Oberon and the OberonStation (retro-style FPGA computing)

[Dave Wade]

Spartan 3E inputs can be made 5V tolerant with a series resistor...

http://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/19146.html

Dave
G4UGM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of William
> Maddox
> Sent: 02 December 2015 08:32
> To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
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> Subject: RE: Oberon and the OberonStation (retro-style FPGA computing)
> 
> >Do you have 5 volt I/O with the OberonStaion FPGA?
> >I was thinking of using it as general FPGA card.
> 
> The serial port is 3.3v according to the website.  I haven't attempted to use
> the serial port or the GPIO pins, but I believe they are all 3.3 volts for the
> Spartan 3 series.   Check the data sheet for the FPGA to be sure.  There are
> no level converters on the board, so whatever the FPGA provides is what
> you get.
> 
> BTW, as of this writing, the website is showing the fully-assembled boards as
> available.
> 
> --Bill
> 
>