Greg Davill / OrangeCrabECP5intermediateconfidence 3/5
OrangeCrab

Compact open-source Lattice ECP5 board commonly used with LiteX, USB and open-source ECP5 flows.

LFE5U-25F/85Fopen toolchainprice unknownrisc-vlinuxusbeducation
TerasicCyclone V SoCintermediateconfidence 3/5
DE10-Nano

Terasic Cyclone V SoC board widely used for Intel FPGA education, Linux-on-SoC labs and MiSTer-style retro FPGA work.

5CSEBA6U23I7price unknowneducationlinuxretrorisc-v
FieldOrangeCrabDE10-Nano
ChipLFE5U-25F/85F5CSEBA6U23I7
FamilyECP5Cyclone V SoC
Device typeFPGASoC FPGA
Priceunknownunknown
ToolchainsYosys + nextpnr + Project TrellisIntel Quartus Prime
Open toolchainyesno
InterfacesUSB, MicroSDHDMI TX, Ethernet, USB
MemoryDDR3 requires revision checkHPS DDR3 requires Terasic manual verification
Documentation6578
Difficultyintermediateintermediate
Openness score9220
Where to get helpOrangeCrab GitHub organizationTerasic support
Typical risksFeature set differs across OrangeCrab revisions; verify exact revision.Intel tool version and license mode must be checked for the target OS and course lab.
Better foropen-source flowcommunity-supported learning