On Oct 12, 2007, at 1:16 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > >> I think it was mostly along the lines of university lab bench gear >> as a cottage industry. > > I think if one goes the "usb dongle to laptop" route, this becomes > much more do-able. USB frequency counters, USB scopes, USB function > generators, USB-driven power supplies, etc. > > Hmmm... and FPGA and the right power supply, and I think you can do > all those with one chunk of hardware.
An Actel Fusion mixed signal FPGA in a dongle would be an awfully flexible gadget. But how much work is needed for gEDA to be able to develop the firmware? I haven't tried FPGA design. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
