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RE: [AVR-Chat] FPGA's

2004-09-06 by r_reeves@blueyonder.co.uk

I don't know much about them, but we use Xilinx dev boards to teach VHDL etc at work (a uni, but I do the analogue labs.)  I had a quick look at their website and found the Spartan II PCI development system.  It's 250USD on their site.  Software I don't know about, but I *think* they offer a free / cheap solution.  Not sure about that.  Pop over to:
http://www.xilinx.com/ and search for their DS-KIT-2S200.
 
 
 
Richard

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	From: Kathy Andrea Quinlan [mailto:kat-yahoo@kaqelectronics.dyndns.org] 
	Sent: Mon 06/09/2004 15:17 
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	Subject: [AVR-Chat] FPGA's
	
	

	Hi all,
	
	I want to play with FPGA's, so I am looking for a dev kit. I do not
	want to spend $1,000's but want something that will let me learn.
	
	any recomendations ?
	
	Things I would like:
	
	Ability to do designs with PCI.
	Ability to impliment IP cores.
	
	Any sugestions ?
	
	Pref australian distributor.
	
	Regards,
	
	Kat.
	
	
	
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Re: [AVR-Chat] FPGA's

2004-09-06 by Mike Murphree

On Sep 6, 2004, at 9:38 AM, <r_reeves@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> I don't know much about them, but we use Xilinx dev boards to teach 
> VHDL etc at work (a uni, but I do the analogue labs.)  I had a quick 
> look at their website and found the Spartan II PCI development system. 
>  It's 250USD on their site.  Software I don't know about, but I 
> *think* they offer a free / cheap solution.  Not sure about that.  Pop 
> over to:
> http://www.xilinx.com/ and search for their DS-KIT-2S200.

Another vendor with interesting (and cheap) development boards and 
first rate support is here:

http://www.nuhorizons.com/fpga/index.html

Adding the three magic letters "PCI" will drive up the cost a lot, but 
learn on a cheap board, then rolling your own board is a reasonable 
approach.  I pretty sure you can do PCI with the Spartan II and III 
families.  NuHorizons also has a JTAG cable for $20 versus $100 direct 
from Xilinx.

Mike

Re: [AVR-Chat] FPGA's

2004-09-06 by Ken Holt

RE FPGA development - we just bought the Spartan-3 Starter Kit (Xilinx) 
for about $100 and
it is a great part, and cheap, and you can get going on it fairly 
quickly.  The development board
comes with a BGA 256 part, but we'll be using a PQ208. 
PCI and many other cores are free, and design is by Verilog, VHDL , or 
schematic (or combination).


Mike Murphree wrote:

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>On Sep 6, 2004, at 9:38 AM, <r_reeves@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
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>>I don't know much about them, but we use Xilinx dev boards to teach 
>>VHDL etc at work (a uni, but I do the analogue labs.)  I had a quick 
>>look at their website and found the Spartan II PCI development system. 
>> It's 250USD on their site.  Software I don't know about, but I 
>>*think* they offer a free / cheap solution.  Not sure about that.  Pop 
>>over to:
>>http://www.xilinx.com/ and search for their DS-KIT-2S200.
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>learn on a cheap board, then rolling your own board is a reasonable 
>approach.  I pretty sure you can do PCI with the Spartan II and III 
>families.  NuHorizons also has a JTAG cable for $20 versus $100 direct 
>from Xilinx.
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