MPS3 has got me interested.....in FPGA boards.

gam3t3ch over 7 years ago

Got a notification on youtube for a video.

Here is another l ink

https://developer.arm.com/products/system-design/development-boards/cortex-m-prototyping-systems/mps3

Now I have never played with a FPGA Board and though this was sweet......until I seen the price tag of 6k.

(https://www.digikey.com/products/en/development-boards-kits-programmers/evaluation-boards-embedded-mcu-dsp/786?k=mps3)

So to the newb in FPGA whats a good starting board?

TIA

Top Replies

michaelkellett over 7 years ago

It depends on what you want to do - if you will only ever use the complete board or mean to design your own boards later.

If you'll do your own board designs:

I've a preference for Lattice ICE40 or similar parts (for small projects) because you can get them in prototype friendly packages (although availablity is an issue.)

Altera MAX 10 are nice with quite powerful, devices available in 144pin TQFP and you get to uses pretty complete toolset (free for those parts.)

For the Lattice parts I think Lattice's own dev boards are best but you could attempt the Gnarlygrey thing (which is dead cheap but a bit rough round the edges)

For Altera MAX 10 there are several boards from Altera - I've got a Kamami MAXImator - I'll try to blog about it.

If you need a board for its own sake I'd need to know what you fancy doing with it.

MK
Cancel
Vote Up +1 Vote Down

Sign in to reply

Cancel
johnbeetem over 7 years ago

I wasn't familiar with the MPS3 (or its predecessor the MPS2+) so I googled it. Nice board, but almost US$6000 at Digi-Key.

If you're just getting started with FPGAs, you might want to take a look at my recent poll Not-as-expensive FPGA Boards
Cancel
Vote Up 0 Vote Down

Sign in to reply

Cancel
gam3t3ch over 7 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

Thanks for the link John. Will check it out.
Cancel
Vote Up +1 Vote Down

Sign in to reply

Cancel
gam3t3ch over 7 years ago in reply to michaelkellett

Ya it would be 100% just for fun and learning only. With no real purpose now or in the near future.
Cancel
Vote Up +1 Vote Down

Sign in to reply

Cancel
DAB over 7 years ago

Interesting board, but I think there are many more cost effective ways to get into FPGAs.

DAB
Cancel
Vote Up +1 Vote Down

Sign in to reply

Cancel