3 ms·
I'm very interested in RISC-V. But show me the hardware! I'll buy one (as long as it's not prohibitively expensive). I'm looking at FPGAs also, but they are
by lsllc 8y ago
I'm very interested in RISC-V. But show me the hardware! I'll buy one (as long as it's not prohibitively expensive). I'm looking at FPGAs also, but they are not really very compelling unless you want to spend ~$3K. So QEMU for now I guess.
- agalunar 8y agoTry taking a look at some of SiFive’s stuff. There’s the HiFive board ($59) or an FPGA bitstream that runs on an Artix-7 ($99).
- duskwuff 8y agoA warning from experience: The peripherals on the FE310 are poorly designed, and the documentation is even worse. Don't go into this expecting a convenient part to use. :/
- patrickg_zill 8y agoYou can get simpler FPGAs on a board that you can easily connect to for under $100. e.g. Numato Mimas w/Spartan 6 core https://numato.com/product/mimas-v2-spartan-6-fpga-development-board-with-ddr-sdram https://numato.com/product/mimas-v2-spartan-6-fpga-developme... (with this plus the CPU softcore at j-core.org you can run Linux) Adafruit $79.95 https://www.adafruit.com/product/1553 https://www.adafruit.com/product/1553 (Spartan6) and $99.95 https://www.adafruit.com/product/451 https://www.adafruit.com/product/451 (Altera Cyclone IV) Many others on eBay etc. But this Reddit thread is likely useful: https://www.reddit.com/r/FPGA/comments/8kwz3q/fpga_boards_for_beginners/ https://www.reddit.com/r/FPGA/comments/8kwz3q/fpga_boards_fo...
- lsllc 8y agoThanks for the info -- but are these capable of running Linux on RISC-V in an FPGA, not just a bare-metal RISC-V?