That looks nice. But to be super sure I'm in the right place, What I want = to do is write in some HDL, connect Nots, Nands, Ors, Muxen, all together a= n design my own CPU, as well as memory? I'm in the right place with FPGA's= yes? And if so, is this something the Arduino IDE does? I downloaded Xli= nx Vivado, because that's what I thought it does, but it is such a huge mon= ster of a program that I couldn't install it on my laptop. Thanks; Lindy -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of= Mike Hord Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 5:54 PM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [OT] Hobbyist FPGA development boards? Full disclosure: I work for SparkFun. https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11158 The Papilio board is aimed at hobbyists, and has a tool suite and backing m= aterials intended to make FPGA development easier. I've never played with it but I've heard from my fellow engineers that it's= easy to use, especially when counted against the toolchains provided by th= e vendors. Mike H. On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Lindy Mayfield wrot= e: > Could someone recommend a development board, similar to the ones for=20 > PIC, suitable for a hobbyist (and similarly priced)? The FPGA area is=20 > new to me, so my googling isn't very good yet. All the things I can=20 > find are terribly expensive (compared to the nice PIC boards). > > Thanks! > Lindy > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive=20 > View/change your membership options at=20 > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/chang= e your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclis= t --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .