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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
AMC Evaluation Board 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 ECP3-150 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-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 checkmark
16-bit		    checkmark  checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark            
DDR3 (socket)         checkmark                        
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                 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             checkmark              
SATA       checkmark       checkmark   checkmark   checkmark**          
SPI4.2 / Molex VHDM          checkmark               checkmark     checkmark  
USB      checkmark    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  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 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 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