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Altera_Forum
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14 years ago

Suggestions for development kit

Hi

I am searching for FPGA board that will be in smallest size ( priority for Altera ) with:

1.RS232 port

2.GPIO port

3.2-3 swith

4.push buttons is optional

Now i have DE1 board and i want to use my project on some smallest size board that can answer my project requirements.

Any suggestions?

Thanx

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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    Would a JTAG UART be good enough? nios2-terminal and system console can access that from the host side.

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    14 years ago

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    I am searching for FPGA board that will be in smallest size ( priority for Altera ) with:

    1.RS232 port

    2.GPIO port

    3.2-3 swith

    4.push buttons is optional

    Now i have DE1 board and i want to use my project on some smallest size board that can answer my project requirements.

    Any suggestions?

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    The BeMicro has an FTDI FT2232, with one of the interfaces used to control JTAG and the other connected as a UART ... not quite RS232, but perhaps all you want is host-to-FPGA via COM port.

    The DE-nano probably has most of what you want too - except for the RS232 UART. But you could always buy a FTDI USB-to-UART breakout cable (the cable has UART signals, not RS232 signals, so you can plug it into a header directly).

    http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/ttl-232r-3v3/768-1015-nd/1836393

    Cheers,

    Dave