Spartan Software

Hi

I have a Spartan FPGA, which I would like to program in VHDL. The trouble
is I can't find any software for it. I own the Xilinx WebPack and the
Xilinx ISE 5.2i, both of which list the FPGA but they only allow EDIF
designs (not VHDL).

Does anyone know where I can get the software?

Thanks.

Kev

Look at this page half-way down:
http://support.xilinx.com/support/download.htm


"Kev" <> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I have a Spartan FPGA, which I would like to program in VHDL. The trouble
> is I can't find any software for it. I own the Xilinx WebPack and the
> Xilinx ISE 5.2i, both of which list the FPGA but they only allow EDIF
> designs (not VHDL).
>
> Does anyone know where I can get the software?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

fabbl

"Kev" <> writes:
> I have a Spartan FPGA, which I would like to program in VHDL. The trouble
> is I can't find any software for it. I own the Xilinx WebPack and the
> Xilinx ISE 5.2i, both of which list the FPGA but they only allow EDIF
> designs (not VHDL).
>
> Does anyone know where I can get the software?

There isn't any free (or low cost) software that can do that. If you
don't want to spend lots of money on software, you should use the
Spartan II, Spartan IIE, or Spartan 3 instead. Buying a new FPGA
board will cost you a lot less than the software you need to use
an old Spartan or Spartan XL FPGA.

Eric Smith