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Which Development board to buy

mehdimoore
mehdimoore over 1 year ago

Hi All,

I have recently joined the forum but I hope I am writing the question in right forum!

I am going to buy a Xilinx FPGA development board (SOM) but I am not sure which one. I will use the board for testing/accelerating simulations of some particular DSP algorithms. For example I have implemented a 5G compliant LDPC decoder in Verilog and I want to test it on FPGA now. My application is mostly about sending data from PC to the board, do DSP processing, and then send the results back to PC. I don't need fancy peripherals so even a working USB port is enough for my work (I don't want to spend much of money on a board with numerous peripherals that I am not going to use)

my basic requirements are:

- about 300k-500k LUTs

-  1 peripheral with PC (e.g., USB, Ethernet, etc)

Due to my budget I would like to consider the cheapest options.

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

Mehdi

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  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 1 year ago +2
    Try these people: https://shop.trenz-electronic.de/en/Products/Programmable-Logic/ They have a good range of reasonably priced boards. Another angle is via Aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com…
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 1 year ago +1
    Hi Mehdi, That's a lot of LUTs, it would be a high-end Zync 7000 series you'd need to target (Z-7035 or higher), if you're interested in Xilinx. I don't think any FPGA board is cheap right now though…
  • rscasny
    rscasny 8 months ago +1
    If you are looking at cost, you may also want to check Digilent. digilent.com/.../
  • shabaz
    0 shabaz over 1 year ago

    Hi Mehdi,

    That's a lot of LUTs, it would be a high-end Zync 7000 series you'd need to target (Z-7035 or higher), if you're interested in Xilinx.

    I don't think any FPGA board is cheap right now though.

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    0 michaelkellett over 1 year ago

    Try these people:

    https://shop.trenz-electronic.de/en/Products/Programmable-Logic/

    They have a good range of reasonably priced boards.

    Another angle is via Aliexpress:

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003226113191.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.1.7b0279c7HHqcNr

    I've bought dev boards for smaller FPGAs (in the < £30 class) from Aliexpress woth good results

    MK

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    0 dychen 8 months ago

    Agreed...have a look at the Zynq line. Here they are at Farnell: https://uk.farnell.com/w/c/semiconductors-ics/microprocessors-mpu/socs-mpsocs-rfsocs/prl/results?st=zynq&gs=true

    They are mostly pretty pricey, however, as the more powerful FPGA boards are, but these are a good choice.

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    0 rscasny 8 months ago

    If you are looking at cost, you may also want to check Digilent. digilent.com/.../

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