On 05/21/2020 12:42 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote:
On 5/21/2020 12:24 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 10:07 AM Jon Elson via cctalk
<[email protected]>
wrote:
(I also use Coolrunner II and XC9500XL devices in some
of my
products.)
I used to use XC9500XL series (mostly XC9572XL) quite a
bit, but I have
switched to Lattice LC4000ZE series because they are less
expensive and
lower power, and (like the XC9500XL) have 5V tolerant
inputs.
I'm not thrilled with having to use yet another different
toolset, but
c'est la vie.
Is it possible for you or someone to post about how to get
an environment up and running in Windows and/or Linux? (or
link to one you used?)
Windows should be trivial, just read the release notes on
what systems it is compatible with.
Linux generally will install on many OS variants, even if
not the specific ones Xilinx says are
supported. They have an install script that tells you if
other packages need to be installed.
The only tricky area is to support certain download/debug
"cables". I had a HELL of a time
getting a Digilent pod to work at work. But, I bought a
(probably clone) Xilinx Platform Cable USB and it worked
pretty much right away on my home system.
I only do smaller FPGAs, such as XC3S50A, but the last
versions of ise support much higher-end chips.
Xilinx changed the built-in serial PROM on the XC3S50AN, and
that requires a patch file to be used instead of the
default. Otherwise, it all just works under Linux as expected.
Ise ver. 10 cannot be run on a 64-bit system, due to export
controls. It should be able to be hacked, but i couldn't
get it to work. Later versions seem to install fine on
64-bit OS's.
Jon
