XESS XStend XS40 User manual

RELEASE DATE: 7/5/1999
XStend Board V1.3 ManualXStend Board V1.3 Manual
How to install and use
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Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Limited Warranty.............................................................................................1
Getting Help!...................................................................................................3
Packing List.....................................................................................................3
XStend Board Features ..................................................................................4
XS40/XS95 Board Mounting Area............................................................5
LEDs.........................................................................................................6
Switches...................................................................................................8
VGA Interface...........................................................................................9
PS/2 Keyboard Interface........................................................................10
RAMs......................................................................................................10
Stereo Codec .........................................................................................12
XILINX Xchecker Interface.....................................................................13
Prototyping Area.....................................................................................13
Daughterboard Connector......................................................................14
Displaying Switch Settings on the XStend Board LEDs...............................20
Displaying Graphics from RAM Through the VGA Interface........................23
VGA Color Signals .................................................................................23
VGA Signal Timing.................................................................................24
VGA Signal Generator Algorithm ...........................................................25
VGA Signal Generator in VHDL.............................................................27
Reading Keyboard Scan Codes Through the PS/2 Interface.......................35
Inputting and Outputting Stereo Signals Through the Codec.......................39

Getting Help!
If you follow the instructions in this manual and you encounter problems, here are some
places to get help:
nIf you can't get the XStend Board hardware to work, send an e-mail message
describing your problem to [email protected] or check our web site at
http://www.xess.com/FPGA.
nIf you can't get your XILINX software tools installed properly, send an e-mail message
describing your problem to [email protected] or check their web site at
http://www.xilinx.com/support/searchtd.htm.
Packing List
Here is what you should have received in your package:
nan XStend Board;
na 3.5" floppy diskette or CDROM with documentation on the XStend Board.
Preliminaries
Chapter
1

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The XS40 and XS95 Boards offer a flexible, low-cost method of prototyping FPGA and
CPLD designs. However, their small physical size limits the amount of support circuitry
they can hold. The XStend Board removes this limitation by providing additional support
circuitry that the XS40 and XS95 Boards can access through their breadboard interfaces.
The XStend Board contains resources that extend the range of applications of the XS
Boards into three areas:
nThe pushbuttons, DIP switches, LEDs, and prototyping area are useful for basic lab
experiments. These features in combination with the XS Boards replicate the
functionality of the older HW/UW FPGABOARD.
nThe VGA monitor interface, PS/2 keyboard/mouse interface, and static RAM let the
XS Boards be used in video and computing experiments.
nThe stereo codec and dual-channel analog input/output circuitry are useful for
processing of audio signals in combination with DSP circuits synthesized with
XILINX's CORE generation software.
XStend Board Features
The XStend Board extends the capabilities of the XS40 and XS95 Boards by providing:
nmounting sockets for both an XS40 and an XS95 Board;
nadditional bargraph LED and LED digits;
npushbutton and DIP switches;
nan interface to VGA monitors;
nan interface to a PS/2-style keyboard or mouse;
nan additional 64 Kbytes of static RAM (optional);
na stereo codec with left/right input and output channels.
nan interface to the XILINX Xchecker cable;
na 2.75"×3.5" prototyping area with selectable 3.3V or 5V supply;
Chapter
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XStend Overview

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na 42×2 header connector for add-on daughterboards.
These resources are shown in the simplified view of the XStend Board (Figure 1). Each of
these resources will be described below.

