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20 years agoAltera sells a bunch of eval kits. I am using the EP1C12 board that I bought from Digikey for $295.
http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/kit-dev_platforms.jsp (http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/kit-dev_platforms.jsp) They also allow you to download a eval copy of their software for free. https://www.altera.com/support/software/dow...-quartus_we.jsp (https://www.altera.com/support/software/download/altera_design/quartus_we/dnl-quartus_we.jsp) You can do a lot of learning with the free software. But you can't do much without the hardware.