From: Scott L. Burris Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga Subject: FPGA suppliers for hobbyists? Message-ID: X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.30 Lines: 23 Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 05:24:00 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.179.225.103 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1005110640 209.179.225.103 (Tue, 06 Nov 2001 21:24:00 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 21:24:00 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 21:20:03 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:11287 Hi, Does anyone have any good suppliers for FPGAs in very small quantities, like 1 or 2? I'm particularly interested in the Xilinx Spartan chips. I just tinker with this stuff as a hobby, so I'm not looking to buy zillions of parts. I've previously been able to get older parts, like the XC52XX. But newer chips seem to be a problem. I can special order something like the XCS10XL-4PC84C from Digikey, but their minimum quantity for this is 30 which is $400 worth of chips, ouch! Yeah, I know Xilinx has a web store, but they only seem to offer CPLDs, which I already have, and can easily purchase. I wish they would offer FPGAs in PLCC packages at least.... I can't be the only tinkerer out there with this problem, so where do you guys get your parts? Cheers, Scott ###### Message-ID: <3BE8E812.BFC7B163@andraka.com> From: Ray Andraka Organization: Andraka Consulting Group, Inc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga Subject: Re: FPGA suppliers for hobbyists? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 41 Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 07:46:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.13.238.93 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.wwck1.ri.home.com 1005119197 24.13.238.93 (Tue, 06 Nov 2001 23:46:37 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 23:46:37 PST Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!news.tesion.net!news.belwue.de!news-stu1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!news-was.dfn.de!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!news1.wwck1.ri.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:11275 I think you can still get single quantities from avnet. http://www.avnetmarshall.com/dynamic/search "Scott L. Burris" wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone have any good suppliers for FPGAs in very small > quantities, like 1 or 2? I'm particularly interested in > the Xilinx Spartan chips. I just tinker with this stuff > as a hobby, so I'm not looking to buy zillions of parts. > I've previously been able to get older parts, like the XC52XX. > But newer chips seem to be a problem. > > I can special order something like the XCS10XL-4PC84C > from Digikey, but their minimum quantity for this is > 30 which is $400 worth of chips, ouch! > > Yeah, I know Xilinx has a web store, but they only seem > to offer CPLDs, which I already have, and can easily purchase. > I wish they would offer FPGAs in PLCC packages at least.... > > I can't be the only tinkerer out there with this problem, > so where do you guys get your parts? > > Cheers, > > Scott -- --Ray Andraka, P.E. President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc. 401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950 email ray@andraka.com http://www.andraka.com "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, 1759 ###### From: Uwe Bonnes Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga Subject: Re: FPGA suppliers for hobbyists? Date: 7 Nov 2001 09:44:47 GMT Organization: TU Darmstadt Lines: 16 Message-ID: <9savqf$89a$1@sun27.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: hertz.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de User-Agent: tin/1.4.2-20000205 ("Possession") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.12-SMP (i686)) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!44882!news.imp.ch!fu-berlin.de!news.tu-darmstadt.de!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:11284 Scott L. Burris wrote: : Hi, : Does anyone have any good suppliers for FPGAs in very small : quantities, like 1 or 2? I'm particularly interested in : ... Quicklogic offers their programmed WebAsics for free... Bye -- Uwe Bonnes bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt --------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ---------- ###### From: "Leon Heller" Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga Subject: Re: FPGA suppliers for hobbyists? Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 15:25:29 -0000 Organization: BT Internet Lines: 25 Message-ID: <9sc068$g6s$2@neptunium.btinternet.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-94-36.btinternet.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!proxad.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!mendelevium.btinternet.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:11305 "Scott L. Burris" wrote in message news:MPG.16526619e00d088e989680@news.earthlink.net... > Hi, > > Does anyone have any good suppliers for FPGAs in very small > quantities, like 1 or 2? I'm particularly interested in > the Xilinx Spartan chips. I just tinker with this stuff > as a hobby, so I'm not looking to buy zillions of parts. > I've previously been able to get older parts, like the XC52XX. > But newer chips seem to be a problem. In the UK, Insight-Memec don't mind supplying small quantities of Xilinx parts on a cheque with order basis. Leon -- Leon Heller, G1HSM leon_heller@hotmail.con http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller Low-cost Altera Flex design kit: http://www.leonheller.com ###### From: "kryten_droid" Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga References: Subject: Re: FPGA suppliers for hobbyists? Lines: 16 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 22:15:16 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.253.153.144 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news11-gui.server.ntli.net 1005170827 62.253.153.144 (Wed, 07 Nov 2001 22:07:07 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 22:07:07 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!uni-erlangen.de!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news1.ebone.net!news.ebone.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!diablo.theplanet.net!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news11-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:11308 I am waiting for Burched (in Australia) to launch their next FPGA development board http://www.burched.com.au/ It is going to be 100 x 130 mm with connectors on a standard 0.1 inch grid so it can mate with sockets mounted on a standard prototyping board. And mount in Eurocard type cases/racks. 200K gate Xilinx Spartan-II device. I had a little input in this so I'm hoping it will be good.