FPGA recommendation for small projects use

[serhannn]

Hello,

Can anyone recommend an FPGA board, preferably something from Xilinx, which I can use for my little projects at the university or some hobby projects? It does not have to be a fancy thing and should be relatively cheap, something under 100$ would be really cool.

Thanks.

 

[shatruddha]

u might like to take a look at papilio pro. Its pretty cheap and good for DIY stuff. Therz lot of support buzzing up for it as well
https://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/papilio-pro-p-1301.html?cPath=6_10
seeedstudio people deliver it for free

 

[mrflibble]

I recently noticed this one: http://latticesemi.com/Home/Products/DevelopmentBoardsAndKits/iCEstick.aspx

The USB stick form factor + pricing are definitely interesting.

Since you asked for xilinx ... if you can get academic pricing, this one might be interesting: http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,897&Prod=NEXYS3
Bigger fpga than that papilio, and lots more features on the board.

Or if you can get US Student pricing, this one is definitely cool: **broken link removed**
Wish I could get it for $139, I would have bought one yesterday.

 

[electroM]

lot much helpful
https://tristesse.org/FPGA/CheapFPGADevelopmentBoards

 

[serhannn]

I recently noticed this one: http://latticesemi.com/Home/Products/DevelopmentBoardsAndKits/iCEstick.aspx

The USB stick form factor + pricing are definitely interesting.

Since you asked for xilinx ... if you can get academic pricing, this one might be interesting: http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,897&Prod=NEXYS3
Bigger fpga than that papilio, and lots more features on the board.

Or if you can get US Student pricing, this one is definitely cool: **broken link removed**
Wish I could get it for $139, I would have bought one yesterday.

USB Stick FPGA is very interesting even if it's not very powerful, nice design.

Nexys 3 Spartan-6 board of Xilinx is pretty powerful actually, it would more than enough for anything I would like to design. It's academic price is also not that bad, I will consider buying it. Just have to check if they ship to Germany for the same price.

lot much helpful
http://tristesse.org/FPGA/CheapFPGADevelopmentBoards

This document looks quite useful, thank you. The person who wrote it obviously did a lot of research about the topic, it's a very good guide for anyone who want to purchase an FPGA board.

 

[eiphan]

You can you altera DE0 Nano FPGA board.