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them access to all the resources of the XStend Board. To use an XS40 Board with the
XStend Board, insert it into the right-most columns of the socket strips. When using an
XS95 Board, you should insert it into the left-most columns of the sockets. There are
markings on the XStend Board to indicate the appropriate column for each type of XS
Board.
If the XS Board is connected to a power supply through jack J9, then its power regulation
circuitry will supply VCC and GND to the XStend Board through the mounting sockets.
XS40 Boards with 3.3V FPGAs will supply both 3.3V and 5V to the XStend Board, while
XS40 Boards with 5V FPGAs and XS95 Boards will supply only 5V.
Warning: Version 1.0 of the XS40 Board with a 3.3V XC4000XL FPGA will not work
with the XStend Board because it supplies 3.3V but no 5V! You must replace the
XC4000XL FPGA with an XC4000E FPGA and remove the J8 jumper on the XS40
board to switch the board to 5V operation. Ignore this warning if you have Version
1.1 or higher.
External voltage supplies can also be used with the XStend Board. A 5V power supply
can be connected to header J12 and a 3.3V supply can be attached to header J14 as
shown in Figure 2. These supplies will power the attached XS Board as well as the
XStend electronics.
•Figure 2:Connection of external power supplies to the XStend Board.
Warning: Do not attach external voltage supplies while also supplying power to the
XStend Board with an XS Board.
Warning: Never place shunts on either J12 or J14 or you will short the power
supplies to ground and damage the XStend Board and the attached XS Board..
LEDs
The XStend Board provides a bargraph LED with eight LEDs (D1—D8) and two more
LED displays (U1 and U2) for use by an XS Board. All of these LEDs are active-low
meaning that an LED segment will glow when a logic-low is applied to it.
The LEDs are enabled and disabled by setting the shunts on the 2-pin jumpers as
described in Table 1.
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•Table 1:Jumper settings for XStend LEDs.
JumperJumper SettingSetting
J8 Removing the shunt on this jumper disconnects the power from bargraph LEDs D1—D8. Placing the shunt on the
jumper enables the bargraph LEDs.
J4 Removing the shunt on this jumper disconnects the power from left LED digit U1. Placing the shunt on the jumper
enables the LED digit.
J7 Removing the shunt on this jumper disconnects the power from right LED digit U2. Placing the shunt on the jumper
enables the LED digit.
J13 A shunt placed on this jumper will enable the LEDs when you are using the XStend Board with an XS95 Board. This
shunt must be removed if you are using an XS40 Board with the XStend Board!!
Listing 1and Listing 2show the connections from the XS40 and XS95 Boards to the
LEDs on the XStend Board expressed as UCF constraints (for the UCF syntax and usage
tips, check out http://www.xilinx.com/techdocs/2449.htm).
•Listing 1:Connections between the XStend LEDs and the XS40.
# LEFT LED DIGIT SEGMENT CONNECTIONS (ACTIVE-LOW)
NET LSB<0> LOC=P3;
NET LSB<1> LOC=P4;
NET LSB<2> LOC=P5;
NET LSB<3> LOC=P78;
NET LSB<4> LOC=P79;
NET LSB<5> LOC=P82;
NET LSB<6> LOC=P83;
NET LDPB LOC=P84;
#
# RIGHT LED DIGIT SEGMENT CONNECTIONS (ACTIVE-LOW)
NET RSB<0> LOC=P59;
NET RSB<1> LOC=P57;
NET RSB<2> LOC=P51;
NET RSB<3> LOC=P56;
NET RSB<4> LOC=P50;
NET RSB<5> LOC=P58;
NET RSB<6> LOC=P60;
NET RDPB LOC=P28;
#
# INDIVIDUAL LED CONNECTIONS (ACTIVE-LOW)
NET DB<1> LOC=P41;
NET DB<2> LOC=P40;
NET DB<3> LOC=P39;
NET DB<4> LOC=P38;
NET DB<5> LOC=P35;
NET DB<6> LOC=P81;
NET DB<7> LOC=P80;
NET DB<8> LOC=P10;
•Listing 2: Connections between the XStend LEDs and the XS95.
# LEFT LED DIGIT SEGMENT CONNECTIONS (ACTIVE-LOW)
NET LSB<0> LOC=P1;

