Hi all,
I know this has been discussed on the NG before, but it seems like every time it is discussed someone hijacks the post and we end up with no answers. But this will be the last one. I promise ;)
I need two identical boards with Xilinx and Altera parts on them for some "fun" at home. I found this page on the net
Which is this board, I assume:
$250 for 2 boards plus the download cable sounds nice, but i wonder if there is a catch?
- do the boards work with chip vendor software (ISE & Quartus) flows? what about NIOS II and EDK?
- does the programming cable work with vendor supplied programmers?
- what is that 30-day license thingy they mention on their site? is the board bricked after 30 days??
- someone mentioned these lack program flash, is that true? do i have to re-program boards every time i turn them on?
- same cable for both boards? can i remove the cable while the board is on, so i can program the other board?
- and so on...
to summarize, can I buy these boards instead of ordering a "Starter kit" board from Xilinx and a "NIOS II" board from Altera? what would i be missing?
regards,
-Burns