Electronics > FPGA
Efinix toolchain is now free !!
gnuarm:
--- Quote from: mtwieg on May 27, 2023, 12:43:46 pm ---It's still an extremely bizarre business practice. If I'm looking to get into low/mid range FPGAs, and I have 3-4 decent options in front of me, I probably won't have time to evaluate all of them. A small obstacle like this could easily be enough reason for Efinix to not make the cut.
--- End quote ---
When you say you have multiple decent options in front of you... which ones are they? I find it very hard to find product still. I need to build 1500 units this year and have zero confidence in using parts from anyone other than Efinix. I might be able to work with a Lattice part, but not the ones I'd like to use. Every time I check stock of Xilinx or Altera, I am scraping the bottom of the barrel.
The reason a company does this, is to eliminate the small time users and hobbyists. They are still new, and want to focus on the larger customers.
gnuarm:
--- Quote from: mon2 on May 28, 2023, 02:21:13 pm ---1) The license is free.
2) There are no security key dongles required.
3) The license can run on any machine or multiple.
4) The updates are available for 1 year with a valid license. After this time period expires, you can request another free updated license.
--- End quote ---
I used to do this with Lattice. The problem I would have was I would always be starting a new project on a weekend and had to wait until Monday to get the license updated, which often took a day. It sucks, but I could have kept the license updated if I bothered to give it enough attention.
gnuarm:
--- Quote from: tszaboo on May 28, 2023, 08:13:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: mon2 on May 28, 2023, 02:21:13 pm ---4) The updates are available for 1 year with a valid license. After this time period expires, you can request another free updated license.
--- End quote ---
Thank you, you just made my point for me.
--- End quote ---
I don't get your concern. Even if you pay for the tools from Xilinx or Altera, they make you download a new license file every year.
asmi:
--- Quote from: gnuarm on June 15, 2023, 05:14:57 pm ---I don't get your concern. Even if you pay for the tools from Xilinx or Altera, they make you download a new license file every year.
--- End quote ---
Not with Xilinx for sure. I still use my K325T license I got like 4 years ago, never needed to "download" anything.
gnuarm:
--- Quote from: asmi on June 15, 2023, 05:38:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: gnuarm on June 15, 2023, 05:14:57 pm ---I don't get your concern. Even if you pay for the tools from Xilinx or Altera, they make you download a new license file every year.
--- End quote ---
Not with Xilinx for sure. I still use my K325T license I got like 4 years ago, never needed to "download" anything.
--- End quote ---
Ok, but you don't get updates, right?
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version