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NET LSB<1> LOC=P2;
NET LSB<2> LOC=P3;
NET LSB<3> LOC=P75;
NET LSB<4> LOC=P79;
NET LSB<5> LOC=P82;
NET LSB<6> LOC=P83;
NET LDPB LOC=P84;
#
# RIGHT LED DIGIT SEGMENT CONNECTIONS (ACTIVE-LOW)
NET RSB<0> LOC=P58;
NET RSB<1> LOC=P56;
NET RSB<2> LOC=P54;
NET RSB<3> LOC=P55;
NET RSB<4> LOC=P53;
NET RSB<5> LOC=P57;
NET RSB<6> LOC=P61;
NET RDPB LOC=P34;
#
# INDIVIDUAL LED CONNECTIONS (ACTIVE-LOW)
NET DB<1> LOC=P44;
NET DB<2> LOC=P43;
NET DB<3> LOC=P41;
NET DB<4> LOC=P40;
NET DB<5> LOC=P39;
NET DB<6> LOC=P37;
NET DB<7> LOC=P36;
NET DB<8> LOC=P35;
Switches
The XStend has a bank of eight DIP switches and two pushbuttons (labeled SPARE and
RESET) that are accessible from an XS Board. (There is a third pushbutton labeled
PROGRAM, which is used to initiate the programming of the XS40 Board. It is not
intended to be a general-purpose input.)
When closed or ON, each DIP switch pulls the connected pin of the XS Board to ground.
When the DIP switch is open or OFF, the pin is pulled high through a 10KΩresistor.
When not being used, the DIP switches should be left in the open or OFF
configuration so the pins of the XS Board are not tied to ground and can freely
move between logic low and high levels.
When pressed, each pushbutton pulls the connected pin of the XS Board to ground.
Otherwise, the pin is pulled high through a 10 KΩresistor.
Listing 3and Listing 4show the connections from the XS40 and XS95 Boards to the
switches on the XStend Board expressed as UCF constraints.
•Listing 3: Connections between the XStend DIP and pushbutton switches and the XS40.
# DIP SWITCH CONNECTIONS
NET DIPSW<1> LOC=P7;
NET DIPSW<2> LOC=P8;
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NET DIPSW<3> LOC=P9;
NET DIPSW<4> LOC=P6;
NET DIPSW<5> LOC=P77;
NET DIPSW<6> LOC=P70;
NET DIPSW<7> LOC=P66;
NET DIPSW<8> LOC=P69;
#
# PUSHBUTTON SWITCH CONNECTIONS (ACTIVE-LOW)
NET SPAREB LOC=P67;
NET RESETB LOC=P37;
•Listing 4:Connections between the XStend DIP and pushbutton switches and the XS95.
# DIP SWITCH CONNECTIONS
NET DIPSW<1> LOC=P6;
NET DIPSW<2> LOC=P7;
NET DIPSW<3> LOC=P11;
NET DIPSW<4> LOC=P5;
NET DIPSW<5> LOC=P72;
NET DIPSW<6> LOC=P71;
NET DIPSW<7> LOC=P66;
NET DIPSW<8> LOC=P70;
#
# PUSHBUTTON SWITCH CONNECTIONS (ACTIVE-LOW)
NET SPAREB LOC=P67;
NET RESETB LOC=P10;
VGA Interface
The XStend Board provides an XS Board with an interface to a VGA monitor through
connector J5. (Version 1.2 and higher of the XS Boards already have their own VGA
interfaces, so the XStend circuitry is redundant for them.) The XS Board can drive the
active-low horizontal and vertical sync signals that control the width and height of the video
frame. The XS Board also has access to two bits each of red, green, and blue color
signals so it can generate pixels in any of 22×22×22=64 different colors.
Listing 5and Listing 6show the connections from the XS40 and XS95 Boards to the
VGA interface of the XStend Board. (These pin assignments are identical to the pin
assignments for the XS Boards, which have their own VGA interfaces.)
•Listing 5:Connections between the XStend VGA interface and the XS40.
# VGA CONNECTIONS
NET VSYNCB LOC=P67;
NET HSYNCB LOC=P19;
NET RED<1> LOC=P18;
NET RED<0> LOC=P23;
NET GREEN<1> LOC=P20;
NET GREEN<0> LOC=P24;
NET BLUE<1> LOC=P26;
NET BLUE<0> LOC=P25;

