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# Alchitry Ft Element Board

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** DEV-17526 · **Brand:** [Sparkfun](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/sparkfun-australia)
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/alchitry-ft-element-board.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/alchitry-ft-element-board.html.md))

Meet the Alchitry Ft Element Board! Alchitry Elements are expansion boards similar to Arduino shields or Raspberry Pi HATs that work with your Au and Au+ FPGA Development...

## Pricing

- **Price:** $64.95 (inc GST) — $59.05 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 5+ $57.27 (exc GST) · 25+ $56.09 (exc GST) · 100+ $53.73 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- Available with a lead time — expect dispatch between Aug 21 and Aug 27.

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## Description

Meet the Alchitry Ft Element Board! Alchitry Elements are expansion boards similar to Arduino shields or Raspberry Pi HATs that work with your [Au](https://core-electronics.com.au/search/?q=16527) and [Au ](https://core-electronics.com.au/search/?q=17514) FPGA Development Boards. The Ft Element is equipped with four 50-pin board to board connectors on the underside and top of the board that snap to the Alchitry Au and Au( ) boards. It also adds a USB 3.0 200MB/s high speed interface to your Alchitry board stack via the USB-C connector.

Please note that this board is only functional with the higher end [Au](https://core-electronics.com.au/search/?q=16527) & [Au ](https://core-electronics.com.au/search/?q=17514) FPGA Dev boards that feature the Xilinx Artix 7.

 [Get Started with our Learning FPGA Tutorials](https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/tags/fpga)

**Features**

- USB-C connector w/ 200MB/s data rate to board to board connectors
- For use with projects that require data transfer rates greater than standard on board USB to serial 12Mbaud
- 200 Mbps\* ~ 191 Mbaud\* - ***Note**: this is not exact and depends on how you are using the Dev board in conjunction with the FT element board.*

**Documents**

- [Alchitry Ft Element Schematic (PDF)](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/Alchitry_Ft_854050318b1.pdf)
- [How Does an FPGA Work?](https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-does-an-fpga-work)
- [Programming an FPGA](https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/programming-an-fpga)
- [Getting Started Guide](https://alchitry.com/blogs/tutorials/getting-started-with-the-cu)
- [Alchitry Labs](https://alchitry.com/pages/alchitry-labs)
- Project IceStorm
- [So You Want to Learn FPGAs...](https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1203)
- [FPGA Resource Page](https://www.sparkfun.com/fpga)
- [Alchitry Tutorials](https://alchitry.com/blogs/tutorials)
- [Alchitry Forums](https://forum.alchitry.com/)
- [GitHub Hardware Repo](https://github.com/sparkfun/Alchitry_Boards/tree/master/Alchitry_Ft)

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/1/7/17526-alchitry_ft_element_board-01.jpg)