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I like to work with Spartan but my computer have not the parallel port
it just has
serial and USB , Is there any programmer which works with these ports ?

Ali wrote:
> I like to work with Spartan but my computer have not the parallel port
> it just has
> serial and USB , Is there any programmer which works with these ports ?


I've been using the Xilinx Platform Cable USB for some time. They now
have a second generation out there with lower power *and* is lead free.
I only wish I could have multiple USBs connected at once since my
Xilinx Spartan3E starter kit board has a "built-in" platform USB cable
that just needs a standard USB cable to connect to my system. So nice.


"Simon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:2006091508283364440-news@gornallnet...
> > So, having bought the V4FX-12 kit from NuHorizons, it arrived with a
> > parallel-port JTAG cable. Normally I'd be just *fine* with this,
but today
> > my new quad-xeon Mac-pro arrives, and I bought that specifically to
get
> > some oomph in P&R (running linux using "parallels", of course).
> >
> > The mac doesn't have a parallel port. Ahhh. Is there a USB programming
> > cable suitable for the FX-12 ? A fallback plan is to do most of the
work
> > on the Mac, but have a mini-itx machine next to it just for
programming -
> > the itx machine *does* have a // port, but it's woefully
underpowered for
> > any serious work on it...
> >
> > Ideas gratefully received :-)
> >
> > Simon