On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 08:07:48AM -0700, Stephen Meier wrote: > Welll that depends on a few things. What do you mean by free? Free as in > open source or free as in no cost? From xilinx you can get a no cost
Free as no cost required to _run_ the thing. I. e., a tool that costs 0 to download and runs on Windows only that cost $$$ a licence is of no interest for me. Cl< > version of their tools. But these only support some devices. Is Icarus > capable of generating the bit stream? That I don't know. > > Steve Meier > > Karel Kulhav� wrote: > > >On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 07:30:48AM -0700, Stephen Meier wrote: > > > > > >>Well for about $2500.00 you can buy from xilinx their foundation tool > >>set which does run on linux as well as windows and solaris. > >> > >>We actually used Icarus to model the verilog code and then use the > >>xilinx tools to turn it into a bit stream. > >> > >> > > > >Is it possible to convert .xnf into JEDEC for Xilinx using some free > >software? > > > >Cl< > > > > > >>Steve Meier > >> > >> > >>Karel Kulhav� wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 07:30:33PM -0700, Stephen Meier wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>My board is off to the fab house. 15 inches by 8.6 inches some 1050 > >>>>parts. I will write a script to count pads latter. > >>>> > >>>>Xilinx Virtex II pro V30.... 896 pin BGA 1 mm pich vias in pads > >>>> > >>>>(4) 100 pin quad flat pack devices. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>How do you program the Xilinx? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>8 layer board which really isn't enough.... time to get PCB to have a > >>>>reasonable number of layers... yes yes i know it will be a lot of work. > >>>> > >>>>Back anotation is missing so I wrote a program that flips the pins in > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>What is back annotation? > >>> > >>>Cl< > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > >
