Re: The low price of tools
- To: MISC
- Subject: Re: The low price of tools
- From: Das Menon <dmenon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:53:01 +0800
- In-Reply-To: <36E88C37.1A78@tefbbs.com>
There is another set of tools available from Lattice Semiconductor for the
"isp" series of PLDs. I believe that the web site is www.latticesemi.com.
The software is available free for download, and all one needs to program
these PLDs is a cable (one need to buy it!) for the parallel port of the PC.
I am not sure how the Lattice PLDs are different (or better or worse) than
the FPGAs from Xilinx.
Regds...Das
At 03:38 AM 3/12/99 +0000, Simonrote:
>It does not take $100K to get the FPGA tools required to
>do FPGA design.
>
>The Xilinx book with compiler software is available for under
>$100 at my www site http://www.tefbbs.com/spacetime/index.html
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>Or if you are a 'school' Xilinx will give you the advanced teacher
>edition for free.
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>If you are a student whose teacher uses the Xilinx tools
>your teacher ought to have a free set for you.
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>Now granted you may not be able to do million gate designs
>but up to 50 or 100K ought to be possible.
>
>And Xilinx can be very co-operative if they like your idea.
>Ask.
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>Simon
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