On 06/03/2011 09:21, V G wrote:
> Right now, I'm looking at something like this:
>
> *
> http://www.gadgetfactory.net/index.php?main_page=3Dproduct_info&cPath=3D1=
&products_id=3D18
> *
> http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=3D2,400,790&Prod=
=3DBASYS2
You might use for final low volume products
http://www.gadgetfactory.net/index.php?main_page=3Dproduct_info&cPath=3D1&p=
roducts_id=3D18
Or=20
http://www.trenz-electronic.de/products/fpga-boards/trenz-electronic/te0300=
-spartan-3e-series.html
or for a project, cheap and small enough to fit in and no BGA soldering.

But to start and also for Prototypes (nice expansion connector at side)=20
and test /development
http://shop.trenz-electronic.de/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=3D1_114_119&=
products_id=3D578

It has VGA (add 3 SM resistors to increase colour depth)
USB programming built in
option to do CLPD programming
Flash to store configuration and any Softcore CPU program
DRAM for soft core CPUs or other applications
ADCs and DACs better than many PIC
Serial
LCD & LEDs
Phy Ethernet port
Easy to use Expansion connector.
rotary encoder & switches
Samples to load and modify

Almost all Web Site Spartan Tutorials will run on it.

Overviews=20
http://www.wattystuff.net/electronics/spartan-3e-fpga-starter-board/

Learn VHDL FIRST and then Verilog if you know C, as otherwise you will=20
be mislead by syntax.

See also http://www.fpgaarcade.com/
http://www.fpgacpu.org/

http://www.fpgacpu.org/links.html

http://forums.xilinx.com/



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