Gowin GW2A-18 dock-style board intended for secondary development with more connectors than Tang Nano boards.
GW2A-LV18PG256C8/I7open toolchainprice unknowneducationvideonetworkingrisc-v
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Gowin GW2A-18 dock-style board intended for secondary development with more connectors than Tang Nano boards.
Larger Digilent Artix-7 trainer board for courses needing more peripherals than Basys 3.
| Field | Tang Primer 20K Dock | Nexys A7 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip | GW2A-LV18PG256C8/I7 | XC7A100T-1CSG324C |
| Family | GW2A | Artix-7 |
| Device type | FPGA | FPGA |
| Price | unknown | unknown |
| Toolchains | Gowin EDA, Yosys + nextpnr-gowin + Apicula | Vivado WebPACK / ML Standard |
| Open toolchain | yes | no |
| Interfaces | Ethernet, HDMI, USB 2.0, SD card, JTAG/UART connector | Ethernet, VGA, USB |
| Memory | DDR3 1 Gbit, NOR flash 64 Mbit | DDR2 requires verification from Digilent resource center |
| Documentation | 68 | 82 |
| Difficulty | intermediate | beginner |
| Openness score | 70 | 15 |
| Where to get help | Sipeed forum | Digilent Forum |
| Typical risks | Dock-specific features must be checked against the dock revision documentation. | Split 50T/100T variants before publishing exact resource counts. |
| Better for | open-source flow | beginner learning |