Xilinx has a Spartan-3 kit selling for $99, via their web site. Price from Insight (UK) will be 70 GBP, but they don't know when they will be in stock. Leon -- Leon Heller, G1HSM http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller
Xilinx $99 Spartan-3 kit
Started by ●June 30, 2004
Reply by ●June 30, 20042004-06-30
That's because $99 / 1.81 = �55. Cheers, Syms. "Leon Heller" <leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:40e2e1f9$0$291$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...> Xilinx has a Spartan-3 kit selling for $99, via their web site. Price from > Insight (UK) will be 70 GBP, but they don't know when they will be instock.> > Leon > -- > Leon Heller, G1HSM > http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller > >
Reply by ●June 30, 20042004-06-30
The Xilinx online store has stock will ship boards to practically anywhere on this planet. Payment is by credit card so you receive the exchange rate offered by your bank. However, shipping and local taxes do apply. Any difference charged by your local distributor is likely import duties, taxes, and fees charged by the applicable governing body (pesky governments). --------------------------------- Steven K. Knapp Applications Manager, Xilinx Inc. General Products Division Spartan-3/II/IIE FPGAs http://www.xilinx.com/spartan3 --------------------------------- Spartan-3: Make it Your ASIC "Symon" <symon_brewer@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:2kg8l9F1v8isU1@uni-berlin.de...> That's because $99 / 1.81 = �55. > Cheers, Syms. > "Leon Heller" <leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:40e2e1f9$0$291$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com... > > Xilinx has a Spartan-3 kit selling for $99, via their web site. Pricefrom> > Insight (UK) will be 70 GBP, but they don't know when they will be in > stock. > > > > Leon > > -- > > Leon Heller, G1HSM > > http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller > > > > > >
Reply by ●June 30, 20042004-06-30
Just wonder - Is there any chance the same board will be loaded with a bigger chip ? lukasz Steven K. Knapp wrote:> The Xilinx online store has stock will ship boards to practically anywhere > on this planet. Payment is by credit card so you receive the exchange rate > offered by your bank. However, shipping and local taxes do apply. > > Any difference charged by your local distributor is likely import duties, > taxes, and fees charged by the applicable governing body (pesky > governments). > --------------------------------- > Steven K. Knapp > Applications Manager, Xilinx Inc. > General Products Division > Spartan-3/II/IIE FPGAs > http://www.xilinx.com/spartan3 > --------------------------------- > Spartan-3: Make it Your ASIC > > > > "Symon" <symon_brewer@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:2kg8l9F1v8isU1@uni-berlin.de... > >>That's because $99 / 1.81 = �55. >>Cheers, Syms. >>"Leon Heller" <leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>news:40e2e1f9$0$291$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com... >> >>>Xilinx has a Spartan-3 kit selling for $99, via their web site. Price > > from > >>>Insight (UK) will be 70 GBP, but they don't know when they will be in >> >>stock. >> >>>Leon >>>-- >>>Leon Heller, G1HSM >>>http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller >>> >>> >> >> > >
Reply by ●June 30, 20042004-06-30
Steven K. Knapp wrote:> The Xilinx online store has stock will ship boards to practically > anywhere on this planet.Alightly off-topic, but it would be really really helpful if the online store could move into the 20th century and start selling FPGAs. No need to stock all speed grades or compete on price. And, as I've said before, if X management don't want to handle this, subcontract it to Amazon or DigiKey or whoever. Just make it possible for designers to order prototype quantities without going through the distributor tarpit - it would help your overall business.
Reply by ●June 30, 20042004-06-30
I see the device used is a XC3S200-4FT256. You can get XC3S400 and XC3S1000 parts in that package according to my datasheet. I bet it'll cost more than 70 quid though!! Cheers, Syms. "Lukasz Salwinski" <lukasz@mbi.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:cbuuto$dd5$1@daisy.noc.ucla.edu...> Just wonder - Is there any chance the same board will be loaded > with a bigger chip ? > > lukasz >
Reply by ●June 30, 20042004-06-30
In article <2kgekuF25eavU1@uni-berlin.de>, Symon <symon_brewer@hotmail.com> wrote:> I see the device used is a XC3S200-4FT256. You can get XC3S400 and > XC3S1000 parts in that package according to my datasheet. I bet > it'll cost more than 70 quid though!!"A million gates for twelve dollars", remember :) [and a magazine I looked at today claimed the 70kLUT Cyclone II is $70 in those asymptotic quantities. Sadly, I doubt there are 10^5 FPGA hobbyists on the planet ...] Tom
Reply by ●June 30, 20042004-06-30
In article <40e2e1f9$0$291$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>, Leon Heller <leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote:>Xilinx has a Spartan-3 kit selling for $99, via their web site. Price from >Insight (UK) will be 70 GBP, but they don't know when they will be in stock. >Anyone know if the software that comes with it works on Linux? I looked at the site, but didn't see any info on supported platforms for this board. Phil
Reply by ●June 30, 20042004-06-30
Phil Tomson <ptkwt@aracnet.com> wrote: : In article <40e2e1f9$0$291$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>, : Leon Heller <leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote: : >Xilinx has a Spartan-3 kit selling for $99, via their web site. Price from : >Insight (UK) will be 70 GBP, but they don't know when they will be in stock. : > : Anyone know if the software that comes with it works on Linux? I looked : at the site, but didn't see any info on supported platforms for this : board. It's not impossible to run ISE under a recent Wine. Programming with impact however not possible. Bye -- Uwe Bonnes bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt --------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ----------
Reply by ●June 30, 20042004-06-30
Phil Tomson <ptkwt@aracnet.com> wrote: : In article <40e2e1f9$0$291$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>, : Leon Heller <leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote: : >Xilinx has a Spartan-3 kit selling for $99, via their web site. Price from : >Insight (UK) will be 70 GBP, but they don't know when they will be in stock. : > : Anyone know if the software that comes with it works on Linux? I looked : at the site, but didn't see any info on supported platforms for this : board. It's not impossible to run ISE under a recent Wine. Programming with impact however is not possible. Bye -- Uwe Bonnes bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt --------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ----------
