21 Nov
2006
21 Nov
'06
7:01 a.m.
On Nov 20, 2006, at 6:26 PM, Roger Merchberger wrote:
On that particular note, are there halfway decent dev.
boards for
less than $100? I don't care if it's used, old (read: not USB/
ethernet compatible) as the parts I'm interested in are fairly low-
end (=<80 pins) - mainly for use in classic computing projects that
I can't seem to get moving on... ;-)
I can't see investing in a $400 dev. board just to find out I'm too
durned stoopid to figure them thangs out... ;-)
;)
Go to http://www.digilentinc.com/ and look for "Spartan 3 Starter
Board" under Products. It's $99. That's the one that I have, and
it's wonderful. Lots of I/O (set up for VGA, PS/2 kbd/mouse, async
serial), LED displays and individual LEDs, switches, RAM...and there
are lots of "accessory boards" that plug into this board, like analog
I/O, solderless breadboard with FPGA pin breakouts, etc etc. It
really is good stuff.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL