Re: Free FPGA samples anywhere?

Aug 26, 2003 7 Replies


Hello,


>Please, does anybody know if there's any FPGA manufacturer
>that will give a sample FPGA for free?

Well, for small parts, Digikey isn't free, but is cheap, as you can get single unit parts for

What is it for?

Helps to know why you want/need a free sample.

Aust> Hello,

High-volume manufacturers of any kind are not equipped to efficiently handle low-quantity sales or give-aways. Thats what distributors do for a living. They might even give you a sample. It all depends on their expectations (and their mood). FPGA manufacturers usually have friendly and generous relationships with many universities. I know Xilinx does.. Peter Alfke

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On a sunny day (Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:58:54 GMT) it happened Rene Tschaggelar wrote in :

That will buy you a huge peche melba here, nice if its 40 celcius.

Yes. I'd get the peche melba by saving my time by not spending a few hours on the internet looking for free samples of 4$ parts.

Rene

Ing.Buero R.Tschaggelar - http://www.ibrtses.com & commercial newsgroups - http://www.talkto.net

Could someone tell me what is price of Altera Cyclone devices ? In Poland EP1C3T100C7 costs about 30$ (When I want to buy only 1 piece). I think it's to expensive.

Thank you, Pawel

I did a search on EBV :

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, a European distributor, it was listed there for 25,72 Euros. Their prices are about right I think. There are also distributors here with a minimum billing value of

100 Euros. EBV is not one of them, IIRC.

Rene

Ing.Buero R.Tschaggelar - http://www.ibrtses.com & commercial newsgroups - http://www.talkto.net

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