Yeah, Xilinx 11 is pretty nice. I'm usually allergic to IDEs, especially theirs, but I've been pretty happy with 11 so far. I find myself using it instead of my tried-and-true makefile for FPGA work, and that's saying something.
-- john, KE5FX > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on > Behalf Of Christopher Hoover > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] CPLDs for clock dividers > > > Paul Swed wrote: > > Well not having a lot of luck with the xilinx wise application. > > Its a 6.5 GB tar and after a good 5 hr plus download the tar > doesn't open > > with zipgenious > > But 6.5 GB to work a cpld. Seems crazy to me. > > > > The web installer will let you do a partial install. > > Bear in mind you are getting heck of lot of pretty powerful software for > the low, low cost of a download. (This applies to both Xilinx > and Altera.) > > The suites are not perfect, but you can do fairly complex designs with > their free software. > > An EDA architect (at Cadence) in a past life, > -ch > > > _______________________________________________ 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.
