Learn FPGAs Using Arduino Approach http://www.microcontrollercentral.com/author.asp?section_id=1758&doc_id=248276&f_src=microcontrollercentral_sitedefault
The Papilio FPGA board comes with pre-made configuration files that turn its Xilinx Spartan 3E FPGA into an Arduino module. I went ahead and purchased a Papilio at gadgetfactory.net to see if it would be a decent bridge between the FPGA and MCU worlds. [...] There are a lot of options for those wanting to bridge the MCU-FPGA gap. Some are more FPGA and some more MCU. The Papilio hardware is more FPGA, but as it's packaged up it's more MCU. It's a pretty capable board in general. You can use it as a raw FPGA with a lot of I/O pins available, as an Arduino with some unique capabilities, as a soft MCU with a good set of I/O, or a combination thereof. One important note is that the form factor is not mechanically compatible with Arduino shields, so you can't directly plug them in. _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
