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th_fpga_2022
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3 years ago
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Which FPGA Development Kit To Buy

Hi,

May I ask which FPGA development kit I should buy in order to learn external memory interface please ??

I have found two options:

Product: Intel® Stratix® 10 DX FPGA Development Kit

Link: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/fpga/development-kits/stratix/10-dx.html

Product: Intel® Stratix® 10 MX FPGA Development Kit

Link: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/fpga/development-kits/stratix/10-mx.html

However, I can NOT find any sample video demo or tutorial on how to setup and run external memory testing for the DDR4 DIMM. May I ask if there is any such video demo or tutorial ?? Or at least, is there any user guide that would walk me thru the basic setup and/or execution steps ??

Thanks,
TH

  • ak6dn's avatar
    ak6dn
    3 years ago

    Does the board have to be PCIE plugin and DDR4 based SDRAM?

    Those are, but beware they are very pricey (US$10K and US$8.5K each). Hope you have a big budget.

    There are lots of boards in the sub US$1K range that have DDR3, DDR2, or DDR SDRAM.

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    ak6dn
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    3 years ago

    Does the board have to be PCIE plugin and DDR4 based SDRAM?

    Those are, but beware they are very pricey (US$10K and US$8.5K each). Hope you have a big budget.

    There are lots of boards in the sub US$1K range that have DDR3, DDR2, or DDR SDRAM.

  • sstrell's avatar
    sstrell
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    3 years ago

    If a board has an EMIF, chances are the example projects that come with it include a project to help understand how the EMIF works. Before buying a board, you can download the files for the board to see example projects.

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    th_fpga_2022
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    3 years ago

    Hi,

    Thank you for your kind replies.

    I will read documentation and try to understand how EMIF works.

    Have a nice day,

    Sincerely,

    TH

  • th_fpga_2022's avatar
    th_fpga_2022
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    3 years ago

    Hi AdzimZM_Intel,

    I will check out the documentation.

    Thanks,

    Have a nice day,

    TH

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    AdzimZM_Altera
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    3 years ago

    I’m glad that your question has been addressed, I now transition this thread to community support. If you have a new question, feel free to open a new thread to get the support from Intel experts. Otherwise, the community users will continue to help you on this thread. Thank you.


  • leonardo_forum's avatar
    leonardo_forum
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    3 years ago

    I suggest you to look into a device with an Hard DDR Memory Controller, so you only have to configure some parameters and optimize timing margins.

    A DE1-Soc for few hundreads euro will be more than enough for learning a lot of things.