Oct 13, 2011 #1 P pozzugno Newbie level 3 Joined Jan 23, 2004 Messages 4 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 62 I'm finding a low-cost FPGA development kit/board just to start working with them. I'd like to make some tests with soft processors inside the FPGA. I found two boards: BEMICRO from Altera (49$) and LX9 Microboard from Xilinx (89$). Have you any other suggestions? What do you prefer between them? I tried to find and buy used boards on Internet, but without success.
I'm finding a low-cost FPGA development kit/board just to start working with them. I'd like to make some tests with soft processors inside the FPGA. I found two boards: BEMICRO from Altera (49$) and LX9 Microboard from Xilinx (89$). Have you any other suggestions? What do you prefer between them? I tried to find and buy used boards on Internet, but without success.
Oct 13, 2011 #2 bigdogguru Administrator Joined Mar 12, 2010 Messages 9,821 Helped 2,350 Reputation 4,694 Reaction score 2,272 Trophy points 1,413 Location Southwest, USA Activity points 62,383 I would suggest Digilent for a Xilinx development board, they manufacture many of development boards Xilinx markets directly. Digilent, Inc. They also have an excellent academic program, so if you are in school you should be able to qualify for their academic discounts. Another neat feature with Digilent dev boards are the PMODs, which allow you to add various features and peripherals with ease: **broken link removed** Altera also has an academic program, although their development gear tends to be a little pricey compared to Xilinx gear. BigDog
I would suggest Digilent for a Xilinx development board, they manufacture many of development boards Xilinx markets directly. Digilent, Inc. They also have an excellent academic program, so if you are in school you should be able to qualify for their academic discounts. Another neat feature with Digilent dev boards are the PMODs, which allow you to add various features and peripherals with ease: **broken link removed** Altera also has an academic program, although their development gear tends to be a little pricey compared to Xilinx gear. BigDog