Hello Ali, As I remember, AMCC, PLX and Altera have developmentboards which can help you with a quick start. I have used an AMCC prototyping board and it worked fine. At that time, it was one of the few on the market. Altera has libraries for the PCI interface. I would not build it yourself. It is rather complex and will take a long long long long time to debug your own hardwarecode. It will not weight against the price of a library.
I think you should take the following into account: 1. If you want maximum flexibility, use the FPGA solution and take good care of the layout 2. If you don't need a very complex IO card, start with an evaluationboard from AMCC or PLX. The AMCC board had connectors which made it easy to create your own piggyback board. You can use the layout of the evaluationboard for your own PCI card. Note that if you want to make a commercial PCI card, you'll have to request a unique number (and probably pay for it). Kind regards, Elbert Smit. > -----Original Message----- > From: ali marjovi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: vrijdag 20 juni 2003 16:55 > To: Multiple recipients of list CHIPDIR-L > Subject: PCI controller chips,HDK and SDK? > > > Dear List > I want to start developping PCI cards for IO > applications. > As a startup , I want the simplest config ie. 33 MHz , > Slave , Non DMA Interface. > I need a comparision and some guidlines to be able to > select between different options,for example PLX, > Xilinx, Altera , AMCC and ... > Simplicity in Hardware development, Software Toolbox > for win driver development and low cost is important > factors for me . > Any comments or experience in this issue? > Thanks in Advance > Ali > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- > Author: ali marjovi > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') > and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may also send the HELP command for other > information (like subscribing). > -- Author: Elbert Smit INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
