This is a FPGA development board.
2592 LUTs
3780 Registers
42K Max User RAM
5V Tolerant I/O
113 General-purpose I/O Pins
JTAG Header
On-board Parallel EPROM Socket
On-board Voltage Regulator
It's because I was able to buy it cheaply.
It's because it's easier to solder.
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