spartan FPGA with PLCC package

I've got some Spartan XL chips in PLCC somewhere. They are probably still available from Farnell, as well as the configuration devices.

Leon.

i want to design the prototype board for spartan series FPGA which is least costly,for master serial mode of configuration i want to use PROM.I am looking for some through hole component like PLCC84 pin & PLCC 20 pin package.can u suggest me some.

PLCC stands for Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier, so it is NOT through-hole. But there are sockets that can convert PLCC to through-hole. Don't expect any modern devices in this package. Too big and too few pins for today's designs. The world changes, not always in the direction one likes... Peter Alfke

Least costly: Buy a development board for $99.

Alternative for "your own" stuff: Use a new FPGA - Xilinx Spartan3(E?), Altera Cyclone-II, or Lattice ECP(2?) - in a TQFP package (still solderable by hand). It's not through-hole but it's doable. Good through hole support is mostly a memory.

And don't force everything to be 5V.

PLCC stands for Plastic *Leaded* Chip Carrier. It has J-leads, like an SOJ, but around a square package rather than down two parallel sides.

True.

Sorry, you are right, of course. Really ambarrassing... But it does not change the fact that they are NOT through-hole. Peter Alfke

The PLCC Spartan/SpartanXL is NOT going to be the least costly.

Xilinx no longer supports them. To synthesize, you'll need FPGA Express, and the last time I checked, it ran about $15,000.00 - 15K will buy a lot of time at your local stuffing house.

"If it ain't supported in a current web-pack, don't use it."

Hi,

I thought > The PLCC Spartan/SpartanXL is NOT going to be the least costly.