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I almost bought one of those digiliant boards ( with the 1m upgrade for an=
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additional 50 bucks ), but after finding this, next week I'm going to get o=
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of the below boards instead. its a bit cheaper for the same size chip, and=
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has a few more features:
http://www.altium.com/Products/AltiumDesigner/LiveDesign=20=20
( the spartan version, not the cyclone one )

On Saturday 14 October 2006 09:53 am, f...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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> 2a.
> Question regarding FPGA (is this good enough?) and also the software
> Posted by: "a...@gmail.com" a...@gmail.com =A0 asgf2mx
> Fri Oct=A013,=A02006 10:36=A0am (PST)
> I have previously worked on Spartan IIE boards while at Uni and am now
> wanting to continue tinkering with them at home to improve my skills. I
> came across the Spartan 3E Starter board at the Xilinx site for USD150 an=
d
> am thinking of purchasing it.
>
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On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:04:18 -0400, Tony wrote:

>I almost bought one of those digiliant boards ( with the 1m upgrade for an
>additional 50 bucks ), but after finding this, next week I'm going to get one
>of the below boards instead. its a bit cheaper for the same size chip, and
>has a few more features:
>http://www.altium.com/Products/AltiumDesigner/LiveDesign
>( the spartan version, not the cyclone one )

I was also considering that kit. This email exchange may be helpful
in your considerations. I was asking them what happens after the 30
day trial period:

>: To: "'Jonathan Kirwan'"
>: Subject: RE: query: Altium Designer LiveDesign Evaluation Kit
>: From: "sales.na"
>: Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:48:51 -0800
>:
>: Jon,
>:
>: Correct, the files are Altium Designer format so unless you have the
>: software they will not be able to be modified. Again you will be able to
>: use other tools connecting via JTAG.
>:
>: Chris
>:
>: -----Original Message-----
>: From: Jonathan Kirwan [mailto:j...@easystreet.com]
>: Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 8:41 AM
>: To: sales.na
>: Subject: Re: query: Altium Designer LiveDesign Evaluation Kit
>:
>: I think just this one. To be clear, the examples will no longer be
>: able to be modified and compiled into the board?
>:
>: Jon
>:
>:
>: On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 06:47:19 -0800, you wrote:
>:
>: >Jon,
>: >
>: >Once the 30 day evaluation expires the board will still be able to be
>: >programmed using the Altera or Xilinx tools. If you have any other
>: >questions let me know.
>: >
>: >Regards,
>: >
>: > Chris Donato

Hope that helps,
Jon
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Maybe another addendum to the altium spartan starter kit, lots of
features...

BUT
No way to permanently store the configuration
( no config-flash, and the spartan configuration pins
are under the bga with NO way to connect to them :(

So It's really intended to show who cooltheir software is.
(I have to admit it really looks and works flashy!!!)

But probably WAY to expensive for your purposes.

cheers thilo
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