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Up to four boards side by side: chip, logic, toolchains, interfaces and price.
| Attribute | Arty A7 | iCEBreaker | Tang Nano 9K | EMC2-ZU5EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPGA | XC7A35TICSG324-1L | iCE40UP5K-SG48 | GW1NR-LV9QN88PC6/I5 | XCZU5EV-1SFVC784I |
| Family | Artix-7 | iCE40 UltraPlus | GW1NR | Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC |
| Logic (LUTs) | not listed | 5280 | 8640 | not listed |
| Price | at the seller | at the seller | 14.5 USD | at the seller |
| Open toolchain | Project X-Ray / openXC7 | Project IceStorm | Project Apicula | no |
| Toolchains | Vivado WebPACK / ML Standard | Yosys + nextpnr + IceStorm, Lattice Diamond Programmer | Gowin EDA, Yosys + nextpnr-gowin + Apicula | AMD Vivado |
| Interfaces | Ethernet, USB UART, USB-JTAG | microUSB FT2232H, FT2232H programming, USB serial | HDMI, USB Type-C, Onboard JTAG, USB UART | PCIe, Ethernet, HDMI_OUT |
| Memory | DDR3 variant-specific; verify in Digilent memory tab | QSPI flash 128 Mbit | PSRAM 64 Mbit, Onboard flash 32 Mbit | not listed |
| Level | Beginner | Beginner | Beginner | Intermediate |
| Where to get help | Digilent Forum | iCEBreaker community docs | r/GowinFPGA | official docs |
| Known issues | 35T and 100T variants differ | — | Open-source flow is feature-dependent | — |