact, I had to make my own  "master" UCF-file for this
board. Maybe there are some hidden treasures in the EDK files, but I'm only
using ISE.

And Xilinx does not offer any customer support either.

Not a good way to treat future customers.

John,

It is listed as out of stock.

How does that equate to discontinued?

I think I missed something.

Austin

Commercial advertising are still banned on news, right ?

"John Adair" <g1@enterpoint.co.uk> wrote in message
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> John
>
> What are your requirements for a board? We can match the XC3S1500 on a
> number of our products just a question of what else you want on board.
> Have a look at our University Access program for discounts etc. Click
> the big green square on top right of our root page for details or
> directly at http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/uap/uap.html.
>
> John Adair
> Enterpoint Ltd.
>
>
> John Smith wrote:
> > Seemed like a good deal, but the board was only around for purchase a
few
> > months, so I guess there aren't to many  around ? Thats a shame, really
! It
> > is as far as I can tell a good board, It has a good  an powerfull FPGA;
> > Spartan 3-1500 and enough power to fullfill the requirements of my
masters
> > degree.  But the board are no longer available ? I was kind'a hoping
> > draining knowledge from other users of this board...
>

"Austin Lesea" <austin@xilinx.com> wrote in message
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> John,
>
> It is listed as out of stock.
>
> How does that equate to discontinued?
>
> I think I missed something.
>
The board is listed as "no longer available".

So you missed something, yes ! A fundamental knowledge of the english
language....

What about the ML401.  It's about the same price.  You get a Virtex 4
instead of the Spartan 3.  The peripherals look about the same.  The
LX25 is a little smaller than the S3-1500, but not tons smaller and
it's still supported by webpack.

-Arlen

John Smith wrote:
> "Austin Lesea" <austin@xilinx.com> wrote in message
> news:e6cs9c$7bn18@xco-news.xilinx.com...
> > John,
> >
> > It is listed as out of stock.
> >
> > How does that equate to discontinued?
> >
> > I think I missed something.
> >
> The board is listed as "no longer available".
>
> So you missed something, yes ! A fundamental knowledge of the english
> language....

"Austin Lesea" <austin@xilinx.com> wrote in message
news:e6cs9c$7bn18@xco-news.xilinx.com...
> John,
>
> It is listed as out of stock.
>
> How does that equate to discontinued?
>
> I think I missed something.
>
> Austin

Well, Austin deare, I did not  meen to be rude, but when I buy hardware for
about $400, it would be very nice to have an e-mail address to post simple
questions, an get some answers to. Thats not to much to ask for.

It's kind'a like the ultimatium the US ambassador in Norway has given us:
Either you are with us, or you are against us ! (He IS a fool !)

I would not put it quite like that, I would say; I you dont offer propper
support, you will loose me as a customer. Maybe you'll regret that some
time. Remenber the first days of   The Beatles ?

I'll always manage. I'll just switch to one of Xilinxs competitors.