Somewhat OT: FPGA Develpment Kits

21 Nov 2006

You can download the Xilinx webpack for free. It supports most of the 
older devices.

OTOH, it seems like Altera has a better selection of development boards.

Clint

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006, Chuck Guzis wrote:

...
  Not vintage, but closely related.

 Rather than write some emulation software, I'd like to see if I can
 implement some simpler CPU designs in FPGA.

 I see various development kits out there with various capabilities
 (I/O memory, displays, etc.).

 Is there any particular kit that stands heads and shoulders above the
 others?  Is there a preference between Xilinx and Altera?

 I'm just looking for some pointers here.

 Thanks,
 Chuck