Re: spartan3 development board in Europe?

"Jens Baumann" <annonce05_nospam@web.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hi,
> I'd like to buy the Spartan3 board from Digilent
> https://www.digilentinc.com/Sales/Product.cfm?Prod=S3BOARD
>
> However, it seems not to be available in Europe, as previous discussions
in
> this group show.
>
> Another oprion would be Memec
> http://www.memec.com/uploaded/Spartan3LC_4.pdf
> although I'd prefer Digilent for several reasons (on board ram,
recommended
> by Xilinx).
>
> Is there any possibility to order the digilent board, clones of this
board,
> or at least a board with equivalent specifications in Europe?
>
> Thanks
> Jens

digilent is s3-200 too SMALL
memec is s3-400 ok soso

xess XSA 3S1000 is S3-1000 !! way larger

really recommend best bang for the bucks at the moment.
they deliver almost immediatly, you will get tracking number confirmation
not any problems at all

Antti

Hi,
I'd like to buy the Spartan3 board from Digilent
https://www.digilentinc.com/Sales/Product.cfm?Prod=S3BOARD

However, it seems not to be available in Europe, as previous discussions in
this group show.

Another oprion would be Memec
http://www.memec.com/uploaded/Spartan3LC_4.pdf
although I'd prefer Digilent for several reasons (on board ram, recommended
by Xilinx).

Is there any possibility to order the digilent board, clones of this board,
or at least a board with equivalent specifications in Europe?

Thanks
Jens

"Jens Baumann" <annonce05_nospam@web.de> wrote in message
news:42260dc0$0$29271$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
> Hi,
> I'd like to buy the Spartan3 board from Digilent
> https://www.digilentinc.com/Sales/Product.cfm?Prod=S3BOARD
>
> However, it seems not to be available in Europe, as previous discussions
in
> this group show.
>
> Another oprion would be Memec
> http://www.memec.com/uploaded/Spartan3LC_4.pdf
> although I'd prefer Digilent for several reasons (on board ram,
recommended
> by Xilinx).
>
> Is there any possibility to order the digilent board, clones of this
board,
> or at least a board with equivalent specifications in Europe?

I would assume that Digilent would happily ship the board to Europe.

If not, the same board is also available from the Xilinx Online Store.
http://tinyurl.com/6zfnl

The information link for the board is below.
http://www.xilinx.com/s3boards

---------------------------------
Steven K. Knapp
Applications Manager, Xilinx Inc.
General Products Division
Spartan-3/-3E FPGAs
http://www.xilinx.com/spartan3e
---------------------------------
The Spartan(tm)-3 Generation:  The World's Lowest-Cost FPGAs.

Hi Digilent board is commonly distributed as xilinx starter kit spartan3

Personnaly I have bought digilent board spartan to a french distributor but 
I bought it a bit expensive comparatively to xilinx starter kit (with power 
supply & cable without documentation & software / no eval cd of ise 
=>160euros)

But You should wait to see the price of the next starter kit spartan3e that 
have more stuff on it , but for the price it's actually unknow :on board 
:S3e 500 -4,  32MByte SDRAM, usb2,ethernet phy , 2 lines LCD display.... 
sound great

Regards

Alexis


"Jens Baumann" <annonce05_nospam@web.de> a &#4294967295;crit dans le message de news: 
42260dc0$0$29271$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
> Hi,
> I'd like to buy the Spartan3 board from Digilent
> https://www.digilentinc.com/Sales/Product.cfm?Prod=S3BOARD
>
> However, it seems not to be available in Europe, as previous discussions 
> in
> this group show.
>
> Another oprion would be Memec
> http://www.memec.com/uploaded/Spartan3LC_4.pdf
> although I'd prefer Digilent for several reasons (on board ram, 
> recommended
> by Xilinx).
>
> Is there any possibility to order the digilent board, clones of this 
> board,
> or at least a board with equivalent specifications in Europe?
>
> Thanks
> Jens 

KCL wrote:

> Personnaly I have bought digilent board spartan to a french distributor
would you tell the distributor's name?

I don't want to order from th US, because I have no idea about customs fees.


> But You should wait to see the price of the next starter kit spartan3e
> that have more stuff on it , but for the price it's actually unknow :on
> board
> :S3e 500 -4,  32MByte SDRAM, usb2,ethernet phy , 2 lines LCD display....
> sound great

any reference?

