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Honored ContributorPlease help with device/tool selection
Greetings! My name is Dave, and I'm an experienced discrete logic designer looking to move to a CPLD or an FPGA. There seems to be no end of options and I'm looking for someone (perhaps an Alt...
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Honored Contributorthe good news is Quartus II Web Edition will do everything you need and is free, so you can try it out and see if things are going to work out for you.
you can take a look at the MAX II CPLD family. the larger density MAX II devices sound they may meet your needs and don't require external configuration circuitry. you should also look at the Cyclone II / III / IV FPGA families. these devices require external configuration circuitry but have much more logic (plus hard multipliers, RAM, PLLs). performance shouldn't be an issue with any of the above families. i think the Cyclone II is the oldest device mentioned here, but i don't for see it going obsolete any time soon. if you are very cautious you could look at Cyclone III. you should also connect with your local Altera distributor.
