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20 February, 2024
Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA Dev Board (Numato Mimas V2)

My new Spartan 6 FPGA based development board just got delivered today!

I wanted a cheap yet powerful FPGA for a side project of mine. I started doing some research and found the Numato Mimas V2 Spartan 6 dev board, to be sufficient and also cheap when compared to other dev boards (newer Spartan 7, Artix 7, etc dev boards are costly!). It’s available on amazon as well (for ~₹9000) but I ordered it directly from their website as it was ₹2000 cheaper.

It arrived within 3 days of ordering and in good packaging. It was sent via EMS Speed Post.

Here are some pictures. Apologies for the bad quality, my phone camera isn’t that great.

Outer packaging
Outer packaging

Box inside
Box inside

Front profile
Front profile

Rear profile
Rear profile

Width (~12cm)
Width (~12cm)

Height (~7.4cm)
Height (~7.4cm)

The AMD (Xilinx) Spartan 6 (XC6SLX9) in CSG324 package
The AMD (Xilinx) Spartan 6 (XC6SLX9) in CSG324 package

This thing has a lot of peripherals on board, here is an image I took from the Numato website showcasing them:

Mimas V2 onboard peripherals, courtesy of numato.com
Mimas V2 onboard peripherals, courtesy of numato.com

I haven’t yet plugged it in since I don’t have a Mini USB cable nor a JTAG programmer. But I have started to learn Verilog and will start doing some beginner stuff once I get my mini USB cable.