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WARP FPGA Board I/O

10/100 Ethernet

The FPGA board has a 10/100 Ethernet port. This interface uses the Intel LXT972A physical layer Ethernet transceiver. The Ethernet MAC is instantiated in the FPGA. There are three Ethernet status LEDs, described below. These LEDs are only active after the PHY is initialized by a MAC in the FPGA.

The FPGA board's Ethernet interface does not implement auto MDI/MDI-X negotiation.

LabelColorComponentFunction
ActivityGreenD3Blinks with network activity
SpeedAmberD6Glows for 100Mbit links
Link GreenD7Glows with valid PHY link

Xilinx provides a core which implements the 10/100 Ethernet MAC and attaches to the PLB (plb_emac). An evaluation verison of this core is included with the EDK. The evaluation version functions normally in hardware for a fixed time period (around 7 hours) before disabling itself. The full version can be purchased from Xilinx. Universities can also request a donation of the core.

The pin mapping for the FPGA-PHY interface is listed below. For projects built using Base System Builder and the WARP FPGA Board XBD, this interface is constructed automatically.

MII Signal FPGA Pin
COL J26
CRS D29
MDC J24
MDINT G27
MDIO C23
PAUSE H27
RESET J27
RX_CLK E24
RX_D<0> C22
RX_D<1> E21
RX_D<2> C21
RX_D<3> D23
RX_DV F22
RX_ER F21
TX_CLK F20
TX_D<0> D22
TX_D<1> H23
TX_D<2> D26
TX_D<3> G26
TX_EN H22
TX_ER H26
TXSLEW0 H20
TXSLEW1 J22

RS-232 UART

The FPGA board includes a standard RS-232 serial port. The board's female DB9 port is configured just like a PC, with Tx on pin 3, Rx on pin 2 and GND on pin 5. The rest of the signals are unconnected. You must use a null-modem (i.e. crossover) cable to connect this port directly to a PC.

The LVTTL-RS232 level shifting is handled on the FPGA board by a MAX3221 (from Maxim or TI).

The two UART signals are mapped to two FPGA pins:

Signal FPGA Pin
UART Tx AA28
UART Rx AA29

Digital I/O

There are 16-bits of unbuffered 3.3v I/O connected directly to FPGA I/O pins, routed to standard male 100mil header. The header has four ground pins in the corner positions. The 16 I/O signals are labeled at the header. Bits 0-7 are in the top row, bits 8-15 in the bottom, both arranged right-to-left. The FPGA pin mapping is below.

Signal FPGA Pin
Digital I/O[0] K28
Digital I/O[1] G30
Digital I/O[2] H29
Digital I/O[3] H30
Digital I/O[4] J28
Digital I/O[5] F30
Digital I/O[6] E29
Digital I/O[7] D30
Digital I/O[8] K30
Digital I/O[9] J30
Digital I/O[10] K29
Digital I/O[11] J29
Digital I/O[12] G29
Digital I/O[13] H28
Digital I/O[14] F29
Digital I/O[15] E30
Last modified 14 years ago Last modified on Apr 23, 2011, 9:21:47 AM