I am in a project where I have to select an FPGA for the project. It may be Altera/Xilinx.
I am new to this process of selection .. Can anyone help me in giving some document citing the FPGA selection guidelines so that i will be able to do the right choice.
I am in a project where I have to select an FPGA for the project. It may be @ltera/Xilinx.
I am new to this process of selection .. Can anyone help me in giving some document citing the FPGA selection guidelines so that i will be able to do the right choice.
These are the general criteria for FPGA selection .
-- Capacity (Gatecount)
-- Power Consumption
(for handheld / low power projects
refer to www.actel.com)
-- IO's (User IO's)
-- IDE .. Free or Paid software ?
-- Cost of device
-- Flash or Antifuse Devices (ACTEL ONLY)
No PROM / Configuration mem needed )
or
SRAM Based Device (ALL other FPGA vendors)
--Package of the device (depends on IO requirment)
-- Form Factor
-- Speed grade of Device
-- Temperature Grade of Device
(Military / Industrial / Commercial Qualification)
-- Max Operating Frequency
-- Free IP Cores with silicon vendor
(this allows a faster development cycle)