On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 01:25:49PM -0500, Mike Hansen wrote: > These are very easy parts to work with, there is even a 44 pin PLCC version > if you have an aversion to doing smt hand work. The Xilinx software is > free(as long as you are OK with using Windows). You can purchase proto > boards that come with the programming cable for like $40. That's your > total out of pocket cost to get started. There are plenty of good Verilog > tutorials out on the internet. > > The Xilinx software is clunky and takes awhile to get used but it's > functional.
The Xilinx software is available for a specific version of Redhat Enterprise Linux on x86 machines. I am successfully running it in a 32 bit chroot on my AMD64 box running Debian. The install was not too difficult. I have chosen to use Xilinx over Altera because I don't want to run Windows on any of my computers. I actually tried to run the Altera software under wine, and it tried to start but complained about some license server not being right. Hopefully someday we will have a free software FPGA toolchain. -- Darrell Harmon http://dlharmon.com _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
