XEM6002
XC6SLX9 Xilinx Spartan-6

Product Release
2012-10-02

Lifecycle Status
End-of-Life (as of 2021-12-01)
Limited Production (as of 2020-03-05)

Minimum Order Quantity
…existing inventory 1 piece
…then Unavailable

Additional Information
Spartan-6 EOL


1 PC

  • XEM6002
    XC6SLX9 Xilinx Spartan-6

    Out of Stock

The Opal Kelly XEM6002 is an FPGA development board based on a Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA (XC6SLX9-2FTG256C). In addition to a medium gate-count FPGA, the XEM6002 utilizes the high transfer rate of USB 2.0 for configuration downloads, enabling almost instant reprogramming of the FPGA. The XEM6002 features flexible clocking with a multi-output clock generator that can generate clock frequencies from 1 MHz to 150 MHz. If higher frequencies are needed, the clock multipliers in the FPGA can be used.

Prototyping and Semiconductor Evaluation

Equipped with four Digilent Pmod™ Compatible connectors, the XEM6002 can host a wide variety of low-bandwidth peripheral modules available from several semiconductor manufacturers. Providing an 18 additional general purpose I/O signals, the XEM6002 is perfectly suited to semiconductor evaluation and experimentation.

Whitepaper – Semiconductor Evaluation Leveraging COTS FPGAs and Connectors

FrontPanel SDK

The XEM6002 is fully-supported by our FrontPanel SDK making it the best platform for integrating peripheral devices with PC, Mac, QNX, and Linux software.

Applications

  • Semiconductor evaluation platform
  • Rapid hardware prototyping
  • Data acquisition
  • Student / hobbyist FPGA module
  • Custom test equipment
  • Test fixtures
XEM6110-SystemIllustration

Block diagram

Block Diagram
 ARTIX US+ I/O

FrontPanel Virtual Interface

Virtual interface elements such as buttons, LEDs, and hex displays make cumbersome "I/O Boards" a thing of the past.

 SINGLE INPUT POWER

32 Mb SPI Serial Flash (optional)

A 32-Mbit SPI Serial Flash device is available as an OEM option for FPGA configuration or general data storage. For more information please contact Opal Kelly Sales.

SUPERSPEED USB 3.0

Multi-output PLL

The on-board PLL provides flexible clocking to the FPGA and expansion connector.

2 GiB DDR4

Peripheral Connectors

Four (4) "Pods" each provide +3.3v, DGND, and eight general-purpose I/O. Each Pod is a Digilent Pmod™ Compatible connector.

2 GiB DDR4

Bus-Powered

The XEM6002 is a bus-powered device reducing cable count and simplifying the user experience.

Customer Deployments

  • Test system for laser toner remanufacturing equipment
  • Test chips used in power modules
  • Test equipment for infrared cameras
  • Custom boards for aerospace
  • X-ray and gamma-ray radiation detectors

Applications

  • Test fixtures
  • Rapid hardware prototyping
  • Data acquisition
  • Student / hobbyist FPGA module
  • Evaluation platform for your product
  • Custom test equipment

Technical Specifications and Support

Features & Specifications

  • Small form-factor -- credit-card sized (3.5" x 2.0" x 0.61" / 88.9mm x 50.8mm x 15.4mm)
  • High-speed USB 2.0 interface for downloading and control
  • Bus-powered operation
  • Clock generator PLL for programmable clock rate
  • 32 Mb SPI Flash for general storage or standalone FPGA configuration (OEM option)
  • Four pushbuttons
  • Eight LEDs
  • Four Digilent Pmod™ Compatible connectors (32 FPGA I/Os)
  • Single 20-pin dual-row 0.1" header (16 FPGA I/Os, 1 PLL CLK, 1 FPGA GCLKs)
  • JTAG header footprint
  • Full FrontPanel virtual control panel support
  • Transfer rates of up to 36 MBytes/second between the PC and FPGA
  • Complete Application Programmer's Interface (API) in C, C++, C#, Ruby, Python, and Java

Important Note: Firmware source code is not included with the XEM6002.  Of course, full documentation on designing the XEM6002 into your application is included.  Please see the Library items on this page.

Additional Information:

Block Diagram Link

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SlideDeck Link

FPGA

AMD Spartan-6
XC6SLX9-2

FPGA Icon

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Info FPGA List

Info Feature List

Interface

Interface Icon

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Interface USB

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Memory

32-Mib Serial (boot)
(optional)

I/O

Up to 50

Dimensions

3.5″ x 2.0″

Addons

-

is End of Life?

Yes

is Limited Production?

show FrontPanel SDK?

show Step Pricing Info?

No

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