I want to learn FPGA design and want to get a low cost development board. I looked through xilinx and altera sites. They both have some boards I am interested in. Xilinx has an Avent Spartan-6 LX9 MicroBoard ($89). Altera has some low cost boards, ie DE0-Nano Development Board($86). I don't know which vendor I should select. It looks like Xilinx FPGA has wider applications but generally its development boards are more expensive that Altera's.
They will basically do the same things for you. Personally, I find the Altera Tools better to use, but Xilinx tend to be used by more people. Whichever you chose, they basically do the same things.
Thank you for your response. I am interested in DE0-Nano Development Board. If you can help me quote the price from an altera distributor, that will be great.