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This guide explains how to program a Xilinx Spartan-3A DSP Starter Kit PROM which is a non-trivial task when compared to other boards designed to work with iMPACT.
There are two versions of the board: one that requires a special XIP tool for programming and another that can be program via older versions of iMPACT. Most of the Spartan-3A DSP Starter Kit's that I have come into contact with have required the XIP tool for programming so I'll describe that procedure 1st.
XIP
The XIP tool is fairly simple to use but appears to only work with iMPACT 10.1 (I was unsuccessful in getting it to work with 11.1 or 13.2.
