The Xilinx XUP Virtex II Pro Development Board

Documentation for this board is more readily available elsewhere. Go directly to the XUP web site for the board.

There is also information, including reference designs, at the site for the manufacturer, Digilent Inc..

USB to Serial Converter

Most computers no longer have a standard serial port connector. The kit you receive will include a USB to serial cable and you may need to install a driver for it. You can find the driver here. It is an older version than the driver you will find at the Prolific website. Prolific is the chipset manufacturer. From what we have seen, the new driver does not work for the somewhat older cables that we have.

On Windows Vista (32-bit) and Windows 7 (32-bit) login as an administrator, and run the setup file in compatibility mode with Windows XP. After installation completes, plug in the USB cable and your computer should detect and install it to a COM Port.

512 MB DIMM Memory Errors

Our boards come with two types of memory DIMMs. The default used by the Base System Builder (BSB) is for the 256 MB DIMMs. If you have a 512 MB DIMM board, you will see memory read errors because the timing parameters for the MPMC memory controller are not correct. Get the instructions to fix this problem here. A big thanks to David Woods for figuring this out.