the best fpga device for my project??

[buts101]

i'm elx eng. student. i'm begineer to fpga...i know vhdl language and can program 8051. I want to do my 4th year final year project of fpga...involving communication area.
plz tell me which fpga device should i buy so that it doesn't hurt my pocket too much and also my project would work on that fpga. I search fpga device in web..i found many of them...altera,xilinx,altium...i'm confused which one of them is better bcoz they list out so many featuer that i donot understand.

plz help me in doin my 4th yr project
thank you

 

[echo47]

What's your project? What features do you need?

See if the Xilinx "High Volume Starter Kit Bundle" starter kit fits you needs. It's only $99 US, and it includes a Spartan-3 board (made by Digilent), disks, manuals, download cable, and even a CPLD kit. You can buy plug-in "accessory boards" directly from Digilent. You can also buy the same Spartan-3 board from Digilent -- you get fewer bundled goodies, but you can get an optional larger FPGA.

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http://www.digilentinc.com/info/S3Board.cfm

Here's a nice list of FPGA boards:
http://www.fpga-faq.org/FPGA_Boards.shtml


I wish Xilinx would hurry up their new Spartan-3E Starter Kit. Now it's delayed until February:
**broken link removed**

 

[gsmcolect]

Xilinx and Altera you can buy online
www.altera.com
www.xilinx.com

Lattice and Actel is difficult to find