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by scottapotamas 691 days ago
Will do. Not too worried about trying low cost parts to gain some minimal confidence in a possible source, they're compelling for weekend side-projects at least.

I've previously struggled to roll the dice for higher end parts as the cost difference isn't as extreme and had some obvious reballed parts a few years ago. If they're OK then their $20 XC7K325T will be at the top of my list...
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15155 691 days ago
At $20, just buy from LCSC-

https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/Programmable-Logic-Devic...

https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/Microcontroller-Units-MC...

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scottapotamas 691 days ago
That's low-end Zynq and Artix and I'm thinking more >676 Kintex, though I appreciate any discussion on sourcing.

In the way that that Aliexpress vendor lists the 7010 parts at 1/10th the price of LCSC, some of their $20-60 listings are also shockingly cheap in comparison.

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15155 691 days ago
Ah, missed the K! For the K420T, I pay around $30-45 from CN (not Aliexpress) sources with original barcodes (but these vendors are quite a bit harder to deal with.)
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azonenberg 691 days ago
I have some obviously reballed (but well done) aliexpress XCKU5P's that I got for $55 a while back. Haven't tested yet but the price was so good I couldn't resist.
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scottapotamas 690 days ago
I’ve been bitten before but the risk/reward is probably worth it for parts like that.

Thanks for your write-ups btw, been following glScope development for a while.

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