> For a handy list of cheap fpga boards: > > http://tristesse.org/CheapFPGADevelopmentBoards > > > I notice he's recently added the SOIO to the list. I've had my eye on that > board as well for a while. If all you want is say 20 odd counters as you > mentioned, then that even fits in the cheapest spartan-6 LX4 board. That > board I would personally get for integration purposes, not development. For > the latter the connectors etc are a little sparse. But once you're done and > don't need all the switches and leds then it's quite nice for the price IMO. > > For the bigger boards I'd say the nexys 2 (spartan-3E based) or nexys 3 > (spartan-6 based) are good value for money. I have the atlys + nexys 2, and > currently both are being hogged for counter related things. ;)
The Nexys2 is great - it has the I/O support you'd need for this application, and not a lot of other expensive peripherals that you don't. I've prototyped some pretty hardcore stuff with it. They include full schematics in their manual. -- john _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
