On Jan 3, 4:57=A0pm, sicklittlemonkey  wrote:

> This card sounds like a whole lot of fun.
> What does one need (to buy) to program it?

JTAG programming cable. Digilent sells low-cost cables for Xilinx
FPGAs:
http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Catalog.cfm?NavTop=3D2&NavSub=3D395&Cat=
=3DCable

The software is downloaded free of charge - WebPack:
http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm

> I could research this, of course, but I might research "wrong".
> Your informed opinions are much appreciated!

Biggest resource one has to invest is the time to get on the steep
learning curve.
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