Hi!
I would like to use my old AVNET KIT, but Vivaldo is not supporting that. How to use it with WIN10, or (if not other option) with Ubuntu.
Or maybe this board has no sense in 2021 to learn and I should buy a new kit. What is your opinion?
Hi!
I would like to use my old AVNET KIT, but Vivaldo is not supporting that. How to use it with WIN10, or (if not other option) with Ubuntu.
Or maybe this board has no sense in 2021 to learn and I should buy a new kit. What is your opinion?
If you are just looking to learn Verilog, VHDL, or FPGA design techniques, then any tool and any board will do. However, the tools have changed pretty dramatically since Spartan-3A. If you want to take advantage of Vivado, Vitis, or any of the latest machine learning examples, then it is well worth updating your board. If you choose to update, I suggest the Ultra96-V2. We have a workshop coming up in August that would help jumpstart you.
Ultra96-V2 Workshop: Session 1: Setup with Xilinx Tools
If you decide to move forward with the Spartan-3A, then
Bryan
Thanks for your helpful answer! Is there a middleway kit between spartan 3 and this Ultra96-v2? With some useful course available if possible.
Thanks for your helpful answer! Is there a middleway kit between spartan 3 and this Ultra96-v2? With some useful course available if possible.
There is a lot of ground between Spartan 3 and Zynq ZUxx.
What do you want to learn?
The Digilent ARTY-S7 might be something to consider. It hosts a Spartan-S7 FPGA and was roadtested (twice) here on E14. Those roadtests work very well as tutorials because people tend to write unbiased about issues and always have good examples going on.
The Spartan S7 FPGA is a much more advanced FPGA design compared to the Spartan3 series and is at least similar to the logic section of the 1st generation Zync devices.