Schazamp built the XC95144XL CPLD breakout board free PCB. The board has 39 of the CPLD pins broken out to a “Blade” style configuration, while the remaining pins are broken out to two dual-row headers featured on top corners of the board.
I didn’t populate the top headers — I forgot to include them in the order with the IC, and didn’t want to wait for another order to come in. The TQFP-100 package was really hard to solder this time — the first time I tried it, it didn’t line up as well as I thought, so I had to redo it all with my hot air rework station. I also skipped the external clock. I have one more of those crystals, but I’ve had a lot of trouble soldering them on, so I thought I’d wait until I needed it.
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