FPGA device and development board vendor selection

[Keluoladuo]

Hi,

I want to learn FPGA design and want to get a low cost development board. I looked through xilinx and altera sites. They both have some boards I am interested in. Xilinx has an Avent Spartan-6 LX9 MicroBoard ($89). Altera has some low cost boards, ie DE0-Nano Development Board($86). I don't know which vendor I should select. It looks like Xilinx FPGA has wider applications but generally its development boards are more expensive that Altera's.

Any suggestion is welcome!

Jian

 

[TrickyDicky]

They will basically do the same things for you. Personally, I find the Altera Tools better to use, but Xilinx tend to be used by more people. Whichever you chose, they basically do the same things.

 

[mrflibble]

For inspiration, see this list of boards.

 

[FvM]

You should have a rough idea what you want to do with the dev kit.

 

[Keluoladuo]

Thank you for the response.

 

[Mohammed_Verification]

Hi keluoladuo,
You can buy the altera FPGA board,

Note: you have to add the shipping price with that ($86)

and if you are really interested means tell the board name I will the quote the price from a altera distributor.

Regards,
Mohammed.

 

[Keluoladuo]

Hi keluoladuo,
You can buy the altera FPGA board,

Note: you have to add the shipping price with that ($86)

and if you are really interested means tell the board name I will the quote the price from a altera distributor.

Regards,
Mohammed.

Hi Mohammed,

Thank you for your response. I am interested in DE0-Nano Development Board. If you can help me quote the price from an altera distributor, that will be great.

Best,
Jian