Specifications

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Specifications
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EPXA1 Development Board
Features
■ Powerful development board for embedded processor FPGA designs
– Features an EPXA1F484 device
– Supports intellectual property-based (IP-based) designs using a
microprocessor
■ Industry-standard interconnections
– 10/100 megabits per second (Mbps) Ethernet
– Two RS-232 ports
■ Memory subsystem
– 8 Mbytes of flash memory
– 32 Mbytes of single data rate (SDR) SDRAM
■ Multiple clocks for communications system design
■ Multiple ports for configuration and debugging
– IEEE Std. 1149.1 Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
– Support for configuring the EPXA1 device using flash memory,
with a MasterBlaster
™
or ByteBlasterMV
™
cable
– Multi-ICE header for debugging
■ Expansion headers for greater flexibility and capacity
– 5-V standard expansion header
– 5-V long expansion card header
■ Additional user-interface features
– One user-definable 8-bit dual in-line package (DIP) switch block
– Four user-definable push-button switches, plus reset switch
– Ten user-definable LEDs, plus function-specific LEDs
■ Test points provided to facilitate system development
Functional
Overview
The EPXA1 development board is a powerful, low-cost, product which
you can use as a desktop hardware platform to start developing
embedded systems immediately. In addition, the board can be used for
system prototyping, emulation, hardware and software development or
other special requirements. The development board provides a flexible,
powerful debug and development environment to support the
development of systems using Excalibur
™
devices.