I sent email to triscend asking them to recommend some low cost evuluation kit solution, one of their recomendation was Xess myCSoC. cost is US$169.xx.
The following part of message i recd from them
">In specific, here are two of the lowest cost boards available.
>Both boards ship with a full version of the Triscend FastChip
>development system.
>
>Triscend E5 Evaluation Board
>THW-EVAL-520
>http://www.triscend.com/products/...l#E5DevKit
>Suggested Retail Price: US$298
>
>XESS myCSoC Development Kit (XSTE5 Board)
>http://www.xess.com/prod022.php3
>This board was developed specifically for educational purposes.
>The XESS board ships with an older version of FastChip 1999 but
>you can apply for an update to the latest release via the
>Triscend web site.
>List Price: US$169.95"

Rauf