> ** What is OGD1? > > OGD1 is a high-end FPGA prototyping kit. It is intended to be used by > students learning FPGA programming, engineers needing a development > platform, and hobbyists that want to hack their own hardware designs. > OGD1 is what we call "Open Hardware" or "Free-Design Hardware", > meaning that the design schematics, FPGA logic, and other details are > available under Free Software licensing.
[ Why limit the market by typecasting OGD1 as only for prototyping? It could be useful for any application that could benefit from custom logic but doesn't have the volume required to justify creating a custom chip. ] > We applaud ATI for doing the right thing and making available their We applaud ATI for finally doing the right thing and making available their > Two pairs of DVI transmitters (dual link) Two dual link DVI-I ports [ both are DVI-I, right? ] s-video port > ** If I buy an OGD1 board and plug it into my PC, will it work as a > graphic card? We know it is possible, and we proved it by demoing the OGD1 board as a graphic card at the 2007 OSCON. But this was using software that we are not at liberty to distribute. [ I am assuming. ] We are working on creating Free software for this, but it isn't quite finished. > For OGD1, the Open Graphics Project (OGP) > has developed a library of controllers for PCI, memory, video, a > number of minor components, and the logic to bolt them all together. > These are available for free download. Most of these controllers have > individually been tested, and we invite contributors to help finish > the work of making them all work together. In the mean time, OGD1 > makes a very powerful FPGA development kit. > > > ** The specs say that the PCI connector is PCI-X 64-bit, 133MHz. Will > that work in my regular PC? > > PCI-X is backward compatible with your 32-bit 33MHz PCI slots, and > OGD1 has been tested with several PC motherboards. Note that some PC > motherboards may position components so that they interfere with the > "extended" part of the PCI card edge for some slots. The OGD1 card is xxx mm (yyy inches) long by aaa mm (bbb inches) high. Some small form factor systems do not provide enough room in one or both dimensions. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
