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- Jan 1, 1970
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Hello all,
I'm looking for an FPGA platform to produce some low-volume designs on,
and I would like to hear the group's suggestions on manufacturers.
What I am most concerned about is the flexibility and functionality of
the programming tools. In other words, whether they're crippled unless
I pay thousands of dollars for the "full version." I won't be selling
thousands of units, so I can't consider the software an investment. I
don't mind paying a reasonable amount for a compiler, but I am not in
the same market as Linksys and I can't afford what they pay for
software.
I am currently using Altera flex0k's and quartus, which is free but has
some fairly minor limitations. I can more or less live with the
restrictions as they more or less force me to buy a larger chip than is
necessary but still do basically anything. However, they could pull the
rug under me at any moment by not licensing the free compiler (it
requires a new license file periodically.) Is there a better option? I
recently discovered that Atmel has a CPLD/FPGA line; does anyone have
experience with it?
I'm looking for an FPGA platform to produce some low-volume designs on,
and I would like to hear the group's suggestions on manufacturers.
What I am most concerned about is the flexibility and functionality of
the programming tools. In other words, whether they're crippled unless
I pay thousands of dollars for the "full version." I won't be selling
thousands of units, so I can't consider the software an investment. I
don't mind paying a reasonable amount for a compiler, but I am not in
the same market as Linksys and I can't afford what they pay for
software.
I am currently using Altera flex0k's and quartus, which is free but has
some fairly minor limitations. I can more or less live with the
restrictions as they more or less force me to buy a larger chip than is
necessary but still do basically anything. However, they could pull the
rug under me at any moment by not licensing the free compiler (it
requires a new license file periodically.) Is there a better option? I
recently discovered that Atmel has a CPLD/FPGA line; does anyone have
experience with it?