Spartan-3 Board
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Spartan-3 Board
In a total surprise, one of my coworkers gave me one of these:
http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Det ... od=S3BOARD
He received as a gift and didn't need it (he's already got tons) and he knew I'd be interested.
I'm so excited! I've always wanted to mess around with electronics but could never justify the expense of a hobby I wasn't sure I'd like.
Now that I have it, I have no idea what to do with it My first idea would be to make a 8-bit or 16-bit console out of it. Totally have no idea how, though
I foresee a lot of documentation reading in my future!
http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Det ... od=S3BOARD
He received as a gift and didn't need it (he's already got tons) and he knew I'd be interested.
I'm so excited! I've always wanted to mess around with electronics but could never justify the expense of a hobby I wasn't sure I'd like.
Now that I have it, I have no idea what to do with it My first idea would be to make a 8-bit or 16-bit console out of it. Totally have no idea how, though
I foresee a lot of documentation reading in my future!
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Very awesome !
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Nice! If you want to get started making hardware, a great place for existing free and open designs is OpenCores.
http://opencores.org/
http://opencores.org/
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The board comes with a parallel port JTAG cable, but I don't have a parallel port on my PC. Looking at the Digilent site, they have a USB cable for almost fifty dollars. FIFTY DOLLARS!
Surely there must be a much cheaper compatible cable somewhere. Anyone has an idea?
Worst case I can get a parallel port card but for around 20$ but 50$ for a stupid cable is ridiculous!
Surely there must be a much cheaper compatible cable somewhere. Anyone has an idea?
Worst case I can get a parallel port card but for around 20$ but 50$ for a stupid cable is ridiculous!
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Those cables are expensive for sure...
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http://www.tmeeco.eu
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