[Noisebridge-discuss] misc FPGA questions

Erik Nelson erik.nels0n99 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 27 02:40:10 UTC 2010


I have a Basys2 board I picked up from Digilent (http://www.digilentinc.com)
for $50. (being a student)
The Basys2 appears to be based off of the Xilinx 3E FPGA.

Cheers,
 -- Erik

On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Mike Schachter <mike at mindmech.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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> 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
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