MIMAS V2 is a feature-packed yet low-cost FPGA Development board featuring AMD Spartan-6 FPGA. MIMAS V2 is specially designed for experimenting and learning system design with FPGAs. This development board features AMD SPARTAN XC6SLX9 CSG324 FPGA with onboard 512Mb DDR SDRAM. The USB 2.0 interface provides fast and easy configuration download to the onboard SPI flash. No need to buy an expensive programmer or special downloader cable to download the bitstream to the board.

Features

- FPGA: AMD Spartan XC6SLX9 in CSG324 package
- DDR Memory: 166MHz 512Mb LPDDR (MT46H32M16LF/W949D6CBHX6E)

Flash memory: 16 Mb SPI flash memory (M25P16)
USB 2.0 interface for On-board flash programming
FPGA configuration via JTAG and USB
8 LEDs, Six Push Buttons, and 8 way DIP switch for user-defined purposes
VGA Connector
Stereo Jack
Micro SD Card Adapter
Three-Digit Seven Segment Displays
32 IOs for user-defined purposes
Four 6×2 Expansion Connectors
Onboard voltage regulators for single power rail operation

Applications

Product Prototype Development
Signal Processing
Learning Digital Electronics
Educational tool for schools and universities

If you would like to develop and prototype more powerful applications please review our latest additions to the FPGA family, our Mimas A7 FPGA Development Board, and Narvi S7 FPGA Module featuring AMD’s Artix-7 and Spartan-7 FPGAs.

Specifications

Attribute	Value
Weight	0.2 lbs
Dimensions	6 × 4 × 1 in
FPGA	XC6SLX9
Memory	LPDDR 512Mbits
Number Of Clock Sources	1
Primary Clock Frequency	100MHz
Data Storage	Micro SD Slot
Display Type	Seven Segment LED
Audio Codec	PWM
Audio Out	Analog
Switches	DIP, Push Button
Number Of GPIOs (Max)	32
Number Of General Purpose LEDs	8
Configuration Options	JTAG, USB
HTS	8542.39.0001
ECCN	EAR99

Sample Code

Name	Language/Technology	IDE	Hardware Modules Required
16×2 LCD Display	Verilog	Xilinx ISE	Alphanumeric LCD Display Expansion Module
LEDs	Verilog	Xilinx ISE	None
Push Button Switch	Verilog	Xilinx ISE	None
Seven Segment LED Display	Verilog	Xilinx ISE	Seven Segment LED Display Expansion Module
8Bit VGA	Verilog	Xilinx ISE	None
LM4550 AC97 Audio	Verilog	Xilinx ISE	LM4550 AC97 Expansion Module
CS4344 Stereo Audio	Verilog	Xilinx ISE	CS4344 Audio Expansion Module
HDMI Transmitter	Verilog	Xilinx ISE	HDMI Transmitter Expansion Module