the xilinx spartan-3e fpga family

The Xilinx Spartan-3E FPGA family

Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

• Configurable Logic Block (CLB)– Look-up table (LUT)– Register– Logic circuit

• Adder

• Multiplier

• Memory

• Microprocessor

• Input/Output Block (IOB)• Programmable

interconnect

IOB

CLB CLB CLB CLB

CLB CLB CLB CLB

CLB CLB CLB CLB

CLB CLB CLB CLB

IOBIOBIOBIOBIOBIOB IOB

IOB IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB IOB IOB IOB IOB IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

IOB

Xilinx FPGA families

• High performance– Virtex (1998)

• 50K-1M gates, 0.22µm

– Virtex-E/EM (1999)• 50K-4M gates, 0.18µm

– Virtex-II (2000)• 40K-8M gates, 0.15µm

– Virtex-II Pro/X (2002)• 50K-10M gates, 0.13µm

– Virtex-4 (2004) [LX, FX, SX]• 50K-10M gates, 90nm

– Virtex-5 (2006) [LX, LXT, SXT]• 65nm

• Low cost– Spartan-II (2000)

• 15K-200K gates, 0.22µm

– Spartan-IIE (2001)• 50K-600K gates, 0.18µm

– Spartan-3 (2003)• 50K-5M gates, 90nm

– Spartan-3E (2005)• 100K-1.6M gates, 90nm

http://www.xilinx.com

Spartan-3E architecture

Four Types of Interconnect Tiles

Array of Interconnect Tiles

Interconnect Types

Simplified IOB Diagram• 3.3V low-voltage TTL

(LVTTL)• Low-voltage CMOS

(LVCMOS) at 3.3V, 2.5V, 1.8V, 1.5V, or 1.2V

• 3V PCI at 33 MHz, 66 MHz

• HSTL I and III at 1.8V• SSTL I at 1.8V and

2.5V• LVDS, Bus LVDS,

mini-LVDS, RSDS• Differential HSTL,

SSTL• 2.5V LVPECL inputs

Spartan-3 CLB array

Arrangement of Slices within the CLB

Resources in a Slice

Simplified Diagram of the Left-Hand SLICEM

LUT Resources in a Slice

Dedicated Multiplexers

Carry Logic

Using the Carry Logic

RAM16X1D Dual-Port Usage

Logic Cell SRL16 Structure

Block RAM

Dedicated 18x18bit Multiplier

DCM Functional Blocks and Associated Signals

• Clock-skew Elimination

• Frequency Synthesis

• Phase Shifting

Simple DCM usage

Digilent Nexys2

Digilent Nexys2

Basic modeling constructs

Entity Declaration

entity identifier is

[port (port_interface_list);]

{entity_declarative item}

end [entity] [identifier];

interface_list <= (identifier {, …} : [mode] subtype_indication [:= expression]){; …}

mode <= in | out | inout

Entity Declaration

entity adder is port ( a : in word; b : in word; sum : out word);end entity adder;

entity adder is port ( a, b : in word; sum : out word);end entity adder;

entity and_or_inv is port ( a1, a2, b1, b2 : in

bit := '1'; y : out bit );end entity and_or_inv;

entity top_level isend entity top_level;

Entity Declarationentity program_ROM is port ( address : in std_ulogic_vector(14 downto 0); data : out std_ulogic_vector(7 downto 0); enable : in std_ulogic ); subtype instruction_byte is bit_vector(7 downto 0); type program_array is array (0 to 2**14 - 1) of

instruction_byte; constant program : program_array := ( X"32", X"3F", X"03", -- LDA $3F03 X"71", X"23", -- BLT $23 others => X"00„ -- . . . );end entity program_ROM;

Architecture Body

architecture identifier of entity_name is

{block_declarative_item}

begin

{concurrent_statement}

end [architecture][identifier];

Architecture Bodyentity adder is port ( a : in word; b : in word; sum : out word);end entity adder;

architecture abstract of adder isbegin add_a_b : process (a, b) is begin sum <= a + b; end process add_a_b;end architecture abstract;

Signal declaration and assignment

signal identifier {, …} : subtype_indication [:=expression];

[label:] name <= [delay_mechanism] waveform;

waveform <= (value_expression [after time_expression]){, …}

y <= not or_a_b after 5 ns;

Discrete event simulation

• Transaction– After signal assignment, new value at

simulaton time T

• Active signal– Signal is updated at time T

• Event– New value /= old value

Discrete event simulation• Initialization phase

– Each signal is given an initial value– Simulation time is set to 0– Each process is activated– Signals assigned, transactions scheduled

