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XC7S50-1FTGB196C

XC7S50-1FTGB196C

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A higher-capacity Spartan-7 device in a similar package for designs requiring additional logic and block RAM.
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Overview

The XC7S50-1FTGB196C is an AMD (formerly Xilinx) Spartan-7 FPGA in a 196-ball FTGB package and -1 speed grade. It provides a mid-range amount of programmable logic, block RAM, and fabric resources for implementing custom digital hardware. The device is suited to cost- and power-sensitive designs that need on-chip hardware acceleration or custom I/O logic.

Why Choose This Part

Choose this Spartan-7 part when you need more logic and block RAM than smaller family members while remaining cost- and power-efficient compared to higher-end FPGAs. The 196-ball FTGB package offers a compact footprint for board-level designs, and the Spartan-7 family benefits from a mature Vivado toolchain and ecosystem of IP and carrier boards.

Applications

Custom protocol bridging and preprocessing
Implement deterministic, low-latency protocol converters, packet parsers, and hardware preprocessing for serial, parallel, or sensor interfaces.
Video capture and preprocessing
Handle video interfacing, real-time scaling, color-space conversion, and low-latency frame buffering ahead of higher-level processors.
Edge compute accelerators
Offload compute kernels (filters, FFTs, fixed-point ML inference) to FPGA fabric to reduce CPU load and power consumption at the edge.
Industrial control and motor drive logic
Implement deterministic PWM generation, closed-loop control logic, and safety-oriented sequencing for embedded motor or machine control.
Robotics sensor fusion and I/O aggregation
Aggregate sensors, run preprocessing and combine streams into compact, time-aligned data for a host CPU or soft processor.

Getting Started

Develop with the Xilinx/AMD Vivado Design Suite (WebPACK or paid editions) for synthesis, implementation, and bitstream generation. Use evaluation and carrier boards from ecosystem vendors (for example Digilent and other FPGA board vendors) or a custom PCB that routes the 196-ball FTGB signals; many users start with a similar Spartan-7 dev board or a carrier that breaks out I/O. If you need an embedded CPU, instantiate a MicroBlaze soft processor in Vivado and use the Xilinx SDK or Vitis for software development.

Part of AMD Xilinx Spartan-7 / Artix-7 family » XC7S50

XC7S50 Family

Part NumberDifferenceStock
XC7S50-1CSGA324C CSGA324C 223
XC7S50-1CSGA324I CSGA324I 70
XC7S50-1FGGA484C (AMD / Xilinx) GGA484C 172

Also Consider

XC7S25-1FTGB196C AMD (Xilinx) - Lower-capacity Spartan-7 in the same FTGB196 package for designs that need similar I/O but less logic and RAM.
XC7S15-1FTGB196C AMD (Xilinx) - Even smaller Spartan-7 option in the same package for tighter cost or resource constraints.
XC7A50T-1FTG256C AMD (Xilinx) - Artix-7 alternative with higher performance and different I/O/package options when you need greater DSP or logic capacity.