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  • beginner fpga suggestion

    From fpaz@3:633/10 to All on Thu Oct 9 22:30:26 2025
    hi, i do have some experience in some embedded projects and want to dip
    my toes into fpgas.

    like every beginner, i will start with a simple led blinking project
    etc, but i would like to have the possibility to play with:

    - pci dma (from a desktop)
    - try to build a gameboy emulator (and later on a ps1 emulator)

    don't want altera, which is what misterfpga uses.

    i narrowed my choices and so far it seems i have two options:
    - Puzhi FPGA Development Board Xilinx Kintex-7 XC7K325T XC7K410T FMC
    PCIE 4K HDMI
    - Sipeed Tang Mega 138K

    which one would you pick? any other suggestions? budget is 500 usd max.
    what concerns me about these two brands is the reliability.

    since i am not an expert i expect things to work, and if there's a bug somewhere it must be from me / the code that i wrote, and not from the hardware - i read some have hardware problems.

    what i would like it to have:
    - pci slot (for that dma project, don't know yet, just want to try it)
    - hdmi (makes playing / testing graphics easier)
    - usbc

    if you also think i should start with something small (tang 9k) and
    later on upgrade just let me know, i came here to hear from the experts.

    thanks in advance

    --- PyGate Linux v1.0
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 11 12:23:06 2025
    On Thu, 9 Oct 2025, fpaz wrote:
    "[. . .]

    [. . .] any other suggestions? [. . .]
    what concerns me about these two brands is the reliability.

    [. . .] i expect things to work"

    Hi,

    Welcome! I advocate VHDL. Cf.
    HTTPS://SynthWorks.com

    --- PyGate Linux v1.0
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From fpaz@3:633/10 to All on Mon Oct 13 15:40:33 2025
    On 10/11/25 12:23 PM, Niocl s P¢l Caile n de Ghloucester wrote:
    On Thu, 9 Oct 2025, fpaz wrote:
    "[. . .]

    [. . .] any other suggestions? [. . .]
    what concerns me about these two brands is the reliability.

    [. . .] i expect things to work"

    Hi,

    Welcome! I advocate VHDL. Cf.
    HTTPS://SynthWorks.com

    tf is that?
    i better ask chatgpt then

    --- PyGate Linux v1.0
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester@3:633/10 to All on Mon Oct 13 19:39:18 2025
    VHDL is a strongly typed Hardware-Description Language.

    As for asking ChatGPT, read
    news:9a17f136-ba5a-4585-4fe9-aae1ae614be7@irrt.De
    (
    Subject: Re: AI for FPGA design
    Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:29:17 +0200
    )
    and
    LinkedIn
    about Ms. Sharada Yeluri and ChatGPT and Verilog.

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)