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•Listing 6:Connections between the XStend VGA interface and the XS95.
# VGA CONNECTIONS
NET VSYNCB LOC=P24;
NET HSYNCB LOC=P15;
NET RED<1> LOC=P14;
NET RED<0> LOC=P18;
NET GREEN<1> LOC=P17;
NET GREEN<0> LOC=P19;
NET BLUE<1> LOC=P23;
NET BLUE<0> LOC=P21;
PS/2 Keyboard Interface
The XStend Board provides an XS Board with a PS/2-style interface (mini-DIN connector
J6) to either a keyboard or a mouse. The XS Board receives two signals from the PS/2
interface: a clock signal and a serial data stream that is synchronized with the falling edges
on the clock signal.
Listing 7and Listing 8show the connections from the XS40 and XS95 Boards to the
PS/2 interface of the XStend Board (expressed as UCF constraints):
•Listing 7: Connections between the XStend PS/2 interface and the XS40.
# PS/2 KEYBOARD CONNECTIONS
NET KB_CLK LOC=P68;
NET KB_DATA LOC=P69;
•Listing 8:Connections between the XStend PS/2 interface and the XS95.
# PS/2 KEYBOARD CONNECTIONS
NET KB_CLK LOC=P26;
NET KB_DATA LOC=P70;
RAMs
The XStend Board adds an additional 64 KBytes of RAM to the 32 KBytes already on the
XS Board. The XStend RAM connects to the same pins as the XS Board RAM for the
address bus, data bus, write-enable, and output-enable. The chip-selects of the XStend
Board RAMs are connected to different pins so all the RAMs can be individually selected.
Listing 9and Listing 10 show the connections from the XS40 and XS95 Boards to their
own RAMs and the RAMs of the XStend Board (expressed as UCF constraints):
•Listing 9:Connections between the XStend RAMs and the XS40.
NET D<0> LOC=P41; # DATA BUS
NET D<1> LOC=P40;
NET D<2> LOC=P39;
NET D<3> LOC=P38;
NET D<4> LOC=P35;
NET D<5> LOC=P81;

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NET D<6> LOC=P80;
NET D<7> LOC=P10;
NET A<0> LOC=P3; # LOWER BYTE OF ADDRESS
NET A<1> LOC=P4;
NET A<2> LOC=P5;
NET A<3> LOC=P78;
NET A<4> LOC=P79;
NET A<5> LOC=P82;
NET A<6> LOC=P83;
NET A<7> LOC=P84;
NET A<8> LOC=P59; # UPPER BYTE OF ADDRESS
NET A<9> LOC=P57;
NET A<10> LOC=P51;
NET A<11> LOC=P56;
NET A<12> LOC=P50;
NET A<13> LOC=P58;
NET A<14> LOC=P60;
NET WEB LOC=P62; # ACTIVE-LOW WRITE-ENABLE FOR ALL RAMS
NET OEB LOC=P61; # ACTIVE-LOW OUTPUT-ENABLE FOR ALL RAMS
NET CEB LOC=P65; # ACTIVE-LOW CHIP-ENABLE FOR XS40 RAM
NET LCEB LOC=P7; # ACTIVE-LOW CHIP-ENABLE FOR LEFT XSTEND RAM
NET RCEB LOC=P8; # ACTIVE-LOW CHIP-ENABLE FOR RIGHT XSTEND RAM
•Listing 10:Connections between the XStend RAMs and the XS95.
NET D<0> LOC=P44; # DATA BUS
NET D<1> LOC=P43;
NET D<2> LOC=P41;
NET D<3> LOC=P40;
NET D<4> LOC=P39;
NET D<5> LOC=P37;
NET D<6> LOC=P36;
NET D<7> LOC=P35;
NET A<0> LOC=P75; # LOWER BYTE OF ADDRESS
NET A<1> LOC=P79;
NET A<2> LOC=P82;
NET A<3> LOC=P84;
NET A<4> LOC=P1;
NET A<5> LOC=P3;
NET A<6> LOC=P83;
NET A<7> LOC=P2;
NET A<8> LOC=P58; # UPPER BYTE OF ADDRESS
NET A<9> LOC=P56;
NET A<10> LOC=P54;
NET A<11> LOC=P55;
NET A<12> LOC=P53;
NET A<13> LOC=P57;
NET A<14> LOC=P61;
NET WEB LOC=P63; # ACTIVE-LOW WRITE-ENABLE FOR ALL RAMS
NET OEB LOC=P62; # ACTIVE-LOW OUTPUT-ENABLE FOR ALL RAMS
NET CEB LOC=P65; # ACTIVE-LOW CHIP-ENABLE FOR XS95 RAM
NET LCEB LOC=P6; # ACTIVE-LOW CHIP-ENABLE FOR LEFT XSTEND RAM
NET RCEB LOC=P7; # ACTIVE-LOW CHIP-ENABLE FOR RIGHT XSTEND RAM

