choosing an fpga board

Hi all!
I'm starting a PhD project in the field of design of SoC systems on
FPGA.
I would like to buy an FPGA board with the following features:
-Sufficient FPGA for small to middle SoCs (OpenCores based cores:
OR1200+Sound+LCD/VGA+USB+UART+Custom cores)
-Sufficient input/output units (USB/PS2/VGA/LCD).
-Ressources for testing. for minimizing the use of lab equipments =>
this card will be for use at home.
-Sufficient Flash+RAM.

All the variants are welcome.

Another requirement ... I will have to work with the jbits system (for
partial reconfiguration) ... are there any requirements for FPGA boards
??

Thanks !

I forgot to say that I'm interested by Virtex/VirtexII based boards.

"GaLaKtIkUsT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] oups.com...
> Hi all!
> I'm starting a PhD project in the field of design of SoC systems on
> FPGA.
> I would like to buy an FPGA board with the following features:
> -Sufficient FPGA for small to middle SoCs (OpenCores based cores:
> OR1200+Sound+LCD/VGA+USB+UART+Custom cores)
> -Sufficient input/output units (USB/PS2/VGA/LCD).
> -Ressources for testing. for minimizing the use of lab equipments =>
> this card will be for use at home.
> -Sufficient Flash+RAM.
>
> All the variants are welcome.
>
> Another requirement ... I will have to work with the jbits system (for
> partial reconfiguration) ... are there any requirements for FPGA boards
> ??
>
> Thanks !
>

http://www.digilentinc.com/info/XUPV2P.cfm virtex2pro takes cf cards and
uses standard computer ddr ram
http://www.xilinx.com/univ/xupv2p.html
board can output xsga(1600 by 1200) , ethernet , sata , audio (ac97), etc
has a usb2 port for programming


Should also take a look at http://www.xilinx.com/univ/overview.html

Our xupv2pro board finally got ordered today(hopefully).
Looking forward to getting to use it.

Can run linux or uclinux on the board.

For uclinux
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~jwilliams/mblaze-uclinux


Alex

I'll work on OpenRisc based systems ... the VII pro is not adequate.

I'll work on OpenRisc based systems ... the VII pro is not adequate.
Thanks !

"GaLaKtIkUsT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] oups.com...
> I'll work on OpenRisc based systems ... the VII pro is not adequate.
> Thanks !
>

Well, have you had a search for boards on
<http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xebiz/search/boardsrch.jsp?sGlobalNavPick=null&sSecondaryNavPic k=null&category=&iLanguageID=1&ProgramType=XilinxO nBoard>
?

Maybe look at
http://www.xilinx.com/products/tables/fpga.htm
http://www.xilinx.com/products/tables/virtex4.htm
work out minimum size fpga you need
and look for a board with that.

Not going to be cheap.

Alex

On the xilinx's site I get 0 results when browsing the section of
boards
Any other propositions ?

On 21 Jun 2005 23:37:42 -0700, "GaLaKtIkUs™" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi all!
>I'm starting a PhD project in the field of design of SoC systems on
>FPGA.
>I would like to buy an FPGA board with the following features:
>-Sufficient FPGA for small to middle SoCs (OpenCores based cores:
>OR1200+Sound+LCD/VGA+USB+UART+Custom cores)
>-Sufficient input/output units (USB/PS2/VGA/LCD).
>-Ressources for testing. for minimizing the use of lab equipments =>
>this card will be for use at home.
>-Sufficient Flash+RAM.
>
>All the variants are welcome.
>
>Another requirement ... I will have to work with the jbits system (for
>partial reconfiguration) ... are there any requirements for FPGA boards
>??
>
>Thanks !


You can find an extremely uptodate list at:

http://www.fpga-faq.org/FPGA_Boards.shtml

Philip





===================
Philip Freidin
[email protected]
Host for WWW.FPGA-FAQ.ORG

Ok ... this was a momentrly problem (perhaps they were updating some
server ... I got in .... but too expensive for me ... the problem is
that I don't have access to any Xilinx University Program because
our university is not a subscriber

"GaLaKtIkUsT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] oups.com...
> Ok ... this was a momentrly problem (perhaps they were updating some
> server ... I got in .... but too expensive for me ... the problem is
> that I don't have access to any Xilinx University Program because
> our university is not a subscriber
>

Well join yourself.

Contact xilinx and see what you need to do, its well worth it.


Alex