Uwe Bonnes wrote:
> A CPLD is very low on resources.
Yeah, and very very cheap. Some are ~ USD 1 at low quantities, so
an M1 daughter board with the CPLD, maybe an LDO, an inter-PCB
connector and maybe a few headers and a LED or two could sell for
perhaps USD 10 apiece.
That way, it would be an item one can afford to try "risky" things
on.
Price comparison (pricing and parameters according to Digi-Key):
Macrocells
CPLD Altera 5M40ZE64C5N 1.8 V 64TQFP 32 USD 0.90 @ 100
CPLD Xilinx XC2C32A-6QFG3 1.8 V 32QFN 32 USD 1.15 @ 100
CPLD Lattice LC4032ZE-7TN48 1.8 V 48TQFP 32 USD 1.32 @ 100
CPLD Xilinx XC9536XL-10VQG44C 3.3 V 44TQFP 36 USD 1.18 @ 100
CPLD Altera EPM3032ATC44-10N 3.3 V 44TQFP 32 USD 1.40 @ 100
CPLD Lattice LC4032V-10TN44I 3.3 V 44TQFP 32 USD 1.43 @ 100
Logic Elements
FPGA Lattice LFEC1E-3TN100C 1.2 V 100TQFP 1500 USD 6.65 @ 100
FPGA Xilinx XC3S50A-4VQG100C 1.2 V 100VQFP 1584 USD 6.12 @ 100
FPGA Atmel AT40K05AL-1AQC 3.3 V 100TQFP 256 USD 9.04 @ 100
- Werner
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