Lattice Breakout Boards

I often see people, especially hobbyists looking for inexpensive
boards with a lot of non-dedicated I/O.  These new boards from
Lattice are pretty basic (no on-board RAM) but have a lot of
break-out pins for projects that just need a lot of I/O on
0.1" centers for prototyping.

Usually Lattice releases boards like this at a "kicker" price
and then quietly raises the price later, so you may want
to grab one while it's still $29.99

MachXO 2280 Breakout Board Evaluation Kit:

http://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmenthardware/breakoutboardevalkits.cfm

-- Gabor

PS - I'm not connected to Lattice in any way.  Just saw this on
an e-mail and thought it might be of interest.

On Apr 26, 12:45=A0am, Gabor <ga...@szakacs.invalid> wrote:
> I often see people, especially hobbyists looking for inexpensive
> boards with a lot of non-dedicated I/O. =A0These new boards from
> Lattice are pretty basic (no on-board RAM) but have a lot of
> break-out pins for projects that just need a lot of I/O on
> 0.1" centers for prototyping.
>
> Usually Lattice releases boards like this at a "kicker" price
> and then quietly raises the price later, so you may want
> to grab one while it's still $29.99
>
> MachXO 2280 Breakout Board Evaluation Kit:
>
> http://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmenthardware/breakoutboard...
>
> -- Gabor
>
> PS - I'm not connected to Lattice in any way. =A0Just saw this on
> an e-mail and thought it might be of interest.

Or, you could wait for the MachXO2 breakout ;)
- and I see they now have this real, at $29.

http://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmenthardware/developmentkits/mac=
hxo2picokit.cfm

-jg

Gabor <gabor@szakacs.invalid> wrote:

>I often see people, especially hobbyists looking for inexpensive
>boards with a lot of non-dedicated I/O.  These new boards from
>Lattice are pretty basic (no on-board RAM) but have a lot of
>break-out pins for projects that just need a lot of I/O on
>0.1" centers for prototyping.
>
>Usually Lattice releases boards like this at a "kicker" price
>and then quietly raises the price later, so you may want
>to grab one while it's still $29.99
>
>MachXO 2280 Breakout Board Evaluation Kit:
>
>http://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmenthardware/breakoutboardevalkits.cfm
>
>-- Gabor
>
>PS - I'm not connected to Lattice in any way.  Just saw this on
>an e-mail and thought it might be of interest.

Looks nice. I have another CRT to LCD screen conversion project coming
up.
Any word on the software provided by Lattice? The last time I
attempted to use their software must be about 15 years ago. Synario
Abel HDL IIRC. OTOH maybe I just stick with Xilinx.

-- 
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indicates you are not using the right tools...
nico@nctdevpuntnl (punt=.)
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On Apr 25, 7:44=A0pm, n...@puntnl.niks (Nico Coesel) wrote:
> Gabor <ga...@szakacs.invalid> wrote:
> >I often see people, especially hobbyists looking for inexpensive
> >boards with a lot of non-dedicated I/O. =A0These new boards from
> >Lattice are pretty basic (no on-board RAM) but have a lot of
> >break-out pins for projects that just need a lot of I/O on
> >0.1" centers for prototyping.
>
> >Usually Lattice releases boards like this at a "kicker" price
> >and then quietly raises the price later, so you may want
> >to grab one while it's still $29.99
>
> >MachXO 2280 Breakout Board Evaluation Kit:
>
> >http://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmenthardware/breakoutboard...
>
> >-- Gabor
>
> >PS - I'm not connected to Lattice in any way. =A0Just saw this on
> >an e-mail and thought it might be of interest.
>
> Looks nice. I have another CRT to LCD screen conversion project coming
> up.
> Any word on the software provided by Lattice? The last time I
> attempted to use their software must be about 15 years ago. Synario
> Abel HDL IIRC. OTOH maybe I just stick with Xilinx.

I use their software in a design I have in production and I don't find
any issues with it really.  I'm still using a two year old copy and
they have updated to the later rev of VHDL which I don't have.  The
synthesis tool is Synplify and the simulator is Aldec ActiveHDL.  I
ordered the software with Modelsim and before they shipped it their
agreement for Modelsim ran out and they switched to Aldec.  I about
threw a fit because I had the impression ActiveHDL was an inferior
product and they did a bait and switch on me.  But once I calmed down
and used the SW it was pretty good.  In fact, I have less trouble with
ActiveHDL than I did with Modelsim.  Modelsim had a memory leak or
something that would crash it after some hours of being up.  That was
what, 2002 or so?  I assume they eventually fixed that, no?

Rick

"Gabor" <gabor@szakacs.invalid> wrote in message 
news:ip3qdf$62j$1@dont-email.me...
> MachXO 2280 Breakout Board Evaluation Kit:
>
> http://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmenthardware/breakoutboardevalkits.cfm

I am about to place an order on 99$ Versa kit. What do You think about that? 

<snip>
> ActiveHDL than I did with Modelsim.  Modelsim had a memory leak or
> something that would crash it after some hours of being up.  That was
> what, 2002 or so?  I assume they eventually fixed that, no?
>
> Rick

I don't know if it has been fixed?  I currently have a similar issue 
with SE-64bit it gobbles up > 10GB of RAM memory and brings our system 
to its knees.  But I am also using some VPI modules that I need to 
double check, MTI might get lucky and it could be another issue.

Chris

Jim Granville <j.m.granville@gmail.com> writes:

> Or, you could wait for the MachXO2 breakout ;)
> - and I see they now have this real, at $29.
>
> http://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmenthardware/developmentkits/machxo2picokit.cfm

Interesting offering from Lattice again. Too bad the price is quite
different from $29 for those of us on the wrong side of the pond...