• Simulation cycle– Signal update

• Advance time to the next transaction• Perform all scheduled transactions for this time

– Process execution• Wake processes which is sensitive to the previous events• New events may occur

Signal assignmententity and_or_inv is port ( a1, a2, b1, b2 : in

bit := '1'; y : out bit );end entity and_or_inv;

architecture primitive of and_or_inv is

signal and_a, and_b : bit; signal or_a_b : bit;begin and_gate_a : process (a1,

a2) is begin and_a <= a1 and a2; end process and_gate_a;

and_gate_b : process (b1, b2) is

begin and_b <= b1 and b2; end process and_gate_b; or_gate : process (and_a,

and_b) is begin or_a_b <= and_a or and_b; end process or_gate; inv : process (or_a_b) is begin y <= not or_a_b; end process inv;end architecture primitive;

Signal assignmentstimulus_05_3_a : process is begin or_a_b <= '1' after 20 ns, '0' after 40 ns; wait;end process stimulus_05_3_a;

architecture test of fg_05_04 is constant prop_delay : time := 5 ns; signal a, b, sel, z : bit;begin mux : process (a, b, sel) is begin case sel is when '0' => z <= a after prop_delay; when '1' => z <= b after prop_delay; end case;end process mux;

Signal assignment

clock_gen : process (clk) is begin if clk = '0' then clk <= '1' after T_pw, '0' after 2*T_pw;

end if;end process clock_gen;

process_05_3_b : process is constant T_pw : delay_length := 10 ns;begin clk <= '1' after T_pw, '0' after 2*T_pw; wait for 2*T_pw;end process process_05_3_b;

Signal attributes

S’delayed(T)– A signal that takes on the same value as S but is delayed

by time TS’stable(T)

– A Boolean signal that is true if there has been no event on S in time T interval T up to the current time, othervise false

S’quiet(T)– A Boolean signal that is true if there has been no

transaction on S in time T interval T up to the current time, othervise false

S’transaction– A signal of type bit that changes value from ‘0’ to ‘1’ or

vice versa each time there is a transaction on S

Signal attributes

S’event– True if there is an event on S in the current simulation

cycle, false otherwise

S’active– True if there is a transaction on S in the current simulation

cycle, false otherwise

S’last_event– The time interval since the last event on S

S’last_active– The time interval since the last transaction on S

S’last_value– The value of S just before the last event on S

Examplesconstant Tpw_clk : delay_length := 10 ns;constant Tsu : delay_length := 4 ns;

if clk'event and (clk = '1' or clk = 'H') and (clk'last_value = '0' or clk'last_value = 'L') then

assert d'last_event >= Tsu report "Timing error: d changed within setup time of clk";end if;

assert (not clk'event) or clk'delayed'last_event >= Tpw_clk report "Clock frequency too high";

Wait statement

[label:] wait [on signal_name {, …}] [until boolean_expression] [for time_expression];

Examples

half_add : process isbegin sum <= a xor b after

T_pd; carry <= a and b after

T_pd; wait on a, b;end process half_add;

half_add : process (a, b) isbegin sum <= a xor b after T_pd; carry <= a and b after

T_pd;end process half_add;

Examplesentity mux2 is port ( a, b, sel : in bit; z : out bit );end entity mux2;--------------------------------------------------architecture behavioral of mux2 is constant prop_delay : time := 2 ns;begin slick_mux : process is begin case sel is when '0' => z <= a after prop_delay; wait on sel, a; when '1' => z <= b after prop_delay; wait on sel, b; end case; end process slick_mux;end architecture behavioral;

Examples

wait until clk = '1';report "clk rising edge detected";

wait on clk until reset = '0';report "synchronous reset detected";

wait until trigger = '1' for 1 ms;if trigger'event and trigger = '1' then report "trigger rising edge detected";else report "trigger timeout";end if;

Examples

test_gen : process is

begin

test0 <= '0' after 10 ns, '1' after 20 ns, '0' after 30 ns, '1' after 40 ns;

test1 <= '0' after 10 ns, '1' after 30 ns;

wait;

end process test_gen;

Delta delay

• Signal assignment without after equivalent to a delay of 0 fs

• BUT the signal value does not change as soon as the signal assignment statement is executed

• Assignment schedules a transaction for the signal

• The process does NOT see the effect of the assignment until it next time resumes