On 2013-05-02 1:32 AM, Joshua Shriver wrote:
> I'm wanting to learn more about FPGA's and programming them. The FPGA chi=
ps
> themselves seam pretty cheap but the cost for a development board can ran=
ge
> from $50-hundreds.
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> A lot of projects I've seen online, especially opencores can run on these
> Xilinx FPGA's.  What do you recommend getting, for the most bang for the
> buck?
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> My main goal prototyping custom processing logic for a project I'm toying
> with as a hobby.
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> -Josh
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> P.S. If this is to far OT, fpga forums or mailing lists is also appreciat=
ed.

There's also this for $15 if you're *really* tight on cash. I'm a
non-engineering student without access to any of these kinds of things,
believe me, I understand haha.

http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/xc2c64a-coolrunnerii-cpld-development-boar=
d-p-800.html

It's a CPLD which is internally a bit different from an FPGA, has much
less "features" and "gates" and I/O, but you will be able to program it
in Verilog in a functionally similar way.

If you're learning, this book is wonderful: FPGA Prototyping By Verilog
Examples

http://www.amazon.com/FPGA-Prototyping-Verilog-Examples-Spartan-3/dp/047018=
5325/ref=3Dsr_1_2?ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1367513414&sr=3D8-2&keywords=3Dfpga+veril=
og
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