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[SOLVED] Which is good Cyclone IV(Altera) or Sparten-3E (Xilinx)

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Hi
I need to buy a new FPGA board.Which board is good to buy?one with Cyclone IV(Altera) or Sparten-3E (Xilinx)?

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ghegde,

both are good devices.
Cyclone IV is cosidered "more advanced" as it uses newer silicon process than the Spartan 3 series.
Cyclone IV is better comparable to Spatan 6.

But when shopping for an FPGA evaluation board - you must consider other factors that are just as (and sometimes more) important than the device maker and specific family.

Base your decision on what you need:

1. Number of easily reachable GPIOs.
2. Debug connectors (for example : RS-232 or USB to UART).
3. On board peripherials and connector ( for example : VGA ).
4. FPGA logic density.
5. On PCB memory (FLASH and RAM)
6. Fast signals (if needed)
7. Features that enhance debugability (simple switches and LEDs).
8. On PCB A/D and D/A

For a first board I'd buy either DE2 or Spartan 3A/3AN starter kit.
Both boards are great starters - you can't go wrong with these.
 
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ghegde,

both are good devices.
Cyclone IV is cosidered "more advanced" as it uses newer silicon process than the Spartan 3 series.
Cyclone IV is better comparable to Spatan 6.

But when shopping for an FPGA evaluation board - you must consider other factors that are just as (and sometimes more) important than the device maker and specific family.

Base your decision on what you need:

1. Number of easily reachable GPIOs.
2. Debug connectors (for example : RS-232 or USB to UART).
3. On board peripherials and connector ( for example : VGA ).
4. FPGA logic density.
5. On PCB memory (FLASH and RAM)
6. Fast signals (if needed)
7. Features that enhance debugability (simple switches and LEDs).
8. On PCB A/D and D/A

For a first board I'd buy either DE2 or Spartan 3A/3AN starter kit.
Both boards are great starters - you can't go wrong with these.
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Thanks a lot for your suggestion :)
I was comparing between https://papilio.cc/ and https://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=139&No=593.DE0-Nano is better right?

Thanks and regards
ghegde
 

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