Hi Malcolm, have you tried the search facilities on the Farnell website? They are excellent - you can search for a 10µF capacitor and then sort the results by price. No tiny print here... As I'm sure you know, prices are typically 20% below RS.
Xilinx (spit)? No no, I'm using the market leader, ALTERA! (Sorry Jeffrey). 100 pin chips with 0.5mm pin spacing - steady hand required.
I'm all too aware though, that it's one thing to build a working prototype but it's an order of magnitude more impressive to produce a marketable product with a proper PCB and all that. I leave that kind of thing to others.
