Hardware User Guide — 3.1i
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Contents
Manual Contents ............................................................................ i
Additional Resources ..................................................................... ii
Typographical................................................................................. iii
Online Document ........................................................................... iv
Cable Overview.............................................................................. 1-1
Selecting a Cable...................................................................... 1-1
MultiLINX Cable................................................................... 1-1
Parallel Cable ...................................................................... 1-2
XChecker Cable................................................................... 1-2
Software Support ...................................................................... 1-2
Cable Limitations ...................................................................... 1-3
XChecker Hardware Drawbacks.......................................... 1-3
MultiLINX Hardware Advantages......................................... 1-3
Previous Cable Versions ..................................................... 1-4
Cable Baud Rates .......................................................................... 1-5
MultiLINX Cable and Flying Leads ................................................. 1-5
External Power for the MultiLINX Cable......................................... 1-7
Parallel Cable III............................................................................. 1-8
Flying Leads.............................................................................. 1-9
Configuring CPLDs With the Parallel Cable III.......................... 1-11
Configuring FPGAs With the Parallel Cable III ......................... 1-13
XChecker Cable ............................................................................. 1-15
Flying Leads.............................................................................. 1-15
XChecker Baud Rates .............................................................. 1-18
Configuring CPLDs With the XChecker Cable.......................... 1-18
Configuring FPGAs With the XChecker Cable.......................... 1-19