Intel has the Cyclone V range.
Also, I've never done it myself but I've read that digikey prices are almost never the actual price for FPGAs even in relatively small quantities (haggling with avnet).
Also, I've never done it myself but I've read that digikey prices are almost never the actual price for FPGAs even in relatively small quantities (haggling with avnet).
While i don't care so much about the systems they emulate, and the cores they offer, this seems like a nice place to get started because of the many examples one can learn from.
Also Intel themselves offer many tutorials for it, on github and elsewhere.
And it creates an 'ecosystem' of reasonably available hardware expansions, without the usual markup for that stuff, should one need, or want them.
Would i start today, i'd use this. As it is, i've spent much more for similar stuff in the past.
I approve!
We still didn't end up _paying_ list price (after I made the purchasing guy apologize - no details, but he was 100% in the wrong).
I looked up a random i.MX6 processor from NXP. It’s $32.08 for one of them, and $20.95 per part when you get a reel of 500. If you need a few thousand units made, it’s perfectly reasonable to order parts from Digi-Key. You might be overpaying compared to what a good purchasing person can get you, but it’s fine for a few thousand parts, and quick and easy.
Look up any Xilinx part on Digi-Key, and there’s just a single price break at 1 unit. Even Lattice parts only go up to price breaks of 100.