Tag Archives: ProASIC3

Making progress on the A3PN250 FPGA breakout…

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Stephen Trier

I’ve made lots of small steps on the A3PN250 FPGA breakout board the last two weeks. Firstly, I built an JTAG adapter cable to work around a wiring error on the PCB. When I laid out the board, I accidentally … Continue reading →

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FPGA breakout board PCB errors

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Stephen Trier

I’ve recovered from the busy last few months and that means I can spend a little more time at my workbench. The first of the A3PN250 (ProASIC3 nano) FPGA breakout boards is built. Here it is, in all its glory:

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Building the ProASIC 3 nano FPGA board

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Stephen Trier

After a busy week spent traveling for work and a morning digging out from a surprise snowstorm, I had a great weekend with my family. It was Sunday night before I heated up the soldering iron and got down to business building the ProASIC 3 nano FPGA board.

I started with the toughest component, the FPGA. Its central location and low height means …. Continue reading →

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FPGA Breakout Board Layout

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Stephen Trier

Here at last is the printed circuit board layout for the FPGA breakout board. I’m planning a series of projects involving FPGA-based DSP for ham radio, and in order to build them, I need an FPGA and a PCB on which to mount it….

The goals for this layout constrained it to be a nearly single-sided layout, … Continue reading →

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FPGA Breakout Schematic

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Stephen Trier

Yay! Now we’re getting somewhere!

Here is the schematic for the FPGA adapter. Continue reading →

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