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12 years ago

CYCLONE V Starter Kit to AFE5809EVM

Hi, I'm new to Altera devices, so excuse my simple question. Can the Cyclone V Starter Kit connect to the AFE5809EVM via the HSMC connectors? To simplify, I wish to use the Cyclone V to ...
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12 years ago

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A Raspberry Pi just won't handle the 640Mbps the AFE5809 has to offer. You'd end up operating it at such a low sample rate you'd be better off choosing something else.

If you don't need to process anything then an FPGA is certainly the way to go.

Cheers,

Alex

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Thanks again,

I already have the CycloneV GX dev kit.

Would I be better with a cyclone IV? I am new to FPGA's so any suggestions are more than welcome.

Bret