On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 10:13:45AM +0100, Andrew Back wrote: > On 16/05/2024 09:54, tlaro...@kergis.com wrote: > > > I add these that I finally found (not easily) in France. From > > Microchip, the expensive: > > > > https://www.mouser.fr/ProductDetail/494-MPFSICICLE-KITES > > > > and this: > > > > https://www.mouser.fr/ProductDetail/Microchip-Technology/MPFS-DISCO-KIT?qs=mELouGlnn3f1eYzoy8b3wQ%3D%3D > > > > If someone has a technical advice (in the hardware area, I'm a > > beginner) about whether the expensive one is justified because it will > > allow far more information for debugging, testing etc. I will gladly > > listen. > > The Microchip dev kit has an on-board programmer, whereas with BeagleV Fire > you need to buy a USB programmer, but the cheaper of the two options is > around 100 Euro. This is used to load the bitstream which configures the > FPGA and I wasn't sure about RISC-V CPU debug, but a quick search turned up > this page on the Zephyr website which suggests that the same FlashPro5/6 > hardware can be used with GDB. > > https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/beagle/beaglev_fire/doc/index.html#debugging > > Other than that it looks like the official dev kit maybe has more I/O and > also a full size PCIe slot, rather than M.2. You'd need to compare the > datasheets, but generally speaking the official dev kit will be aimed more > at companies who want to do custom hardware designs and so it may have > things like additional test points, and will be the officially supported > platform if you're working with Microchip. Whereas the BeagleV Fire board is > targeted more at enthusiasts and being more accessible.
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