How do I make sense out of the list of boards in the FAQ, other then going through them one at a time. It would help if I could sort them by price and interface.
I want something cheap (under $500), with PCI or PCIe. It needs to include the interface to the PCI/PCIe. A $500 board is useless if it requires spending $2500 for IP to communicate with the PCI/PCIe. It also needs to include device drivers for Windows.
I want to use it as a co-processor, for experimenting with Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks, cellular automata, etc, using open source or free development tools. The code I develop will be posted on my website or sourceforge.
Many boards I have come across include stuff for getting video or other data in and out of the board. I don't need this stuff. I just want 1 or more FPGAs and a reasonable way to communicate with the code running on the computer.
Embedded processors are not required, they would just be wasted space in the FPGA.
thanks
Bill