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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

Which board to buy?

Hey guys, I just completed my first course in Digital Design. The course provided a brief introduction to FPGA's I am very interested in learning more and was thinking of buying a FPGA board to...
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13 years ago

Thanks alot for you reply. That was one heck of a quick reply.

I don't have a problem with the cost. I have enough to buy a DE1 and if I work a few extra hours I can buy the DE2. I want something that I can do a lot of stuff with. The next three months, all I ll be doing is playing with the boards.

I went through Digilent and they had a lot of Xilinx stuff. Xilinx boards(Basys2, Nexys2 and Spartan3E) seem to have ALOT of tutorials and material out there. A lot of books that guide you step by step.

I was unable to find much stuff on the Altera boards.

For example: Will I be able to find information of assigning the input and output pins right or will I need to figure that out on my own? I don't want to buy a board and spend two to three weeks figuring out the input and outputs pin assignments. I ll be learning everything on my own. In school I had lab instructors who helped when I got stuck.

I hope you see my point. I want to use the next three months to the fullest and learn as much as I can about FPGA's.

Thank alot