On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:59:14 -0400 dolphinling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Timothy Normand Miller wrote: > > ** Who designed OGD1? > > > > The founder of the OGP, Timothy Miller, and his partners at Traversal, > > Andy Fong and Howard Parkin, have in excess of a combined 30 years of > > hardware (PCB, ASIC, FPGA) design experience. In particular, they > > have experience developing graphics hardware used in air traffic > > control and military installations. OGD1 was designed based on that > > experience, with high standards for reliability, signal integrity, and > > component selection. > > (If I were anything more than a lurker waiting for OGC) I'd feel more > comfortable knowing that more than 3 people were involved in making my $1500 > piece of hardware. Perhaps mention all the people who've looked over the > design > and made suggestions, improvements, and fixes? Would you feel more confortable if i'd tell you that in most companies, there is only one guy designing devices that cost multiple 10k? If you are lucky you have someone who reviews the design, if you are really lucky someone will even review the implementation. Thus three people isn't too bad. Beside, the OGD1 design and schematics were on this mailinglist for review more than once. > > ** What software will I need to develop logic for OGD1? > > > > For simulation, we primarily use Icarus Verilog. Icarus is Free > > Software and is also available pre-packaged in Debian and RPM formats. > > Check it out at "http://www.icarus.com/eda/verilog/";. > > > > For the Xilinx FPGA, you need a version of ISE that supports the > > 3S4000 chip. The most recent versions do not. So you either need to > > get a commercial license, or you can add a service pack to the ISE > > Webpack version 6.3i. [...] > > Is there a word missing here or something? I don't see how getting a > commercial > license would help if the most recent versions don't support the chip > anyway... It does. The free version of the ISE is limted to the lower end devices, because xilinx wants people to pay for ISE when they want to use the larger devices. Maybe we should respell it as "The most recent versions of the free WebPack do not". Attila Kinali -- Praised are the Fountains of Shelieth, the silver harp of the waters, But blest in my name forever this stream that stanched my thirst! -- Deed of Morred _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
