Re: Spartan-3A DSP 1800A Dev Board JTAG Cable and Programming Software



Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
I've read comments here and elsewhere that the Digilent
Parallel III cable is a clone of the Xilinx cable. Does anyone know
if Will this cable (Digilent Parallel III) works with this board and
iMPACT or any other Windows based FPGA programmer software? Or is
there a better solution?
Xilinx's parallel cable III is a 74HC125, a diode and a couple resistors.
You could build one of these in half an hour. The schematic is published somewhere on the Xilinx web site.

Jon

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