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POLL For a Recent Roadtest You Were Considering, What Primary Factor Swayed You NOT to Apply for the Roadtest?

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If you have the time, please vote in my poll. Thanks.

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  • I like the idea of road testing something like a PolarFire FPGS, but the learning curve for such a complex product is probably too long for a road test schedule.

    Xilinx (Vivado) is too expensive to justify buying for a road test, or for the number of FPGA projects I would use it for.

    Going through a huge learning curve with a temporary software license for something you don't end up owning is not usually time well spent.

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  • I like the idea of road testing something like a PolarFire FPGS, but the learning curve for such a complex product is probably too long for a road test schedule.

    Xilinx (Vivado) is too expensive to justify buying for a road test, or for the number of FPGA projects I would use it for.

    Going through a huge learning curve with a temporary software license for something you don't end up owning is not usually time well spent.

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  • in reply to dougw

    Xilinx Vivado is offered in free edition which works well. Development for PolarFire is done in Libero SoC and Microchip last year changed licensing policy, so you can obtail silver license also for free.

    Licences are not the issue in FPGA world anymore.

  • in reply to dougw

    Doug,

    Great points. FPGAs have a longer learning curve than other things. We've had a few problems with trial software licenses running out before the roadtest is complete. I'm going to start looking at expiration dates of the licenses and posting the date on the roadtest page. But there are other things I wonder if have a longer learning curve. I'm running a 3D motion/orientation sensor roadtest. I believe it uses sensor fusion and includes an accelerometer, magnetometer and gyroscope. I believe it's been used in the movies and sounded cool. But I am now thinking this is something that would have benefitted from product training before the roadtest. Maybe it's harder to work with than I previously thought. Hard to predict these things sometimes. Thanks for responding.

    Randall