Chris Ah yes… mentioned to some…..
and by others. I’ll recreate it and all the
Teamspeak forum links in the near future! News later. Time is 8:00 Eastern Standard Time. Sub
about 4 hrs! I will publish the audio Chris! Thanks Eric2 From: Christopher T.
Day [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ah. One of the things gone with the Forums
is the TeamSpeak link. Remind me when the get-together is tonight? Chris AE6VK From: ecellison
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jeff, Lyle, Steve, Phillip and others Thanks for the wonderful comments. IT IS
FUN! Will discuss on Teamspeak tonight also. I know PhilH will be there and
give us an update on the work he was doing yesterday. Xylo-Phreaks don’t
miss it, more to come….. Here are some of the references which came
off Phil Covington’s – N8VB’s blog: Source of the Xylo Kit: http://www.fpga4fun.com/board_Xylo.html Verilog tutorial - look at ONLINE MANUAL - http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Teach/Verilog/ More Verilog sites from N8VB http://www.asic-world.com/verilog/veritut.html http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~thomas/VSLIDES.pdf http://www.web-ee.com/primers/files/VlogIntro.pdf http://www.doulos.com/knowhow/verilog_designers_guide/ http://www.sutherland-hdl.com/on-line_ref_guide/vlog_ref_top.html http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/cs141/resources/verilog-tutorial.pdf http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~shams/97350/PetervrlK.pdf Also check out Opencores, Which is
basically ‘free hardware’, with a public domain buss between cores
called Wishbone. C U later Eric2 From: Hi Bob (& others), Once you get into it, you'll probably find that FPGA programming is not
that difficult, and, given the power of the tools, can be much less frustrating
than straight digital design. I was dragged into the Verilog world a few years ago for work, and have
been using the Altera tools exclusively (initially MaxPlusII, and now
Quartus). I'll admit that I'm not expert on the tools, but the Quartus
environment supplies me with all I need, and I haven't had the need (yet) to
learn other tools or techniques (including Test Benches). You'll find that being able to simulate your designs on the computer
(with Quartus) is a huge plus. Functional simulations are
timing-diagram driven - you "draw" your inputs, press a
"button", and the tool will plot the outputs you've selected.
Makes the debug process *much* faster. And Altera's SignalTapII feature, which allows you to
"create" a logic analyzer within a part that's powered-up and running
so that you can monitor its internal operation, is invaluable when working with
BGA parts & buried traces. However - it requires a JTAG interface to
the part and a special interface module (I'm using Altera's
"USB-Blaster). But if you aren't working with a BGA part, you don't
have to use SignalTap. In the past, when I didn't have SignalTap to use,
I'd write special code to route "selected" internal signals to
unused (or seldomly-used) I/O pins so that I could monitor them with test
equipment. Anyway - please consider me a resource as you start to work on your
projects. Again, I'm no expert (not by any stretch of the imagination),
but I have written Verilog code for a few projects, and I have used the Altera
tools (which can be obscure at times), so I might be able to lend a hand if
someone runs into a stumbling block. (By the way - Quartus has an "archive" feature that allows
convenient passing of a Project from one person to another). 73, - Jeff, WA6AHL
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