Which board to buy?

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

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That's where this forum comes in handy.

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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?

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I can give you example designs for most of the Terasic boards.

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I ll be learning everything on my own. In school I had lab instructors who helped when I got stuck.

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Here, you will have the help of many forum members. Go and check if Xilinx has something similar. Then decide which vendor you want to go with.

Cheers,

Dave