Larger Digilent Artix-7 trainer board for courses needing more peripherals than Basys 3.
XC7A100T-1CSG324Cprice unknowneducationvideoaudiorisc-v
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Open-source educational Lattice iCE40UP5K board designed around the Yosys, nextpnr and IceStorm flow.
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| Field | Nexys A7 | iCEBreaker |
|---|---|---|
| Chip | XC7A100T-1CSG324C | iCE40UP5K-SG48 |
| Family | Artix-7 | iCE40 UltraPlus |
| Device type | FPGA | FPGA |
| Price | unknown | unknown |
| Toolchains | Vivado WebPACK / ML Standard | Yosys + nextpnr + IceStorm, Lattice Diamond Programmer |
| Open toolchain | no | yes |
| Interfaces | Ethernet, VGA, USB | microUSB FT2232H, FT2232H programming, USB serial |
| Memory | DDR2 requires verification from Digilent resource center | QSPI flash 128 Mbit |
| Documentation | 82 | 82 |
| Difficulty | beginner | beginner |
| Openness score | 15 | 96 |
| Where to get help | Digilent Forum | iCEBreaker community docs |
| Typical risks | Split 50T/100T variants before publishing exact resource counts. | Check add-on pinout and exact hardware revision before connecting Pmods. |
| Better for | beginner learning | open-source flow |