[Noisebridge-discuss] misc FPGA questions

[Mike Schachter]

Thanks everyone! I'm going to spend some time digesting all the
info and learning a bit more before purchasing anything. I consolidated
all the advice given in a wiki page:

https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/FPGA




On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 9:33 AM, d p fenn <weasel at meer.net> wrote:

> Mike Schachter <mike at mindmech.com> writes:
>
> > 1) Are there free, open source IDE's available for writing code for a
> > FPGA?
>
> this has mostly been answered by the other respondants, but i think
> you'll find that the compiler/PAR is manufacturer specific. also, the
> newer/fancier/faster/bgger the part the more likely you are to have to
> pay for support.
>
> > 2) Where can I buy an FPGA cheaply? What is "cheap" for an FPGA?
> > I want to use them for parallel processing, mostly for prototypes,
> > and don't really care how much power they consume. I need a
> > starter FPGA (which I will probably break) to learn the ropes.
>
> i think 'cheap' depends on what sort of 'support' goo you want.
>
>  $80 http://www.sparkfun.com/categories/136
>
> pretty much has a bare part w/ pins coming out for you to attach to
> whatever you want.
>
>  $190
> http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,792&Prod=S3EBOARD
>
> has enough support goo for 'most' prototyping but will have bits you
> might not use (i have one of their old discontinued modles and have yet
> to scare it w/ a ps2 keyboard :-)
>
> the same part in non-bulk is
>
>  $25
> http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=122-1520-ND
>
> \p
> ---
> It's not only what we do, but also what we do not do for which we are
> accountable. - Moliere
> _______________________________________________
> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/attachments/20101226/8777c931/attachment-0003.html>