[chbot] FPGAs again

[Charles Manning]

Sorry that was a typo. The DE0-Nano is $79.


On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Volker Kuhlmann
<list0570 at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> On Fri 22 Jul 2011 15:37:01 NZST +1200, Charles Manning wrote:
>
>> I believe the last discussion on FPGAs was silenced by the Feb earthquakes.
>
> :-(
>
>> The choice is really between:
>> * Cheapest: $49
>> * Pay a bit more but get much more toys (DE0-nano): $39.
>
> So the choice is between cheapest and really cheapest... :-))
>
> I would be interested. The potential to run Linux sounds good.
> But I don't remember the story about development tools. Do they run *on*
> Linux too? There appears to be nothing mentioning Linux on terasic's
> site, although Altera seems to have at least heard of it and has
> software for it, but I am unsure as to the extent of this and what all
> those names on te Altera site mean.
>
> Did anyone have a look at Linux as development platform, and what was
> the result?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Volker
>
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