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PCI Literature and App-Notes

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Our PCI library, and the means in which to order documentation, is constantly expanding. Refer to this page whenever you need the latest status on Xilinx PCI literature.


Last updated 2/3/97

Document Summary

PCI Documentation Status Date
Contents of Xilinx PCI Design Kit
Using Programmable Logic in PCI Designs
1/96
XC3100A Component Electrical Checklist

XC4000E Component Electrical Checklist

XC73108 Component Electrical Checklist

XC73144 Component Electrical Checklist

LogiCORE Press Releasepdf
7/29/96
LogiCORE PCI Interface Master & Slave Datasheetpdf NEW 10/96
XC3164A PCI Application Notepdf (171kB)
1/95
Implementing FIFOs in XC4000 Series RAMpdf (222kB) Revised 7/7/96
Article Reprint: High-Speed State Machine Design
7/95
Additional Xilinx PCI Documentation
LogiCORE PCI Master & Slave Interface User Guide NEW 8/2/96
LogiCORE PCI Protocol Compliance Checklistpdf NEW 7/7/96
FPGA Compiler Design Methodology Using Drop-in LogiCore Elementspdf
3/30/96

Document Descriptions

Xilinx PCI Design Kit
The PCI Design Kit contains a hard copy of all of the Xilinx PCI literature listed in the table at the top of this page plus a diskette of the design files of our free PCI reference designs. Use the literature@xilinx.com email to order this kit. We will need a complete mailing address.

X-Note 5A: Using Programmable Logic in PCI Designs
This X-Note focuses primarily on how PCI compliance relates to programmable logic and how many claims of PCI-compliant PLDs are incomplete and potentially misleading. Know the full story before you commit to a particular device or design. Also included is a guide for selecting the most suitable device for your design.

Component Electrical Checklists
The component electrical checklist is a list of electrical parameters specified by the PCI Special Interest Group that integrated circuits must adhere to in order to be electrically compliant to the PCI specification . Completed checklists are available for the Xilinx programmable logic families listed in the summary table above.

Xilinx LogiCORE(TM) Solutions
Xilinx LogiCORE (tm) Solutions are logic modules for highly integrated system building blocks. The first LogiCORE release is the PCI Interface Module, the programmable logic industry's most successful, fully-tested and pre-implemented PCI Interface module.

Application Note: Fully Compliant PCI Interface in an XC3164A FPGA
A PCI Target interface implemented in a Xilinx XC3100A-2 FPGA device. VIEWlogic schematics and Verilog source code are available. The Verilog source has been optimized for use with Exemplar Logic's CORE logic synthesis software.

Application Note: Implementing FIFOs in XC4000E RAM
This Application Note demonstrates how to use the new RAM modes in the XC4000E logic block. A PCI Write FIFO is implemented in several different ways, using various combinations of asynchronous and synchronous, level-sensitive and edge-triggered, single-port and dual-port RAM.

Article Reprint: High-Speed State Machine Design
This article focuses on a methodology for developing fast state machines that achieve both function and performance in FPGAs. PCI state machines are analyzed as an example.

LogiCore PCI Interface User Guide
The User Guide gives you a complete description of the LogiCore PCI Interface and how it is implemented in the Xilinx XC4000E FPGA family. Use the  form to request this document.

FPGA Compiler Design Methodology Using LogiCORE Modules
This Application Note addresses the design flow used to insert a PCI Target LogiCORE into a VHDL design that is processed using Synopsis' FPGA Compiler. The flow using Design Compiler is similar.


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