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Stereo Codec
The XStend Board has a stereo codec that accepts two analog input channels from jack
J9, digitizes the analog values, and sends the digital values to the XS Board as a serial bit
stream. The codec also accepts a serial bit stream from the XS Board and converts it into
two analog output signals, which exit the XStend Board through jack J10.
The codec is configured by placing shunts on the jumpers as indicated in Table 2.
•Table 2:Jumper settings for XStend codec.
Jumper Setting
J11 Placing a shunt on this jumper disables the codec by holding it in the reset state. No shunt should be placed
on this jumper when the codec is being used.
J17 Removing this shunt prevents the codec’s serial data output from reaching the XS Board. A shunt should be
placed on this jumper when the codec is being used.
Listing 11 and Listing 12 show the connections from the XS40 Board to the codec
interface on the XStend Board (expressed as UCF constraints):
•Listing 11: Connections between the XStend stereo codec and the XS40 Board.
# STEREO CODEC CONNECTIONS
NET MCLK LOC=P9; # MASTER CLOCK TO CODEC
NET LRCK LOC=P66; # LEFT/RIGHT CODEC CHANNEL SELECT
NET SCLK LOC=P77; # SERIAL DATA CLOCK
NET SDOUT LOC=P6; # SERIAL DATA OUTPUT FROM CODEC
NET SDIN LOC=P70; # SERIAL DATA INPUT TO CODEC
NET CCLK LOC=P44; # CONTROL SIGNAL CLOCK
NET CDIN LOC=P45; # SERIAL CONTROL INPUT TO CODEC
NET CSB LOC=P46; # SERIAL CONTROL CHIP SELECT
•Listing 12:Connections between the XStend stereo codec and the XS95 Board.
# STEREO CODEC CONNECTIONS
NET MCLK LOC=P11; # MASTER CLOCK TO CODEC
NET LRCK LOC=P5; # LEFT/RIGHT CODEC CHANNEL SELECT
NET SCLK LOC=P72; # SERIAL DATA CLOCK
NET SDOUT LOC=P66; # SERIAL DATA OUTPUT FROM CODEC
NET SDIN LOC=P71; # SERIAL DATA INPUT TO CODEC
NET CCLK LOC=P46; # CONTROL SIGNAL CLOCK
NET CDIN LOC=P47; # SERIAL CONTROL INPUT TO CODEC
NET CSB LOC=P48; # SERIAL CONTROL CHIP SELECT
The analog stereo input and output signals enter and exit the XStend Board through the
1/8” jacks J9 and J10, respectively. The output of an audio CD player can be input
through J9 and a set of small stereo headphones can be connected to J10 for listening to
the processed output.
The digitized data output from the codec passes through jumper J17 on its way to the XS
Board inserted in the XStend Board. A shunt should be placed on J17 when the codec is
being used. Because the serial data output of the codec is not tristatable and because it

