Save $50 on the Low-Cost FPGA Starter Kit, Cyclone III Edition
Order Your Kit Now for Only $150!
Cyclone® III FPGAs are the first low-cost FPGA family available in the marketplace harnessing the cost and low-power advantages of 65-nm process technology.
The economical Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit is easy to use, and an ideal introduction for users who have never designed with FPGAs before. For experienced FPGA designers checking out the Cyclone III architecture, you'll love building systems leveraging the 60 percent faster performance(1) and 50 percent lower power(1) that Cyclone FPGAs offer compared to the competition.
Figure 1. Cyclone III FPGA Starter Board

Order your kit today.(2) The Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit includes:
- EP3C25F324-based, RoHS compliant board
- On-board memory: 256-Mbit DDR SDRAM, 1-Mbyte SRAM, 16-Mbyte Intel Flash
- Linear Technology power supply and analog ASSPs
- Download instructions to receive the latest version of the following software (at no charge):
- Quartus® II Web Edition (FPGA design software)
- ModelSim®-Altera Web Edition (FPGA simulation software from ModelSim)
- Nios® II Embedded Design Suite, Evaluation Edition (32-bit microprocessor software)
- Complete documentation
- Users guides, reference manual
- Schematic, bill of materials
- Pre-built and tested design examples:
- Create an FPGA design in one hour
- Power measurements of a Cyclone III FPGA
- Design a 32-bit soft processor system inside an FPGA in one hour
- Board test program
- Power supply and cables
Notes:
- 60 percent faster performance and 50 percent lower power (on average for both) based on benchmarks, data available upon request.
- Accepting orders starting March 19, 2007. Shipments to customers begin late April 2007. Offer expires Sept. 27, 2007.
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