Getting Started with Artix-7 FPGAs
Nick Mehta, Martin Gilpatric · 2012
The scalable, optimized architecture of the Xilinx ® 7 series FPGAs provides for easy design migration between members of its families. This permits the designer to use an available 7 series device from one family as a hardware emulation platform for a device in another family—in advance of the target device’s availability. Some key similarities between the Artix™-7 and Kintex™-7 FPGA families are described, and an example illustrates how the available Kintex-7 XC7K325T FPGA can be used as a hardware emulation platform for designs that will ultimately target Artix-7 FPGAs.