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From: SxPilot at opencores.org<SxPilot@o...>
Date: Tue Dec 16 15:44:06 CET 2003
Subject: [oc] Prototyping BGA devices
Xilinx offers a board for around $500.00 USD that has a ZIFF type
socket for a BGA. I have used their Virtex BG560 prototyping board and
it's very nice for starters.
Good luck.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Bjorn Olsson <Bjorn.Olsson@I... >
To: Discussion list about free open source IP cores
<cores@o... >
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:38:39 +0100
Subject: Re: [oc] Prototyping BGA devices
>
>
> Hi Colin,
>
> well I am afraid I have to dissapoint you. BGA's are a pain to work
> with if you do not have the right equipment and right experience.
>
> A BGA socket adaptor is one solutions though, but you would have to
> get the socket assembled by someone. Are you going to exchange
your
> FPGAs a lot?
>
> Given you should just put an FPGA on a board, I would contact an
> assembly house and have them do it for me. That is by far the
> cheapest
> way to go. If you are going to exchange your FPGA to other devices
> I would have the same assembly house mount the socket instead.
> That will save you a lot of grief in the long run...
>
> Good luck!
>
> --
> Best regards
>
> Björn Olsson
> Vice President Production
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>
> Colin F. MacKenzie wrote:
> > Hi all, Sorry if this is not exactly about open cores, but I
> think you
> > people can answer my question the best. I was wondering what
> tools any
> > of you who have worked with BGA packaged devices (namely FPGA)
> have used
> > in prototyping your design. I don’t have, nor can I really
> justify to my
> > superiors, a rework station. Is there a cheap & dirty
> method to working
> > with BGA such as using solder paste or BGA socket adapters? I
> will be
> > working with a Fine Pitch (1mm) Thin BGA FT256 FPGA.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Colin
> >
>
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