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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] FPGA dev board recommendationa

From: Simon Gornall <simon.gornall@...>
Date: 2011-06-16

On 16 Jun 2011, at 09:41, Chris Kleeschulte wrote:

> Please excuse me for asking a completely off topic question, but I like the
> people on this list a lot and I trust their answers.
>
> I am getting into VHDL for the purpose of programming FPGA's. I am a
> computer scientist by trade, so I am really green when it comes to FPGA and
> VHDL. Does any have a recommendation for a low cost FPGA development board
> that I can learn on using VHDL?
>

You can have my Terasic DE0 (http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=56&No=364) for $50 + postage if you want. I'm planning on moving to a Xilinx EDK kit (http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/DK-S6-EMBD-G.htm) so it's surplus. Works just fine.

Cheers
Simon


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