Jens

"Jens Baumann" <annonce05_nospam@web.de> a &#4294967295;crit dans le message de news: 
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> KCL wrote:
>
>> Personnaly I have bought digilent board spartan to a french distributor
> would you tell the distributor's name?
>
> I don't want to order from th US, because I have no idea about customs 
> fees.

the french distributor is lextronic  http://www.lextronic.fr/digilent/PP.htm
but I should have pay 160? for the board+supply+fee

but try avnet/silica the reference of board is  DO-SPAR3-DK
I was in touch with them for the xilinx  starter kit if you want the 
commercial contact form avnet france ask  me for the @

>> But You should wait to see the price of the next starter kit spartan3e
>> that have more stuff on it , but for the price it's actually unknow :on
>> board
>> :S3e 500 -4,  32MByte SDRAM, usb2,ethernet phy , 2 lines LCD display....
>> sound great
>
> any reference?
>
actually not it is just described on the xilinx website but as spartan3e 500 
is not yet released, the board may be not, marketing guy sold the product 
before technie do it....
If you are not hurry to get it , you should wait and see 

We are in Europe and definately do a Spartan-3 board. Broaddown2 is
available now. Also soon a small cheap S3 hobby/student board.

John Adair
Enterpoint Ltd. - Home of Broaddown2. The Ultimate Spartan3 Development
Board.
http://www.enterpoint.co.uk


"Jens Baumann" <annonce05_nospam@web.de> wrote in message
news:42260dc0$0$29271$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
> Hi,
> I'd like to buy the Spartan3 board from Digilent
> https://www.digilentinc.com/Sales/Product.cfm?Prod=S3BOARD
>
> However, it seems not to be available in Europe, as previous discussions
in
> this group show.
>
> Another oprion would be Memec
> http://www.memec.com/uploaded/Spartan3LC_4.pdf
> although I'd prefer Digilent for several reasons (on board ram,
recommended
> by Xilinx).
>
> Is there any possibility to order the digilent board, clones of this
board,
> or at least a board with equivalent specifications in Europe?
>
> Thanks
> Jens

On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:05:54 +0100, Jens Baumann
<annonce05_nospam@web.de> wrote:

>Hi,
>I'd like to buy the Spartan3 board from Digilent
>https://www.digilentinc.com/Sales/Product.cfm?Prod=S3BOARD
>
>However, it seems not to be available in Europe, as previous discussions in
>this group show.
>
>Another oprion would be Memec
>http://www.memec.com/uploaded/Spartan3LC_4.pdf
>although I'd prefer Digilent for several reasons (on board ram, recommended
>by Xilinx).

Jens .. reconsider the Digilent ....

If you go there , select the starterkit , click add to chart you get
opportunity to select/upgrade to the new 2 boards they have.

Upgrade to a S3-400 for $20
Upgrade to a S3-1000 for $50

Wish the S3-1000 was there when i bought from Xilinx

Ohh Btw: I payed $29 @ Xilinx for shipment , but no
additionals/SalesTax  (maybe i was just lucky it came via DHL i think)

Rgds
Carsten
Denmark

Carsten wrote:

> Jens .. reconsider the Digilent ....
> 
> If you go there , select the starterkit , click add to chart you get
> opportunity to select/upgrade to the new 2 boards they have.
> 
> Upgrade to a S3-400 for $20
> Upgrade to a S3-1000 for $50
> 
> Wish the S3-1000 was there when i bought from Xilinx

You are not the first to suggest a bigger FPGA. Since I'm new to FPGA
development, I'm not sure, how many gates are necesseary.
What kind of device did you build, which did not fit into an S3-200?
How many gates would the Microblaze require, just as an example?

Jens

On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:09:15 +0100, Jens Baumann
<annonce05_nospam@web.de> wrote:


>You are not the first to suggest a bigger FPGA. Since I'm new to FPGA
>development, I'm not sure, how many gates are necesseary.
>What kind of device did you build, which did not fit into an S3-200?
>How many gates would the Microblaze require, just as an example?

I'd say 99% of the S3-200 :-(

But there are PicoBlaze , and its free.

I'd definately go for the S3-1000 if i should buy now


Carsten