Hello, all. I'm an aspiring CPU designer, looking to design my first CPUs, have compiler errors, and learn a lot along the way. I finished my first FPGA class this last semester, and I'm hungry for more. The FPGA we used in class was the Digilent Nexys A7. This board worked well for what we did in class, but I would like to upgrade, as I found myself commonly exceeding the number of cells available during experimentation. Here are my working requirements:
Must have:
At least one Ethernet port, either directly connected, or connected via PHY.
Some sort of EEPROM or non-volatile storage capability
Onboard display for de-bugging on the fly. Can be a LCD, 7-segs, LEDs, whatever.
Must be around or under 1k$ US
Be shipped from North America
Internal clocks of at least 50MHz
Xilinx-based FPGA
If not supported by Vivado web-pak, it must come with a license to synthesize and implement RTL HDLs.
It would be nice to have:
Many, many logic cells
Three Ethernet ports
On-board interfaces (buttons, switches, etc)
onboard DIMM slots for RAM,
USB programming interface
A board listed under Vivado's 'Default parts' menu when creating a project.
With these requirements, what would be the best FPGA development board for me?
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Hello, all. I'm an aspiring CPU designer, looking to design my first CPUs, have compiler errors, and learn a lot along the way. I finished my first FPGA class this last semester, and I'm hungry for more. The FPGA we used in class was the Digilent Nexys A7. This board worked well for what we did in class, but I would like to upgrade, as I found myself commonly exceeding the number of cells available during experimentation. Here are my working requirements:
Must have:
It would be nice to have:
With these requirements, what would be the best FPGA development board for me?
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