Honored Contributor
Honored ContributorHi Dave:
I encourage you to work on it. Leaning new things is Always good! I dug up the datasheet on the Altera Site: http://www.altera.com/literature/ds/m7000.pdf I don't see any dev boards however. If you have a few parts, I saw some pricing for a "no longer available board" at $80.00. For that price, I would just be the DE0 Nano board and be happy. It's the same price and gives you light years more capabilities. http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?language=english&categoryno=139&no=593 The Max V dev kit is almost the same price: http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-max-v.html If you just want to play with the parts you have, wire it up based on the datasheet and the pinout you choose, and try it out. It's cheaper than buying a board. http://www.pyroelectro.com/tutorials/fpga_rs232_interface/schematic.html gives you a really basic schematic you could use as a reference to get started. Have fun! Pete
