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by jaeckel 580 days ago
Did anyone try out the CologneChip GateMate FPGA? It's supposed to have a completely open toolchain, but the dev board isn't exactly cheap at 230€

https://colognechip.com/programmable-logic/gatemate-evaluati...
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kvemkon 580 days ago
Some rather affordable dev board is: GateMateA1-EVB

https://www.olimex.com/Products/FPGA/GateMate/GateMateA1-EVB...

This board has RP2040, not the successor RP2350.

Still looking for similar board with 1Gbit-Ethernet.

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jaeckel 579 days ago
> Some rather affordable dev board is: GateMateA1-EVB > > https://www.olimex.com/Products/FPGA/GateMate/GateMateA1-EVB...

Cool That looks nice! Thanks for the pointer

> This board has RP2040, not the successor RP2350. > > Still looking for similar board with 1Gbit-Ethernet.

Surprising indeed, that none of the two boards has Ethernet

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kvemkon 580 days ago
Place&Route is not yet open:

> nextpnr arch planned in 2023

> nextpnr arch planned in 2024

> there will be a beta version around Q4/2024 or Q1/2025. (24.10.2024) [1]

[1] https://www.fpga.ch/index.php/2024/10/24/gatemate-fpgas/

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