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FPGA recommendation for small projects use

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Hello,

Can anyone recommend an FPGA board, preferably something from Xilinx, which I can use for my little projects at the university or some hobby projects? It does not have to be a fancy thing and should be relatively cheap, something under 100$ would be really cool.

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I recently noticed this one: http://latticesemi.com/Home/Products/DevelopmentBoardsAndKits/iCEstick.aspx

The USB stick form factor + pricing are definitely interesting.

Since you asked for xilinx ... if you can get academic pricing, this one might be interesting: http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,897&Prod=NEXYS3
Bigger fpga than that papilio, and lots more features on the board.

Or if you can get US Student pricing, this one is definitely cool: **broken link removed**
Wish I could get it for $139, I would have bought one yesterday. :p
 

mrflibble said:
I recently noticed this one: http://latticesemi.com/Home/Products/DevelopmentBoardsAndKits/iCEstick.aspx

The USB stick form factor + pricing are definitely interesting.

Since you asked for xilinx ... if you can get academic pricing, this one might be interesting: http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,897&Prod=NEXYS3
Bigger fpga than that papilio, and lots more features on the board.

Or if you can get US Student pricing, this one is definitely cool: **broken link removed**
Wish I could get it for $139, I would have bought one yesterday. :p
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USB Stick FPGA is very interesting even if it's not very powerful, nice design.

Nexys 3 Spartan-6 board of Xilinx is pretty powerful actually, it would more than enough for anything I would like to design. It's academic price is also not that bad, I will consider buying it. Just have to check if they ship to Germany for the same price.

electroM said:
lot much helpful
http://tristesse.org/FPGA/CheapFPGADevelopmentBoards
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This document looks quite useful, thank you. The person who wrote it obviously did a lot of research about the topic, it's a very good guide for anyone who want to purchase an FPGA board.
 

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