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Honored ContributorHello,
as a first step to a hardware decision, you should have an idea of the approximate design complexity in terms of required I/O pins and internal logical functions. For low to medium complex designs, the MAX II family could be interesting. These CPLD devices are actually FPGAs with internal configuration memory. USB Blaster is an Altera programming adapter used to download logic configuration to programmable devices and for debugging purposes. Livedesign evaluation board utilizes a Cyclone EP1C12, which isn't latest technology, missing some feature available with Cyclone II and Cyclone III, so I wouldn't reommend this device family for new designs. But it is powerful anyway and could be used for general evaluation purposes. Best regards, Frank