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shares the input to the XS Board with other resources on the XStend Board, the shunt on
J17 should be removed when the codec is not being used.
XILINX Xchecker Interface
An XS40 Board inserted in the XStend Board can be configured and tested using a
XILINX Xchecker cable attached to header J19. When using the Xchecker cable, you
must not connect the cable between the XS Board and the parallel port of the PC. In
addition, when using the Xchecker cable with an XStend/XS40 combination, you must
make the following adjustments to the XS40 Board:
nRemove the shunts from jumpers J4, J6, J10 and J11 of the XS40 Board;
nRemove the serial EPROM from socket U7.
The connections between the Xchecker cable and the XS40 Board is listed in Table 3.
•Table 3:Connections between the XStend Board Xchecker interface and the XS40 Board.
Xchecker Pin
XS40 Pin
1 – VCC (+5V)
2
2 – RT
32
3 – GND
52
4 – RD
30
6 – TRIG
7
7 – CCLK
73
9 – DONE
53
10 – TDI
15
11 – DIN
71
12 – TCK
16
13 – PROGRAM
55
14 – TMS
17
15 – INIT
41
16 – CLKI
13
17 – RST
8
18 – CLKO
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Prototyping Area
The XStend Board has a prototyping area consisting of component through-holes on an
0.1"×0.1" grid interspersed with a network of alternating VCC and GND buses as shown in
Figure 5. The buses carrying VCC run on the top side of the XStend Board while the GND
buses run on the bottom side. The VCC and GND buses have connection holes in which
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•Figure 3:Top-side view of the network of VCC and GND buses around the component through-holes
in the XStend Board prototyping area.
The placement of the shunt on jumper J16 will determine whether the VCC buses in the
prototyping area carry either 5V or 3.3V (see Figure 6). Of course, the jumper selection
will have no effect unless you have both these voltages supplied to the XStend Board
either by the XS Board or by connecting external power supplies.
•Figure 4:Shunt placement for setting the VCC bus voltage..
Connections from the XS Board to the prototyping area are made through connector J3.
The arrangement of pins on this connector exactly matches the arrangement of pins on
the XS40 Board. For example, the pin at the bottom-left of J3 on the XStend Board
corresponds to pin 21 at the bottom-left of the XS40 Board.
The XS95 Board has a completely different pin arrangement than the XS40. Therefore,
each pin on J3 is explicitly labeled with the corresponding pin number on the XS95 Board.
For example, the pin at the bottom-left of J3 on the XStend Board is connected to pin 68
near the top-left of the XS95 Board.
Daughterboard Connector
Daughterboards with specialized circuitry can be connected to the XStend board through
connector J18. This 42×2 connector brings all the I/O and VCC/GND from the XS40 or
XS95 Board to the daughterboard.

The interconnections of the XStend Board resources and an XS40 or XS95 Board are
shown in Figure 5and Figure 6, respectively. These figures remove much of the
extraneous detail of the actual schematics, so we refer to them as programmer’s models.
Items within the shaded area in each figure correspond to circuitry housed on the XS
Board. The remaining items are XStend Board resources.
A cursory glance at the figures reveals that many of the resources share connections. For
example, the codec, DIP switch, and microcontroller port P1 are all connected to the same
set of pins on the FPGA or CPLD. So any design has to ensure that only one of these
resources is outputting data at any particular time. (Hence the need in some designs to
place the DIP switches in the OPEN position, or remove the shunt through which the
codec SDOUT drives serial data, or keep the microcontroller in the reset state.)
Table 4and Table 5list the same interconnection data for the XS40 and XS95 Boards,
respectively, in a tabular format, which makes it easier to see which resources share
common connections.
Chapter
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Programmer's
Models

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•Figure 5:Programmer's model of the XS40/XStend Board combination.

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•Table 4:Connections between the XS40 Board and the XStend Board resources.
•
XS40 Pin (J1,J3,J18)
Power/ GND DIP Switch Push-buttons LEDs VGA Interface PS/2 Interface RAMs Stereo Codec 8051 uC
PC Parallel Port
Oscillator
Function
UW-FPGA BOARD Pin
2
+5V
+5V power source
3
LSB0
A0
Left LED segment; RAM address line
P35
4
LSB1
A1
Left LED segment; RAM address line
P36
5
LSB2
A2
Left LED segment; RAM address line
P29
6
DIPSW4
SDOUT
P1.3
DIP switch; codec serial data output; uC I/O
P24
7
DIPSW1
LCEB
P1.0
DIP switch; left RAM chip-enable, uC I/O port
P19
8
DIPSW2
RCEB
P1.1

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•Table 5:Connections between the XS95 Board and the XStend Board resources.
XS95 Pins (J2) Power/ GND DIP Switch Push-buttons LEDs VGA Interface PS/2 Interface RAMs Stereo Codec 8051 Uc
PC Parallel Port
Oscillator
Function
UW-FPGA BOARD Pin
1
LSB0
A4
Left LED segment; RAM address line
P35
2
LSB1
A7
Left LED segment; RAM address line
P36
3
LSB2
A5
Left LED segment; RAM address line
P29
4
Uncommitted XS95 I/O pin
5
DIPSW4