Larger Digilent Artix-7 trainer board for courses needing more peripherals than Basys 3.
XC7A100T-1CSG324Cprice unknowneducationvideoaudiorisc-v
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Compact Gowin GW2AR board with HDMI, audio amplifier, TF card slot, SDRAM, and onboard debugger.
GW2AR-LV18QN88C8/I7open toolchain28.17 USDeducationvideoaudiorisc-v
| Field | Nexys A7 | Tang Nano 20K |
|---|---|---|
| Chip | XC7A100T-1CSG324C | GW2AR-LV18QN88C8/I7 |
| Family | Artix-7 | GW2A/GW2AR |
| Device type | FPGA | FPGA |
| Price | unknown | 28.17 USD |
| Toolchains | Vivado WebPACK / ML Standard | Gowin EDA, Yosys + nextpnr-gowin + Apicula |
| Open toolchain | no | yes |
| Interfaces | Ethernet, VGA, USB | HDMI, MAX98357A I2S amplifier path, TF card slot, USB Type-C, Onboard BL616 JTAG, USB UART |
| Memory | DDR2 requires verification from Digilent resource center | 32-bit SDR SDRAM 64 Mbit, Onboard flash 64 Mbit |
| Documentation | 82 | 78 |
| Difficulty | beginner | beginner |
| Openness score | 15 | 76 |
| Where to get help | Digilent Forum | Sipeed forum, r/GowinFPGA |
| Typical risks | Split 50T/100T variants before publishing exact resource counts. | Verify exact board revision before using pin labels, constraints, or power assumptions. Onboard debugger recognition Flash persistence mode |
| Better for | beginner learning | beginner learning |