[time-nuts] FPGA protobards (was Re: Of rubidium life andpiggy-bank anemia....)

Ulrich Bangert df6jb at ulrich-bangert.de
Sat Dec 1 15:04:24 EST 2007


Christopher,

what you call "nasty" is a standard PGA 21X21 socket produced in
millions of copies for early Pentium processors. It has a 2.54 mm pitch
making it ideal to plug the board into a breadboard. If you have
something better, tell us!

Best regards
Ulrich Bangert 

> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] Im Auftrag von christopher hoover
> Gesendet: Samstag, 1. Dezember 2007 19:08
> An: time-nuts at febo.com
> Betreff: [time-nuts] FPGA protobards (was Re: Of rubidium 
> life andpiggy-bank anemia....)
> 
> 
> 
> Ulrich Bangert wrote:
> > For that reason I have decided to buy me this smart device and 
> > experiment with it:
> 
> > http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/moelbryn/darnaw1.html
> 
> Wow.  That "connector" looks nasty.  What the heck are you 
> supposed to do with that?
> 
> Let me suggest an alternative.  I've used several of the FPGA 
> and CPLD boards made by Digilent.  I have been pleased by all 
> of their products so far.
> 
http://www.digilentinc.com/  

The 3E starter board is $149.

-ch





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