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Does it make sense? Xilinx AC701 or an older Altera Arria V dev Kit have all the hardware for this. Writing code for them might be interesting learning project,
by lnsru 8y ago
Does it make sense? Xilinx AC701 or an older Altera Arria V dev Kit have all the hardware for this. Writing code for them might be interesting learning project, but there are more interesting stuff nowadays to learn.
- metaphor 8y agoNot sure what Arria V dev kit you're referring to, but the AC701 retails for ~$1.3k and is overkill for the target application.
- lnsru 8y agoWhat do you want to pay for it? Hardware alone might cost 300$, but you also need somebody that wants work for free. 900$ is realistic price assuming low demand for such niche application. Maybe even higher price like this one: https://numato.com/product/nereid-kintex-7-pci-express-fpga-development-board https://numato.com/product/nereid-kintex-7-pci-express-fpga-... I am not related to Numato, but getting 4k@60Hz requires mid range chip like this Kintex-7. I also not sure, if somebody wants to open source more than schematics and Gerbers after putting few hundred working hours in such project.
- metaphor 8y agoCertainly not anything remotely close to $1k with unnecessary baggage. Where did you pull this imaginary 4K@60Hz performance requirement from anyways? The original article discussed analog VGA with PCI host control. The GP said something similar. You're proposing high-bandwidth digital video and suggesting native PCIe dev boards...completely out of scope. Take a look at the i.MX6 Rex project[1] designed by Robert Feranec and Martin Murin before presuming what people out there are willing to release. Comparatively speaking, a VGA over PCI video card is solo undergrad EE fodder. [1] https://www.imx6rex.com/ https://www.imx6rex.com/