confuse on family and devices to start my work

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HI, 

 i want to design a Pseudo Random Number Generator on Quartus II software, but i have no idea on which family and device i need to setting up  anyone can give me a suggest on which one need to choose???  Appreciate for your helping

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Hi, 

 To choose the device (be it CPLD or FPGA) you need to have a good idea on how much logic density you need, the number of IOs that you're design will require and the Speed/Clock requirements. Will the device or kit you want to use be re-purposed later for other applications? If you're going to use it only for this single purpose, you could go ahead with Intel CPLDs/FPGAs like MAX 10.   On the other hand if the design will be modified for other applications later , you may need to take those designs into consideration and may have to look for larger FPGAs.  Low cost - Cyclone Series Performance - Stratix V, Arria V SoC type - Stratix 10, Arria 10, etc.  Some FPGAs have HPS on-chip (Hardened Processor System) This is an ARM Cortex dual core. You can use these FPGAs to build Embedded applications. Most other FPGAs will have support for the NIOS-II soft core processor. This can also be used for small embedded applications and SOPC designs.  In short, you need to choose the FPGA/CPLD based on your design requirements like I/O , Logic, Speed , etc. For simple applications, you can look at CPLDs, while for more complex designs go for FPGAs.

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--- Quote Start ---  Hi,  To choose the device (be it CPLD or FPGA) you need to have a good idea on how much logic density you need, the number of IOs that you're design will require and the Speed/Clock requirements. Will the device or kit you want to use be re-purposed later for other applications? If you're going to use it only for this single purpose, you could go ahead with Intel CPLDs/FPGAs like MAX 10.   On the other hand if the design will be modified for other applications later , you may need to take those designs into consideration and may have to look for larger FPGAs.  Low cost - Cyclone Series Performance - Stratix V, Arria V SoC type - Stratix 10, Arria 10, etc.  Some FPGAs have HPS on-chip (Hardened Processor System) This is an ARM Cortex dual core. You can use these FPGAs to build Embedded applications. Most other FPGAs will have support for the NIOS-II soft core processor. This can also be used for small embedded applications and SOPC designs.  In short, you need to choose the FPGA/CPLD based on your design requirements like I/O , Logic, Speed , etc. For simple applications, you can look at CPLDs, while for more complex designs go for FPGAs.  --- Quote End ---    ok, thanks for your suggestion

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--- Quote Start ---  HI,  i want to design a Pseudo Random Number Generator on Quartus II software, but i have no idea on which family and device i need to setting up  anyone can give me a suggest on which one need to choose???  Appreciate for your helping  --- Quote End ---    If it is a test, than almost any device will do. I'd suggest to go with the smallest device of either Cyclone IV E, Cyclone V E or Cyclone 10 LP series.