On 4/15/08, Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ** 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. ]
Good point. I have altered both the FAQ and the popup. > > > 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 That sounds antagonistic. How about "ultimately"? > > > Two pairs of DVI transmitters (dual link) > > > Two dual link DVI-I ports [ both are DVI-I, right? ] > s-video port Only one is DVI-I. I added the TV-out. > > > ** 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. Good point. > > > 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. > Added. Thanks. I'll post an update soon. -- Timothy Normand Miller http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti Open Graphics Project _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
