Appendix A. FPGA Boards

Table A-1 lists some low-cost (under $200) development boards that use Xilinx FPGAs.

Table A-1. Xilinx FPGA selection list
Board Cost FPGA GPIO Interfaces Free tools Features

Papilio DUO

(Gadget Factory)

$87.99

Spartan-6 LX9

54-pin Arduino Mega

Papilio Wings

1 Pmod

USB

Xilinx: ISE WebPACK

Papilio: DesignLab

Onboard Arduino Micro

Papilio One 250K

(Gadget Factory)

$37.99 XC3S250E

48-pin

Papilio Wings

USB

Xilinx: ISE WebPACK

Papilio: DesignLab

4 Mb SPI flash memory

Papilio One 500K

(Gadget Factory)

$64.99 Xilinx XC3S500E

48-pin

Papilio Wings

USB

Xilinx: ISE WebPACK

Papilio: DesignLab

4 Mb SPI flash memory

Pipistrello LX45 H

(Saanlima Electronics)

$154.95 Spartan-6 LX45

48-pin

Papilio ...

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