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hi,
im plannining to buy a vertex 2 based FPGA board. this is the link.

http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/...53&Prod=XUPV2P

does this board worthy for the price of $299?

CMOS

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

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:42:25 -0700 (PDT),
"Antti.Lukats@googlemail.com" <Antti.Lukats@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

Hi,

Specvially if it is used for learning purposes, you will find it VERY useful
and instructive. Good quality audio, video, networking, 2 PowerPCs, DDR
module... quite a lof fun!

If you can only get the industrial pricing, I'd recommend you look for
something V4, V5 or even better, V6 based. As well, if this is going top be
used in a new product, V2Pro is maybe not the best thing you can find
nowadays, there are way better other offerings in the market, not only from
Xilinx, but from Altera, Lattice, etc.

--

Jaime Andres Aranguren C.
SanJaaC Electronics
Soluciones en DSP
www.sanjaac.com


"james" <george@washington.edu> escribió en el mensaje
news:22pf4551mmkl7b7oemjotrpsv9cr0imhas@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:42:25 -0700 (PDT),
> "Antti.Lukats@googlemail.com" <Antti.Lukats@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

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".

On Jun 29, 10:35*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".

My previous employer had an "industry discount" which applied
to pretty much anyone non-academic. The reason was that
academic institutions tended to require more product support.
So in effect the educational institutions were the only ones
paying full price. Of course our products were esoteric
enough at the time that we didn't expect the academic users
to design us in when they left school...

Regards,
Gabor

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.

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