I have to admit that I was rather judgemental of the board, mostly because of the unusual M.2 2230 form factor and the obvious scarcity of I/Os, connectors, anything. So I started searching the Web and stumbled upon the PicoEVB. I was looking for a Xilinx kit specifically, and one that is also supported by Enjoy-Digital's open source LitePCIe project ("a small footprint and configurable PCIe core powered by Migen & LiteX") because I'd like to be able to experiment with these "new-fangled" HDLs, too (eventually).Īt work we have an AC701 evaluation kit from Xilinx, also with an Artix-7, but I didn't bother asking if I could borrow it because it's quite expensive ($1.295) and I'd be constantly worried not to damage the thing. The best thing about this is that you can get it starting at just $199 + shipping! This post gives an overview of the hardware setup I arrived at using the PicoEVB development board with a Xilinx Artix 7 FPGA and a PCIe x1 Gen 2 host interface. So I've been meaning to play with FPGAs and PCI Express for such a long time already now and, in light of some recent events, I decided that it's about time to finally take action.
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