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Product Specification 1
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Features
•Download speed of up to 5 Megabits per second (Mb/s)
•Over eight times faster than Xilinx Parallel Cable III
using Xilinx ISE® iMPACT download software
•Embedded Development Kit (EDK) compatible
•ChipScope™ Pro Analyzer compatible
•In-system configures the following Xilinx devices:
♦Virtex® series FPGAs
♦Spartan® series FPGAs
♦XC9500/XC9500XL/XC9500XV CPLDs
♦CoolRunner™ (XPLA3)/CoolRunner-II CPLDs
♦XC18V00 ISP PROMs
♦XC4000 series FPGAs
♦Platform Flash XCF00S/XCF00P/XL PROMs
•LED status indicator
•Automatically senses and adapts to correct I/O voltage
•Interfaces to devices operating at 5V (TTL), 3.3V
(LVTTL), 2.5V, 1.8V, and 1.5V
•In-system programs serial-access flash PROMs via the
serial peripheral interface (SPI)
•Supports IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG), Xilinx slave-serial
mode, and serial peripheral interface (SPI)
•J-Drive IEEE 1532 Programming Engine compatible
•Includes high-performance ribbon cable
•Compliant with IEEE 1284 Level 2 Electrical Specification
•Externally powered using keyboard/mouse splitter
cable or AC power brick
•Compatible with ECP-compliant I/O controllers for high-
speed, bidirectional communication
•Intended for development — not recommended for
production programming
Parallel Cable IV Description
The Xilinx Parallel Cable IV (PC4) (Figure 1) is a high-speed
download cable that configures or programs all Xilinx
FPGA, CPLD, and ISP PROM devices. The cable takes
advantage of the IEEE 1284 ECP protocol and Xilinx
iMPACT software to increase download speeds over eight
times faster than existing solutions. The cable automatically
senses and adapts to target I/O voltages and is able to
accommodate a wide range of I/O standards from 1.5V to
5V. PC4 is designed for use in a desktop environment.
Note: Xilinx also offers the Platform Cable USB II with a USB 2.0
interface to the host PC and similar capabilities as the Parallel
Cable IV. See DS593, Platform Cable USB II, for details.
PC4 supports the widely used industry-standard IEEE
1149.1 boundary-scan (JTAG) specification, the Xilinx
slave-serial mode for Xilinx FPGA devices, and serial
peripheral interface for serial-access flash PROM
programming. PC4 supports indirect programming of select
flash memories including the Platform Flash XL
configuration and storage device (via an FPGA JTAG port).
The cable interfaces to target systems using a ribbon cable
that features integral alternating ground leads to reduce
crosstalk and improve signal integrity.
The cable is externally powered from either a power brick or
by interfacing to a standard PC mouse or keyboard
connection. A bi-color status LED indicates the presence of
operating and target reference voltages.
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Xilinx Parallel Cable IV
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Figure 1: Xilinx Parallel Cable IV