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11 years ago

which altera board should i use in my robotic project

Hi I have a robotic project in which i have to controlle 3 powerful steppers motor ,keyboard, VGA, and 40 leds . I did work with altera de1 board only when i was in school, i don't know about t...
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11 years ago

The DE1 would be a good choice, in my view, for 3 reasons: 1) it directly supports VGA, b) it directly supports a keyboard and c) you've used it before. It's also pretty cheap - make that 4 reasons :)

It will also quite happily control the stepper motors - but isn't suitable for actually driving them. You will need additional circuitry for this - discrete FETs or other appropriate driver circuitry.

It doesn't have 40 LEDs either, but I have to assume you're putting these elsewhere too. The DE1 has sufficient spare I/O for 40 LEDs and control signal for the stepper.

There may be other boards worth considering, but they're unlikely to be as cheap. If you wish to look beyond the DE1 let me know.

Cheers,

Alex