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15 years ago

Completely New to FPGAs

Hey there, I'm a graduate student in EE with a strong interest in analog/analog design. My undergrad work only provided me with a small taste of FPGAs because I picked all analog courses. Howev...
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15 years ago

If you're just beginning, sounds like the DE0 would definitely be suited more for your needs, as the nano has limited input/output options in terms of LEDs, switches, etc. Also, the DE0 has more mem options (SDRAM, SD Card, flash). and dont forget hte vga port. that will come in handy for simple image processing.

FPGA size shouldn't matter that much at the beginning stages.

I believe the DE0-Nano would be more suitable if you already had experience with FPGAs and you are wanting to get into embedded processing.