Low Cost FPGA Boards [updated 2026]

Low Cost and Best FPGA Boards in 2026

The best low cost AMD-Xilinx based FPGA Board are listed below [for Intel-Altera please see at terasic.com]:

Note: We mainly have experience with Xilinx (Kria Boards or higher ranges EVK), Digilent (Nexys, Basys, PYNQ, Zybo etc) , Avnet (ZedBoard, Ultra96) , Tul(PYNQ Z2) , Numato(Mimas V2) and Terasic Boards. This list was prepared from some references and respective FPGA Board websites.

Best boards in 2026 [$165 – $300 Range]

  • Cora Z7: Zynq-7000 Single Core for ARM/FPGA SoC Development – $157
  • BASYS 3 FPGA Board with Artix 7 –$165.
  • Arty S7 from Digilent : Artix-S7 FPGA Development Board for Makers – $209 
  • PYNQ Z2 by TUL embedded – $217 [Starting $158 for FPGA board only]
  • [discontinued] Ultra 96 Board from Avnet [Ultra96 Zynq UltraScale+ ZU3EG Development Board] – $249 
  • Kria KV260 Vision Starter Kit [Recommended for Video, AI & Linux] – $249
  • Zybo FPGA Board from Digilent, Inc. [Recommended for Digital and HDMI IP based Video/Image Processing designs]- $314 [Z710].
Now, lets go on low cost FPGA boards in 2026:
Low Cost FPGA Boards:
  1. Tiny FPGA Cost range from $12-40$ : Link
  2. Numato Mimas FPGA , starting $69 – Link
  3. $85-$143 MYC-Y7Z010 CPU Module-MYIR Tech Limited
  4. $104 Cmod A7 from Digilent: Breadboardable Artix-7 FPGA Module – Link ,
  5. $104 Cmod S7 from Digilent – Cmod S7: Breadboardable Spartan-7 FPGA Module
Medium Cost [Low] FPGA Boards:
Medium Cost [High] FPGA Boards:
  1. <$199, PYNQ Z2 FPGA board from TUL: FPGA Board Link ; Buy Board from TUL Supplier: Link
  2. $314 PYNQ-Z1 Python Productivity for Zynq from Digilent, Inc. – Link

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Some Low Cost to Medium Cost FPGA Board Manufacturer and Supplier’s:

  1. Digilent, Inc.
  2. Avnet, Inc.
  3. Tenz Electronics
  4. Intel Altera FPGA Boards: Terasic.com
  5. Numato

Some Open Source FPGA:

  1. PYNQ FPGA Board: Pynq.io
  2. Red Pitaya FPGA Board: redpitaya.com
  3. Tiny FPGA Cost range from $12-40$ : Link
  4. Papilio FPGA Board
  5. For more details of Open Source Boards, please search for “open source FPGA boards” at your search engine!

 

Open VHDL and Verilog Source Websites:

  1. Opencores.org for VHDL/Verilog cores/designs
  2. http://hamsterworks.co.nz [few sources are open sourced]
  3. Free Cores, for VHDL/Verilog Cores/Designs: freecores.github.io

Thank you for going through this “Low cost best boards” list!