Xilinix university program ...

The Xilinx University Program (XUP) was established in 1985 to promote education and research using Xilinx Programmable Logic Device (PLD) technologies. Today, with 57% worldwide market share in the commercial FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) market, Xilinx is also the most widely used PLD vendor in the academic market. They support well over 1,600 universities worldwide with state-of-the-art PLD products and services.
XUP Website: http://www.xilinx.com/univ/
Xilinx Programmable Logic become the essential design element in top electronics industry. One reason is because Xilinx Programmable Logic is easy to use and fun to teach with.
Department of Electronics is a registered member of Xilinx University Program (XUP). Department of Electronics has received donations and support from Xilinx. These donations in the form of software tools and programmable hardware design kits. XUP has played significant role in bringing up department of Electronics labs by providing state of the art FPGA prototyping boards, FPGA design tools, and debugging tool

Following is the list of items donated by Xilinx under XUP:

	Digilent D2SB · Spartan 2E FPGA board with improved signal routing · 50 MHz oscillator; socket for second oscillator · Socket for JTAG programmable Flash-ROM · Two 1A voltage regulators (3.3V and 1.8V) · Six expansion connectors · LED/pushbutton on board
	DI04 · Complete JTAG programmable FPGA based development system · 50 MHz oscillator; socket for second oscillator · Socket for JTAG programmable Flash-ROM · Two expansion connectors used for DIO4, four expansion connectors open · Four-digit seven-segment display · 8 LEDs · 8 Slide switches · 4 pushbuttons · VGA and PS2 ports
Xilinx ISE Foundation 6.2i
Xilinx ISE is the worlds highest performance software for programmable logic: version 6.2i of its Integrated Software Environment (ISE). ISE Foundation is the industry's most complete programmable logic design environment. ISE Foundation includes the industry's most advanced timing driven implementation tools available for programmable logic design, along with design entry, synthesis and verification capabilities.
ChipScope Pro 6.2i
ChipScope Pro inserts logic analyzer, bus analyzer, and Virtual I/O low-profile software cores into your design. These cores allow you to view all the internal signals and nodes within your FPGA, including the IBM CoreConnect Processor Local Bus or On-Chip Peripheral Bus supporting the IBM PowerPC 405 inside the industry-leading Virtex-II Pro FGPA. Signals are captured at or near operating system speed and brought out through the programming interface, freeing up pins for your design, not debug. Captured signals can then be analyzed through the ChipScope Pro Logic Analyzer
System Generator
Xilinx Foundation ISE 6.2i support to mix the logic blocks of DSP using Matlab Simulink with System generator. To make the best use of our DSP technology, with the least amount of effort, Xilinx offers the System Generator for DSP software. System Generator for DSP is the industry's premier software tool for designing, simulating, implementing, and debugging high performance FPGA-based DSP systems from a single environment i.e. Simulink.
LogicCore (PCI32/PCI64)
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) has become one of the most popular bus standards. The PCI64 and PCI32 LogiCORE enables designers to build a customized 64-bit or 32-bit system running at speeds up to 66MHz that performs at 528 Mbytes per second and with up to 300,000 system gates. It provides programmable solution with customizable back-end functionality. Refer to the data sheet for part and package support.
Forge
The Xilinx Forge high-level language compiler is the next enabling technology for a new generation of design methods. The Forge Compiler allows designers to work at a higher level of abstraction than standard HDLs. Using standard Java, designers can produce designs that are both efficient and high-performance in fewer lines of code.