Even though the ISE/Webpack toolchain is considered somewhat buggier and less-capable than the competing Altera freeware, I prefer it because the Altera package requires product activation. Call it paranoia on my part, but I see a lot of HPSDR experimenters who are going to be unhappy campers when (not if) Altera decides to stop supporting their toolchain.
-- john, KE5FX > Thanks for the info. I saw the development system for $149 and > thought the exposure would be worth the price if the exposure lasted > more than 60 days. Webpack sounds as if it will do the job. > > > On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:38:02 -0800, Hal Murray > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Webpack is good enough to get a lot of work done. You might > want some of the > >fancier features. You probably don't want to pay for ISE if all you are > >doing is hobby stuff. > > -- kc0ukk at msosborn dot com > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
