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Low cost FPGA dev board with high speed i/f?

Hi guys and gals,

Could I call on your collective experience and expertise?

I'd like to get hold of an FPGA development board for a data streaming project. Requirements are as follows:

- Low cost (around 200 UK pounds ideally).

- At least 16 i/os routed out to connectors.

- High speed cabled interface to a PC, capable of sustaining a streaming rate of at least 15Mbits/s. I've been considering USB2 or

100M Ethernet for this.

- Enough onboard RAM to ensure continuous data transfer to software running on a Windoze PC.

- Single power supply @ 5V or 3.3V.

The best boards I've found so far are:

Cyclone FPGA + basio (too expensive + 10M Ethernet too slow)

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Easy FPGA (USB too slow + not enough RAM for streaming)

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NuHorizons Spartan 3 and others (no high speed interface)

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Emulation Technology System board + Ethernet module (not enough RAM for streaming)

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Does anyone know of a board which might meet my requirements? Of the above, the Emulation Technology solution provides the closest fit, if only it had some onboard RAM.

Cheers Dave

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Dave
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I believe this board is made by Digilent, redistributed by Emulation. Digilent also sells SRAM expansion boards.

Will

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Will

Our new Broaddown2 Spartan3 board might meet your expectations. It is either a PCI card or can stand alone on the bench. There is a significant high speed I/O available for your use. We are expecting to build the first production run in mid-late June. We have Spartan3 silicon already for this batch so subject to the availability of a couple of minor components that date should not move very much. If you are an educational user there are discounts available on the standard pricing.

Details of Broaddown2 are here

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John Adair Enterpoint Ltd.

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John Adair

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