All,

The cost of the boards made by the suppliers specified support my claim for
the expense of using FPGA's as an experimenter / hobbyist.  
They're just too expensive to first, even purchase, and second, to justify
the cost if one did buy one.

Regards,

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Mike Harrison
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:43 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE]: Where can you buy mini-PCB with FPGA mounted ?

On Wed, 19 May 2010 14:49:09 -0600, you wrote:

>> trossin wrote:
>>>
>> I think Spartan 3E is about $15? Not sure quantity.
>
>> If you buy 10 PCBS, a double sided PCB 100mm x 100mm may be under $15
>>
>> You can buy  mini-PCB  with FPGA pre-mounted.
>>
>> A BGA rework station is a once off cost.
>>
>> You can get PCB adaptor and mount TQFP up to 60 pins using a 2mm tip
>> soldering iron.
>>
>> VHDL and the Xilinx tools are probably easier than PIC assembler  
>> though
>> :-) But it's not Programming as you know it, Jim. :-D
>>

enterpoint and Trenz do a number of FPGA modules in DIL format
http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/
http://www.trenz-electronic.de/products/fpga-boards/oho-elektronik.html


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