Hello, all, Does anyone know where I can get just a few (5 - 10) Xilinx XCS30-3TQ144C chips? Anybody who has them wants to sell me a minimum of a hundred or more. I just need a few to make repairs on equipment in the field. I just got a board back from a customer who had a lightning strike, and I had to salvage a chip off a test module to get his unit repaired. If anyone has a few of these chips laying around, I'd be glad to pay the going rate for them, too! I can probably use other speed ranges or temp ranges as well. I'm in the US, but that shouldn't make much difference, I seem to be buying my Xilinx chips from Australia these days! Thanks much in advance. Jon
Need just a few 5V Spartan
Started by ●October 31, 2006
Reply by ●October 31, 20062006-10-31
Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> wrote:> Hello, all,> Does anyone know where I can get just a few (5 - 10) Xilinx > XCS30-3TQ144C chips? Anybody who has them wants to sell me > a minimum of a hundred or more. I just need a few to make > repairs on equipment in the field. I just got a board back > from a customer who had a lightning strike, and I had to salvage > a chip off a test module to get his unit repaired.> If anyone has a few of these chips laying around, I'd be glad to > pay the going rate for them, too! I can probably use other speed > ranges or temp ranges as well. I'm in the US, but that shouldn't > make much difference, I seem to be buying my Xilinx chips from > Australia these days!This is again a case for the Xilinx "online shop"... -- Uwe Bonnes bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt --------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ----------
Reply by ●October 31, 20062006-10-31
Have you tried the distributors, including DigiKey? Peter Alfke On Oct 31, 10:12 am, Jon Elson <e...@pico-systems.com> wrote:> Hello, all, > > Does anyone know where I can get just a few (5 - 10) Xilinx > XCS30-3TQ144C chips? Anybody who has them wants to sell me > a minimum of a hundred or more. I just need a few to make > repairs on equipment in the field. I just got a board back > from a customer who had a lightning strike, and I had to salvage > a chip off a test module to get his unit repaired. > > If anyone has a few of these chips laying around, I'd be glad to > pay the going rate for them, too! I can probably use other speed > ranges or temp ranges as well. I'm in the US, but that shouldn't > make much difference, I seem to be buying my Xilinx chips from > Australia these days! > > Thanks much in advance. > > Jon
Reply by ●October 31, 20062006-10-31
Peter Alfke <peter@xilinx.com> wrote:> Have you tried the distributors, including DigiKey? > Peter AlfkeFor the 5 Volt Xilinx series, none of the part is on stock at Digi, and all have quite high minimum order -- Uwe Bonnes bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt --------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ----------
Reply by ●October 31, 20062006-10-31
"Uwe Bonnes" <bon@hertz.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de> wrote in message news:ei8iuu$elg$1@lnx107.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de...> Peter Alfke <peter@xilinx.com> wrote: >> Have you tried the distributors, including DigiKey? >> Peter Alfke > > For the 5 Volt Xilinx series, none of the part is on stock at Digi, > and all have quite high minimum order > > -- > Uwe Bonnes bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de > > Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt > --------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ----------XCS30XL-4TQG144I (or C) are both in stock at Digikey but the -3 speed grades have the 60pc minimum order. Can you get by with the different speed grade?
Reply by ●November 1, 20062006-11-01
Peter Alfke wrote:> Have you tried the distributors, including DigiKey?Digi-Key has NO stock of 5 V Spartan parts. They will gladly order some if I place an order for only 60 parts. That's a $2178 order! This is what I get from a number of "stocking" distributors. Digi-Key dropped the 5 V Spartan line about 2001, I think. Somebody else mentioned the Xilinx store. They don't sell chips, period, as far as I can see. They have links to their franchised distributors, but there is no link at all for Spartan, or Spartan 2 or 2E. Only Spartan 3 and 3E. Jon
Reply by ●November 1, 20062006-11-01
John_H wrote:> "Uwe Bonnes" <bon@hertz.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de> wrote in message > news:ei8iuu$elg$1@lnx107.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de... > >>Peter Alfke <peter@xilinx.com> wrote: >> >>>Have you tried the distributors, including DigiKey? >>>Peter Alfke >> >>For the 5 Volt Xilinx series, none of the part is on stock at Digi, >>and all have quite high minimum order >> >>-- >>Uwe Bonnes bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de >> >>Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt >>--------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ---------- > > > > > XCS30XL-4TQG144I (or C) are both in stock at Digikey but the -3 speed grades > have the 60pc minimum order. Can you get by with the different speed grade? > >Spartan XL is not the 5 V Spartan, it is 3.3 V, and not pin compatible with 5 V Spartan. These chips will not work without major changes to the board. I am doing that, but going to XCS2E. It is a complete from-scratch redesign. Jon
Reply by ●November 1, 20062006-11-01
On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:20:36 GMT, "John_H" <newsgroup@johnhandwork.com> wrote:>"Uwe Bonnes" <bon@hertz.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de> wrote in message >news:ei8iuu$elg$1@lnx107.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de... >> Peter Alfke <peter@xilinx.com> wrote: >>> Have you tried the distributors, including DigiKey? >>> Peter Alfke >> >> For the 5 Volt Xilinx series, none of the part is on stock at Digi, >> and all have quite high minimum order >> >> -- >> Uwe Bonnes bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de >> >> Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt >> --------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ---------- > > > >XCS30XL-4TQG144I (or C) are both in stock at Digikey but the -3 speed grades >have the 60pc minimum order. Can you get by with the different speed grade? >Have you tried www.findchips.com ? plenty of hits on a search for XC2S -is this the correct family?
Reply by ●November 1, 20062006-11-01
Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> wrote:> Spartan XL is not the 5 V Spartan, it is 3.3 V, and not pin compatible > with 5 V Spartan. These chips will not work without major changes to > the board. I am doing that, but going to XCS2E. It is a complete > from-scratch redesign.Consider using XC3S...E. Why stick with XCS2E? -- Uwe Bonnes bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt --------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ----------
Reply by ●November 1, 20062006-11-01
Uwe Bonnes wrote:> Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> wrote: > >>Spartan XL is not the 5 V Spartan, it is 3.3 V, and not pin compatible >>with 5 V Spartan. These chips will not work without major changes to >>the board. I am doing that, but going to XCS2E. It is a complete >>from-scratch redesign. > > > Consider using XC3S...E. > Why stick with XCS2E?My reasoning, at the time this redesign started was based partly on price, the I/O voltages supported, and the size of the ROM needed to download the FPGA. This product has no CPU or other ROM on board. I finally figured out how to use an SST serial flash memory that is incredibly cheap. 1 Mbit for $1.85, and it takes 2 little CMOS chips to get the ROM to start dumping its contents. Maybe I made a mistake, but this product uses a pretty small FPGA by today's standards. I can get the XC2S50-something-TQ144C for $12, I know how to mount it to a board myself, etc. A number of the newer stuff is in packages I at least am not so sure I can handle. Jon
