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Altera_Forum
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17 years ago

I'm new to FPGA and have a question

Hi There, I have recently purchased a DE1 kit with the Cyclone II FPGA on it. I have had a go at VHDL and found it enjoyable, so far the most complex thing I have created was a 4 bit parallel ...
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Altera_Forum
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17 years ago

Expensive? Terasic has a _better_ USB Blaster than Altera for $50.

Plus, if I were to design my own board, I would design the USB Blaster (USBtoJTAG) into the board, itself. Terasic has done this with most, if not all, of their boards.

Not having JTAG could be a _serious_ development liability.

Cheers,

- Ura