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Honored ContributorGood Flash alternatives?
In looking at the price for Alteras EPCS64 device, it costs almost as much as a Cyclone II FPGA itself... which is ridiculous IMO. I thought I would see if any innovative folk here have come up wtih ...
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Honored Contributor --- Quote Start --- originally posted by jdhar@May 6 2006, 05:31 PM in looking at the price for alteras epcs64 device, it costs almost as much as a cyclone ii fpga itself... which is ridiculous imo. i thought i would see if any innovative folk here have come up wtih a good alternative for flashing fpgas?
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--- Quote End --- An other cost effective solution (compared to EPCS64) is to use a standard parallel NOR flash and use a cheap CPLD to program FPGA from this flash. Regards.
