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What are the good convenient and modern FPGA's good for a modern computer? I'm not sure what I'm asking here, really. I would ask for a PCE-Express board, but
by listic 12y ago
What are the good convenient and modern FPGA's good for a modern computer?
I'm not sure what I'm asking here, really. I would ask for a PCE-Express board, but I've switched to a laptop as my main machine, with external monitor, keyboard and mouse when in home/office. I guess a PCE-Express board that could in principle be used in a rack-mount server would be useful.
- wmf 12y agoProbably a Zedboard.
- listic 12y agoI don't see a PCI-Express one. Alternatively, which one do you find convenient? I think the external board should have some kind of case so that I won't have to worry about short-circuiting it.
- pjc50 12y agoWhen you say you want a PCIe one, do you really want to start by writing your own PCI slave? It's a bit of a pain. And having the FPGA on the PCI bus lets it crash your development PC when you get it wrong.
- listic 12y agoYou're right, I wouldn't want to write my own PCI slave and have it crash my PC. Unless the board developer already took care of that, it's probably better to go with standalone board for now. I hope we'll see more convenient FPGA development boards that will be no more hassle to use than an extra videocard in your PC now, as Moore's law hits the wall and FPGA's become more ubiquitous.