Lindy,

To get you started, I would avoid using huge FPGA that needs huge programs =
for development.
Start with XO2 dev board for $26 and download Lattice Diamond for free.
You can get your feet wet with that and then upgrade to bigger things when =
you are fluent with VHDL or Verilog
I do not have any relationship with any FPGA vendor, just I enjoyed working=
 with the XO2 family.
=A0
Good luck,
Jean-Paul
AC9GH

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner.=20
Liberty is a well-armed lamb."     - Benjamin Franklin -


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 From: Lindy Mayfield <Lindy.Mayfield@sas.com>
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. <piclist@mit.edu>=20
Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2013 12:39 PM
Subject: RE: [OT] Hobbyist FPGA development boards?
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That looks nice.=A0 But to be super sure I'm in the right place, What I wan=
t to do is write in some HDL, connect Nots, Nands, Ors, Muxen, all together=
 an design my own CPU, as well as memory?=A0 I'm in the right place with FP=
GA's yes?=A0 And if so, is this something the Arduino IDE does?=A0 I downlo=
aded Xlinx Vivado, because that's what I thought it does, but it is such a =
huge monster of a program that I couldn't install it on my laptop.

Thanks; Lindy

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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.


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e:

> Could someone recommend a development board, similar to the ones for=20
> PIC, suitable for a hobbyist (and similarly priced)?=A0 The FPGA area is=
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> new to me, so my googling isn't very good yet.=A0 All the things I can=20
> find are terribly expensive (compared to the nice PIC boards).
>
> Thanks!
> Lindy
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