choosing an fpga board

Jun 22, 2005 9 Replies
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Hi all! I'm starting a PhD project in the field of design of SoC systems on FPGA. I would like to buy an FPGA board with the following features:



-Sufficient FPGA for small to middle SoCs (OpenCores based cores: OR1200+Sound+LCD/VGA+USB+UART+Custom cores)



-Sufficient input/output units (USB/PS2/VGA/LCD).



-Ressources for testing. for minimizing the use of lab equipments =>



this card will be for use at home.



-Sufficient Flash+RAM.



All the variants are welcome.



Another requirement ... I will have to work with the jbits system (for partial reconfiguration) ... are there any requirements for FPGA boards ??



Thanks !



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I forgot to say that I'm interested by Virtex/VirtexII based boards.

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virtex2pro takes cf cards and uses standard computer ddr ram
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board can output xsga(1600 by 1200) , ethernet , sata , audio (ac97), etc has a usb2 port for programming

Should also take a look at

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Our xupv2pro board finally got ordered today(hopefully). Looking forward to getting to use it.

Can run linux or uclinux on the board.

For uclinux

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Alex

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I'll work on OpenRisc based systems ... the VII pro is not adequate.

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I'll work on OpenRisc based systems ... the VII pro is not adequate. Thanks !

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Well, have you had a search for boards on ?

Maybe look at

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work out minimum size fpga you need and look for a board with that.

Not going to be cheap.

Alex

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On the xilinx's site I get 0 results when browsing the section of boards :( Any other propositions ?

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You can find an extremely uptodate list at:

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Philip

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Ok ... this was a momentrly problem (perhaps they were updating some server ... I got in .... but too expensive for me ... the problem is that I don't have access to any Xilinx University Program :( because our university is not a subscriber :(:(:(

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Well join yourself.

Contact xilinx and see what you need to do, its well worth it.

Alex

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