What do I need to start using a Digilent FPGA/CPLD board?
Digilent programmable logic boards ship with an appropriate power supply and programming cable, as needed. All Digilent programmable logic boards feature programmable logic devices from Xilinx. Appropriate software is needed to develop logic designs to be loaded onto the boards. Digilent does not produce the logic design and synthesis software. Xilinx has three options for design and synthesis software. Xilinx ISE is a complete, full-featured, logic design environment. It supports both schematic entry and HDL entry of designs and supports both the VHDL and Verilog hardware definition languages. ISE must be licensed from Xilinx, although the Xilinx University Program (XUP) provides free licenses for most academic users. The Xilinx ISE WebPACK™ is a subset of the full ISE tool that anyone can download for free from the Xilinx web site. It requires a free license that can be obtained via registration on the Xilinx web site. WebPACK provides basic design entry, synthesis, and simulation su
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