- Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:03 pm
#99575
I'm playing with Spartan FPAs, and would like to try the 3E boards from Sparkfun. I have wo questions:
1. Is the FPGA on the breakout-board the same as the breakout & development board? The latter has a 500k 3E chip, but the code associated with the breakout-board only is or a 250k device. I would like to use the dev board to design stuff, and use the lower-cost breakout-only for final use.
2. Has anyone used a programming device other than the parallel port cable to program these boards? With parallel ports disappearing,having an alternative would be good. I'm thinking specifically of the Digilent USB cables, such as he JTAG-USB full-speed cable, at $39.95. Before I buy one, I'd like to make sure it works.
I'm presently using the Digilent Nexys2 boards for learning and designing, but they do not bring out enough FPGA pins for my project.
I'm also thinking of using a Sparkfun Wiznet board as an enet interface to the FPGA instead of USB. Woud this work?
Thank you
Terry
WB4JFI
1. Is the FPGA on the breakout-board the same as the breakout & development board? The latter has a 500k 3E chip, but the code associated with the breakout-board only is or a 250k device. I would like to use the dev board to design stuff, and use the lower-cost breakout-only for final use.
2. Has anyone used a programming device other than the parallel port cable to program these boards? With parallel ports disappearing,having an alternative would be good. I'm thinking specifically of the Digilent USB cables, such as he JTAG-USB full-speed cable, at $39.95. Before I buy one, I'd like to make sure it works.
I'm presently using the Digilent Nexys2 boards for learning and designing, but they do not bring out enough FPGA pins for my project.
I'm also thinking of using a Sparkfun Wiznet board as an enet interface to the FPGA instead of USB. Woud this work?
Thank you
Terry
WB4JFI