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Altera_Forum
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Hi 

I am searching for FPGA board that will be in smallest size ( priority for Altera ) with: 

1.RS232 port 

2.GPIO port 

3.2-3 swith 

4.push buttons is optional 

 

Now i have DE1 board and i want to use my project on some smallest size board that can answer my project requirements. 

 

Any suggestions?  

Thanx
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Altera_Forum
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I am searching for FPGA board that will be in smallest size ( priority for Altera ) with: 

1.RS232 port 

2.GPIO port 

3.2-3 swith 

4.push buttons is optional 

 

Now i have DE1 board and i want to use my project on some smallest size board that can answer my project requirements. 

 

Any suggestions?  

 

--- Quote End ---  

 

 

The BeMicro has an FTDI FT2232, with one of the interfaces used to control JTAG and the other connected as a UART ... not quite RS232, but perhaps all you want is host-to-FPGA via COM port. 

 

The DE-nano probably has most of what you want too - except for the RS232 UART. But you could always buy a FTDI USB-to-UART breakout cable (the cable has UART signals, not RS232 signals, so you can plug it into a header directly). 

 

http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/ttl-232r-3v3/768-1015-nd/1836393 

 

Cheers, 

Dave
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Altera_Forum
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Would a JTAG UART be good enough? nios2-terminal and system console can access that from the host side.

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