Date: 26/10/2006

FPGA starter development kit for novices at $150 from Altera

Engineers with no hands on experience with FPGAs are given this kit from Altera to develop FPGA based projects for Automotive, consumer, communications and video processing applications.


The kit for student engineers features Cyclone II FPGAs and has Altera's Quartus® II Web Edition design software, Nios® II embedded processor, reference designs, cables and programming hardware.


With a low price tag of $150 compared to other Altera's kits, it is readily available either through online ordering on Altera website or through resellers