If anyone is looking for other inexpensive CPLD dev boards, I just came across this one, using the Altera EPM3064ALC44 which is reasonably fast (> 200 MHz clock) and can use 5V, 3.3V or 2.5V logic levels. The Amani64 board is in the Arduino shield format and is about $24 kit / $32 assy , available here http://www.amani64.com/store/ (http://www.amani64.com/store/)
I've never seen or used this board and have no connection to the vendor, but just wanted to post it since seemed like a useful alternative for a 5V I/O compatible CPLD on a "plug & play" board in case you have an Arduino lying around.
I think we ran the amani on the blog a couple weeks ago, it's really cool. Wasn't there a neat demo on Hack a Day in the last week?
I've been researching the MAX 3000A line from Altera and another competitor Lattice. I'm going to make breakout boards for both, but not for production or sale. Just for fun. One thing to watch out for with the MAX3000A is that it is only programmable 100 times (compared to 1000 with the Xilinx and Lattice parts):
http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Alt ... uick_start (http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Altera_MAX_3000A/7000A_CPLD_quick_start)