[Coco] A question for all you hardware hackers out there...

[Mark McDougall]

On 31/10/2014 3:42 AM, tim at franklinlabs.com wrote:

> I actually haven't chosen the actual FPGA yet because I'm not sure how much LE
> space I need. I was considering a small Cyclone III or equivalent. The one I was
> looking at I thought was 264 pins but it actually was 408.

Wow, do you *need* that much I/O for your project? Or is it a case of the 
smallest package for that many LE's?

I've done TQFP soldering by hand, but I think that was 144-pin, and quite a 
few years ago before my sight started failing me. It's not as hard as you'd 
think as the solder tends to stick to the pin/pad.

I've got a homebrew project now with a PQFP 240-pin Cyclone III and I'm not 
going to stuff around with, I'll bite the bullet and get it assembled - 
probably a run of 8.

Regards,

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