Larger Digilent Artix-7 trainer board for courses needing more peripherals than Basys 3.
XC7A100T-1CSG324Cprice unknowneducationvideoaudiorisc-v
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Compact open-source Lattice ECP5 board commonly used with LiteX, USB and open-source ECP5 flows.
LFE5U-25F/85Fopen toolchainprice unknownrisc-vlinuxusbeducation
| Field | Nexys A7 | OrangeCrab |
|---|---|---|
| Chip | XC7A100T-1CSG324C | LFE5U-25F/85F |
| Family | Artix-7 | ECP5 |
| Device type | FPGA | FPGA |
| Price | unknown | unknown |
| Toolchains | Vivado WebPACK / ML Standard | Yosys + nextpnr + Project Trellis |
| Open toolchain | no | yes |
| Interfaces | Ethernet, VGA, USB | USB, MicroSD |
| Memory | DDR2 requires verification from Digilent resource center | DDR3 requires revision check |
| Documentation | 82 | 65 |
| Difficulty | beginner | intermediate |
| Openness score | 15 | 92 |
| Where to get help | Digilent Forum | OrangeCrab GitHub organization |
| Typical risks | Split 50T/100T variants before publishing exact resource counts. | Feature set differs across OrangeCrab revisions; verify exact revision. |
| Better for | beginner learning | open-source flow |