Comments on: Comparison of Entry-Level (aka cheap) FPGA boards http://blog.davr.org/2009/05/18/comparison-of-entry-level-aka-cheap-fpga-boards/ Nintendo DS & GBA development, microcontrollers, and occasionally FPGAs Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:40:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: David Hsu http://blog.davr.org/2009/05/18/comparison-of-entry-level-aka-cheap-fpga-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-61407 David Hsu Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:29:39 +0000 http://blog.davr.org/?p=92#comment-61407 The FPGA4Fun boards are good, and the documentation is superb. But they don't provide the source for everything. However, the website is loaded with great examples see fpga4fun.com The FPGA4Fun boards are good, and the documentation is superb. But they don’t provide the source for everything. However, the website is loaded with great examples see fpga4fun.com

]]> By: oakkar7 http://blog.davr.org/2009/05/18/comparison-of-entry-level-aka-cheap-fpga-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-60472 oakkar7 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:59:30 +0000 http://blog.davr.org/?p=92#comment-60472 Hi David, Cann you add this in your sheet. Not so bad for entry level. http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?No=593 http://www.designspark.com/content/de0-nano-fpga-development-kit-review-terasic Hi David,

Cann you add this in your sheet. Not so bad for entry level.

http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?No=593

http://www.designspark.com/content/de0-nano-fpga-development-kit-review-terasic

]]> By: davr http://blog.davr.org/2009/05/18/comparison-of-entry-level-aka-cheap-fpga-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-56362 davr Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:27:55 +0000 http://blog.davr.org/?p=92#comment-56362 Well there's the $50 one on the cheap end. But FPGA's are really quite expensive compared to say microcontrollers (where you can get a pretty powerful chip for just a couple bucks). Just the chip alone on the $50 board would run you about $20, then you have to consider the cost of the PCB (generally they are all at least 4 layers, much more expensive than a 2 layer PCB), and all the other peripherals like USB controllers, external memory, etc etc. The chip alone on the $150 DE1 runs about $60-70, plus it's got a ton of other things on the board. Well there’s the $50 one on the cheap end. But FPGA’s are really quite expensive compared to say microcontrollers (where you can get a pretty powerful chip for just a couple bucks). Just the chip alone on the $50 board would run you about $20, then you have to consider the cost of the PCB (generally they are all at least 4 layers, much more expensive than a 2 layer PCB), and all the other peripherals like USB controllers, external memory, etc etc. The chip alone on the $150 DE1 runs about $60-70, plus it’s got a ton of other things on the board.

]]> By: Alan Parekh http://blog.davr.org/2009/05/18/comparison-of-entry-level-aka-cheap-fpga-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-56336 Alan Parekh Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:22:03 +0000 http://blog.davr.org/?p=92#comment-56336 Nice roundup. I am surprised that the price is still that high for all of them even with a student discount. I would have thought that there would have been at least one almost giving it away to gain student engineer traction. Nice roundup. I am surprised that the price is still that high for all of them even with a student discount. I would have thought that there would have been at least one almost giving it away to gain student engineer traction.

]]> By: Trusty AKA EMP http://blog.davr.org/2009/05/18/comparison-of-entry-level-aka-cheap-fpga-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-53399 Trusty AKA EMP Thu, 21 May 2009 02:58:52 +0000 http://blog.davr.org/?p=92#comment-53399 wow dude long ways away from SinCity :) makin robots.. wow dude long ways away from SinCity :) makin robots..

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