On Jun 30, 5:53*am, John Eaton <z3qmt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 29, 7:35*am, radarman <jsham...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jun 28, 4:45*pm, james <geo...@washington.edu> wrote:
>
> > > On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:42:25 -0700 (PDT),
>
> > > "Antti.Luk...@googlemail.com" <Antti.Luk...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > |On Jun 28, 3:42*pm, CMOS <manusha1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > |> hi,
> > > |> im plannining to buy a vertex 2 based FPGA board. this is the link..
> > > |>
> > > |>http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/...2,400,453&Prod...
> > > |>
> > > |> does this board worthy for the price of $299?
> > > |>
> > > |> CMOS
> > > |
> > > |absolutly, if you get it for $299!
> > > |
> > > |too bad Xilinx is no longer supporting Virtex-II with their ISE
> > > |
> > > |ISE 10.1 is the last version that offered V-II support,
> > > |
> > > |Antti
> > > |==========
>
> > > $299 is the acedemic pricing.
>
> > > james
>
> > I really wish more companies didn't specifically target "academic",
> > and would offer a more broad "non-industrial" price. I'm not in
> > college anymore, but I still try to keep my skills honed at home -
> > thus, I don't have a student ID, but I still consider myself to be a
> > "student".
>
> That's the problem when your a "hobbiest". You don't get any of the
> breaks that you got as a student and the IRS frowns on letting you
> write off any of your toys. Bummer.
>
> I do have a couple of digilent boards and they are quality products.
> They are a good deal if you can get the academic price.

hello all,

thanks for all the advice and info. i think i will go ahead and buy
one, as its for fun, not for commercial stuff.

CMOS