Chapter 1 Cable Hardware; Cable Overview; Selecting A Cable; Multilinx Cable - Xilinx MultiLINX Series Hardware User's Manual

Cable Hardware

Cable Overview

Selecting a Cable

Hardware User Guide — 3.1i
This chapter gives specific information about connecting and using
the In System Programming (ISP) Download Cables. These cables can
be used to configure FPGAs and CPLDs. The following sections are in
this chapter.
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"Cable Overview"
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"Cable Baud Rates"
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"MultiLINX Cable and Flying Leads"
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"External Power for the MultiLINX Cable"
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"Parallel Cable III"
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"XChecker Cable"
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"Download Cable Schematic"
There are three cables available for use with Xilinx Alliance and
Foundation software. The MultiLINX Cable supports USB and RS-
232 serial port connections, the Parallel Cable III supports parallel
port, and the XChecker Cable supports RS-232 serial ports.
Determine the most suitable cable to use, depending upon the tasks
you wish to perform.

MultiLINX Cable

You can use the MultiLINX Cable to download and readback your
Xilinx programmable logic device. The MultiLINX cable hardware
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