Embedded Vision Development Kit- Now $199 (Limited Time Offer)* - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ebclr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 08, 2017, 07:27:14 am
content: http://www.latticesemi.com/Products/DevelopmentBoardsAndKits/EmbeddedVisionDevelopmentKit.aspx?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3NOzk7mu1wIVjA-RCh1SRQqXEAEYASAAEgILoPD_BwE

author: sibeen
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 08, 2017, 10:42:38 am
content: May be the longest 'limited time' offer I've ever seen bandied about except for some late night television carpet salesmen

author: rstofer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 08, 2017, 06:28:54 pm
content: For me, the 'catch' is the "evaluation" version of the development tool. How crippled is it? If it's full featured, is it time limited?The board set is clearly doable and, perhaps, worthwhile as an educational experiment (education has NEVER been free) but what I can't afford to do is buy an expensive toolchain when the "evaluation" period runs out.

author: asmi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 08, 2017, 06:59:11 pm
content: Quote from: rstofer on November 08, 2017, 06:28:54 pmI think it's part-locked to specific part that is onboard, just like many other devkit offerings.

author: lukier
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 08, 2017, 07:27:40 pm
content: I've noticed that a while ago but the free version of Lattice Diamond doesn't support this part (ECP5UM5G) and I couldn't find if there is a device-locked license with the kit. I've asked this question via "Contact Sales" but got no replyOn the website it only says:"Embedded Vision Development Kit Diamond License Information" - which might mean anything, e.g. a leaflet saying "buy your license now, only $XXX"For another dev. kit,http://www.latticesemi.com/Products/DevelopmentBoardsAndKits/ECP55GVersaDevKit.aspxit is explicitly stated:"Diamond Free License - for the ECP5-5G Versa Development Kit Only"So yeah, cheap dev kit, but then $1000/year for the development environment.

author: ebclr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 07:40:14 am
content: It's too good to be true, but it's true, don't try to find out catches, The software will run but license locked to this device

author: diyaudio
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 04:16:08 pm
content: The ZYNQ 7000 is probably still the cheapest option at the moment.

author: asmi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 05:19:57 pm
content: Quote from: diyaudio on November 09, 2017, 04:16:08 pmGood Zynq devboards (==ones that have high-speed connectors) are quite expensive. I think ZedBoard is the cheapest one, and it retails for $495. That is not cheap in my book.

author: nicklinn
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 06:56:51 pm
content: QuoteReally depends on what you are doing. These guys:http://www.myirtech.com/have a CPU module for around $140-160 or they sell a board with LPC FMC for $310-330

author: ebclr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 07:37:36 pm
content: This comes with 2 Cameras and a lot of things, is really a nice product at this price

author: lukier
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 09:27:44 pm
content: Quote from: ebclr on November 09, 2017, 07:37:36 pmThat's true, however I didn't like the HDMI output, the lack of USB 3.0 is a missed opportunity. If I would buy this kit I would need to design a "cape" to replace the HDMI one with some USB 3.0 interface (Cypress FX3, FT601 or similar).Also, I don't get this business with the MIPI switch on the cameras board. I know they wanted to feature their product, but is this really a switch so only one camera stream at a time, or some MIPI stream combiner? I was thinking about using this kit for Stereo Vision and in this application I would ideally have 2 streams from sensors running as much as possible in step (clock, settings etc).