Spartan-3 Starter Kit supplier in the UK?

[ Apologies if this is a frequently asked question but I've
	been googling for hours and haven't found much info. ]

I'm looking to buy a Spartan-3 Starter Kit:-
	http://www.xilinx.com/products/spartan3/s3boards.htm#
in the UK.

The only supplier in the UK with a website is nuhorizons.com
and I've seen some warnings about using them.

I'll give Xilinx UK a call tomorrow (or Monday) but I'm
wondering if anyone has any suggestions for suppliers I can
check with.

Or how quick/expensive is it to order from the US and deliver
to the UK. Which suppliers would you recommend?

Ta,

-Alex

http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller
"Alex" <uksb@greenbank.org> wrote in message 
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>[ Apologies if this is a frequently asked question but I've
> been googling for hours and haven't found much info. ]
>
> I'm looking to buy a Spartan-3 Starter Kit:-
> http://www.xilinx.com/products/spartan3/s3boards.htm#
> in the UK.
>
> The only supplier in the UK with a website is nuhorizons.com
> and I've seen some warnings about using them.
>
> I'll give Xilinx UK a call tomorrow (or Monday) but I'm
> wondering if anyone has any suggestions for suppliers I can
> check with.
>
> Or how quick/expensive is it to order from the US and deliver
> to the UK. Which suppliers would you recommend?

Memec-Insight should have them (&#4294967295;76.38).

Leon 

I managed to find one in the uk on ebay but i suspect that I was just
lucky,if you contact one of xilinx's reps in England such as Arrow then
they will sell you stuff but you'll be forever fighting them off once
they smell money.

I have bought ours via their web-shop (our distributor (Austria) recommend 
it that way). There add up some shipping charges (I think about EUR 30,-), 
but it worked fine.

Regards,

Thomas

www.entner-electronics.com


"Alex" <uksb@greenbank.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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>[ Apologies if this is a frequently asked question but I've
> been googling for hours and haven't found much info. ]
>
> I'm looking to buy a Spartan-3 Starter Kit:-
> http://www.xilinx.com/products/spartan3/s3boards.htm#
> in the UK.
>
> The only supplier in the UK with a website is nuhorizons.com
> and I've seen some warnings about using them.
>
> I'll give Xilinx UK a call tomorrow (or Monday) but I'm
> wondering if anyone has any suggestions for suppliers I can
> check with.
>
> Or how quick/expensive is it to order from the US and deliver
> to the UK. Which suppliers would you recommend?
>
> Ta,
>
> -Alex 

Alex wrote:
> [ Apologies if this is a frequently asked question but I've
> 	been googling for hours and haven't found much info. ]
> 
> I'm looking to buy a Spartan-3 Starter Kit:-
> 	http://www.xilinx.com/products/spartan3/s3boards.htm#
> in the UK.
> 
> The only supplier in the UK with a website is nuhorizons.com
> and I've seen some warnings about using them.
> 
> I'll give Xilinx UK a call tomorrow (or Monday) but I'm
> wondering if anyone has any suggestions for suppliers I can
> check with.
> 
> Or how quick/expensive is it to order from the US and deliver
> to the UK. Which suppliers would you recommend?
> 
> Ta,
> 
> -Alex

We bought ours directly from the Xilinx website and apart from the 
additional  shipping costs, there were no hidden or extra charges.
I think in total we paid around �75.00.

Ben

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:16:23 +0000 (UTC), Alex <uksb@greenbank.org> wrote:

>[ Apologies if this is a frequently asked question but I've
>	been googling for hours and haven't found much info. ]
>
>I'm looking to buy a Spartan-3 Starter Kit:-
>	http://www.xilinx.com/products/spartan3/s3boards.htm#
>in the UK.
>
>The only supplier in the UK with a website is nuhorizons.com
>and I've seen some warnings about using them.
>
>I'll give Xilinx UK a call tomorrow (or Monday) but I'm
>wondering if anyone has any suggestions for suppliers I can
>check with.
>
>Or how quick/expensive is it to order from the US and deliver
>to the UK. Which suppliers would you recommend?
>
>Ta,
>
>-Alex

I ordered one recently off the xilinx website - only took  a few days to arrive
ISTR recently (probably here) seeing a well-hidden link on the xilinx site offering the S3 and CPLD
devkits together for $99 (i.e. same as the S3 kit alone)

Alex <uksb@greenbank.org> wrote:
[ SNIP original request ]

Thank you for all of the replies. I've ordered directly
from Xilinx and I'm looking forward to my new toy
arriving.

Ta,

-Alex

"Mike Harrison" <mike@whitewing.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:16:23 +0000 (UTC), Alex <uksb@greenbank.org> wrote:
>
> >[ Apologies if this is a frequently asked question but I've
> > been googling for hours and haven't found much info. ]
> >
> >I'm looking to buy a Spartan-3 Starter Kit:-
> > http://www.xilinx.com/products/spartan3/s3boards.htm#
> >in the UK.
> >
> >The only supplier in the UK with a website is nuhorizons.com
> >and I've seen some warnings about using them.
> >
> >I'll give Xilinx UK a call tomorrow (or Monday) but I'm
> >wondering if anyone has any suggestions for suppliers I can
> >check with.
> >
> >Or how quick/expensive is it to order from the US and deliver
> >to the UK. Which suppliers would you recommend?
> >
> >Ta,
> >
> >-Alex
>
> I ordered one recently off the xilinx website - only took  a few days to
arrive
> ISTR recently (probably here) seeing a well-hidden link on the xilinx site
offering the S3 and CPLD
> devkits together for $99 (i.e. same as the S3 kit alone)
>

I think it was for visitors of Electronica 2004, the link was open, but
hidden.. well in any case that offer isnt valid any more. But maybe there is
some other similar offer who knows

Antti

Alex <uksb@greenbank.org> wrote:

>Alex <uksb@greenbank.org> wrote:
>[ SNIP original request ]
>
>Thank you for all of the replies. I've ordered directly
>from Xilinx and I'm looking forward to my new toy
>arriving.

Did you or anyone else get the now bundled EDK evaluation (and 6.3i ISE
evaluation I presume because the 6.3i EDK appears to need it)? 

"nospam" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Alex <uksb@greenbank.org> wrote:
>
>>Alex <uksb@greenbank.org> wrote:
>>[ SNIP original request ]
>>
>>Thank you for all of the replies. I've ordered directly
>>from Xilinx and I'm looking forward to my new toy
>>arriving.
>
> Did you or anyone else get the now bundled EDK evaluation (and 6.3i ISE
> evaluation I presume because the 6.3i EDK appears to need it)?
>

I have not got my EDK either. The Spartan III starter kit came with the ISE 
eval CD's  I emailed the online store on Feb 07, 2005 and got the same 
answer as Carsten did on Jan 30, 2005 :

"quote"
The EDK eval is being sent to all who have purchased the Spartan 3
Starter kit and will begin shipping within the next couple of weeks.

"unquote"

I replied :

On or before Jan 30, 2005, you gave the same exact answer to another 
customer.My question is, has your schedule slipped.


The answer on Feb 08, 2005 was :
The only information I have at this time is what was provided to us by our 
Marketing group. If possible, please send me your ship to address and ship 
to address of the other customer.I will then forward that information 
directly to the department responsible for the eval.

I replied back on Feb 08, 2005 with the information requested.  I have yet 
to receive an answer back as of Feb 10, 2005.

- Newman