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Papilio DUO Kickstarter began today

johnbeetem
johnbeetem over 11 years ago

Gadget Factory is a great source for reasonably-priced FPGA boards including the Papilio One which is currently US$38 with 250K gate Xilinx Spartan 3E.  That's the best USA price I know of for a fairly large FPGA plus USB JTAG.  Gadget Factory also has a 500K gate Papilio One (US$65) as well as a Spartan 6 LX9 Papilio Pro for US$85.

 

Today they began a Kickstarter for their new Papilio DUO FPGA/Arduino board:

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13588168/papilio-duo-drag-and-drop-fpga-circuit-lab-for-mak

 

Along with a Spartan 6 LX9, Papilio DUO includes an Arduino Leonardo clone with Atmel ATmega32U4.  The board also has 512KB or 2MB SRAM, 64Mb SPI Flash, and an FTDI 2232H USB 2.0 communications chip for JTAG and serial communication with the FPGA.

 

The Kickstarter is an interesting read.  It targets new FPGA users who are leery about having to learn a new language like Verilog or VHDL.  Gadget Factory shows an approach using schematic editing as an easy way to get started with FPGAs.

 

Note: my only affiliation with Gadget Factory is as a happy customer who recently acquired a Papilio One 250K which I think is a great little board.

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  • Problemchild
    Problemchild over 11 years ago +1
    John, thanks for making me breaking my Kickstarer Embargo... It's lasted days and days. If you played the video I think the drawing of circuits and the Library functions are in fact more interesting than…
  • johnbeetem
    johnbeetem over 11 years ago

    OK, I backed it.  The Early Bird boards are going fast -- fewer than half left.  Project just passed 30% funding after just 12 hours.


    I've done a lot of work with Xilinx Spartan-II, Spartan-IIE, Spartan 3A, and Spartan 3E.  Should be interesting to check out Spartan 6 when the boards come out of the oven :-)

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  • Problemchild
    Problemchild over 11 years ago

    John, thanks for making me breaking my Kickstarer Embargo... It's lasted days and days.

     

    If you played the video I think the drawing of circuits and the Library functions are in fact more interesting than the basic FPGA it's self !

     

    Lets wish the project well ...definitely a well done Kickstarter punt ... you even get a free VHDL book!

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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild

    My mouse was quivering ... but luckily it stuttered long enough....

     

    Nice project and I wish them every success.

     

    Mark

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