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Evaluation Boards: Low-Cost FPGA

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Lattice's low-cost FPGAs combine a flexible FPGA fabric with advanced features such as embedded 3.125Gbps SERDES, pre-engineered source synchronous support for DDR1/2/3, high-performance embedded DSP blocks, enhanced configuration including bitstream encryption, dual boot, TransFR I/O,  low-cost SPI Flash configuration and more. For full details of the features of each FPGA family, see the respective web pages & data sheets for the individual families.

Evaluation Board Selection Guide for Low-Cost FPGAs
  ECP3 PCI Express Dev Kit ECP2M PCI Express Dev Kit LatticeECP3 Boards LatticeECP2M Boards LatticeECP2 Boards  LatticeECP/EC Boards
Serial Protocol I/O Protocol Video Protocol Modular - Tachyssema SMPTE SDI PCIe x4 SERDES Modular - Tachyssema Mico32/DSP  Advanced Standard Mico32/DSP  Advanced Standard
FPGA Density  ECP3-95 ECP2M-50 ECP3-95 ECP3-95 ECP3-95  ECP3-70/95 ECP2M-35 ECP2M-50 ECP2M-50 Various ECP2-50 ECP2-50 ECP2-50  ECP33  EC/P-20 EC/P-20, EC-6
FPGA Package  fpBGA-672 fpBGA-672 fpBGA-1156 fpBGA-1156 fpBGA-1156  fpBGA-672 fpBGA-672 fpBGA-672  fpBGA-672 Various fpBGA-672 fpBGA-672  fpBGA-484  fpBGA-484  fpBGA-672 fpBGA-484
Memory  
SDRAM                                
DDR1(socket)                     checkmark     checkmark checkmark  
DDR2 (socket)                       checkmark        
DDR2 (on board)  checkmark checkmark checkmark
16-bit		    checkmark  checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark            
DDR3 (socket)       checkmark                        
DDR3
(on board)		    
checkmark
8-bit
                          
SRAM                     checkmark     checkmark    
Compact Flash Conn.            checkmark           checkmark checkmark      
FCRAM                             checkmark  
PCI/PCI Express  
PCIe x1 checkmark checkmark         checkmark checkmark** checkmark              
PCIe x4  checkmark checkmark  checkmark    checkmark     checkmark                
PCI-X                         checkmark      
PCI 64                         checkmark      
PCI 32                             checkmark checkmark
Ethernet  
Ether PHY (10/100/1G)      checkmark  checkmark                 checkmark        
Ether PHY (10/100)                     checkmark     checkmark    
Other I/O and Components  
General Purpose IO      checkmark  checkmark  checkmark  checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark   checkmark checkmark checkmark
SMA (GPIO/Clock)     checkmark  checkmark  checkmark
(clock only)		  checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark   checkmark checkmark   checkmark checkmark*
SMA(SERDES)     checkmark  checkmark     checkmark checkmark checkmark              
SFP                 checkmark              
SATA     checkmark       checkmark   checkmark   checkmark**          
SPI4.2 / Molex VHDM        checkmark               checkmark     checkmark  
USB        checkmark    checkmark         checkmark checkmark   checkmark    
VGA                     checkmark     checkmark    
CODEC                     checkmark     checkmark    
D/A                     checkmark     checkmark    
BNC Connector          checkmark   checkmark checkmark*                
Video MDR Tx/Rx          checkmark   checkmark                  
Logic Analyzer Connector      checkmark  checkmark     checkmark                  
RS-232      checkmark       checkmark     checkmark   checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark  
RJ-45      checkmark  checkmark                        
DVI Connector          checkmark  checkmark       checkmark            
PS2 Keyboard Interface             checkmark       checkmark            
LEDs and Switches  
7-segment LED  checkmark checkmark checkmark
16-segment		  checkmark  checkmark
16-segment		  checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark     checkmark   checkmark
8 Bit LED and Switch checkmark checkmark  checkmark  checkmark  checkmark   checkmark checkmark checkmark     checkmark checkmark   checkmark checkmark
Keypad                     checkmark     checkmark    
LCD Display          checkmark   checkmark*       checkmark* checkmark*   checkmark*    
Included Hardware  
AC Adapter  checkmark checkmark  checkmark  checkmark  checkmark  checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark   checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark
Lattice Programming Cable  checkmark checkmark  checkmark  checkmark     checkmark checkmark checkmark       checkmark   checkmark checkmark
USB Programming Cable          checkmark             checkmark   checkmark    
BNC and BNC to SMA Cables             checkmark                  
75Ohm BNC Terminal          checkmark   checkmark                  

* Provision for this item is available on the board, but it is not populated
** Requires use of an optional adapter, not included