On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Eric Garner <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Attila Kinali <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:40:48 -0400 >> Michael Tharp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 06/05/2012 03:31 PM, Attila Kinali wrote: >>> > * The XC6SLX9 is<10USD more expensive than the SLX6. I think the added >>> > value of having twice as much "real estate" would justify the >>> > additional >>> > price. >>> >>> Some vendors don't even stock the SLX6, including Digi-Key! Agreed >>> though, it would be neat if a CPU capable of doing fixes could be fit >>> onto the FPGA alongside. Might be impractical though, a DSP would >>> probably be more appropriate. Still, from what I can tell a FPGA makes a >>> decent PPS-level phase comparator. You can even gang them up with a >>> phase-shifted clock to get finer resolution. >> >> Yes, there are at least half a dozen ways i can think of to use this >> board in combination with other boards or various uC and DSPs. And >> everyone has their own pet uC/DSP/board that he'd like to use. >> Thus i think some easily accessible header pins would be better than >> putting a uC directly on the board. >> >>> > How about design tools for the FPGA? As far as i can tell, the ISE WebPack >>> > does not support the Spartan 6 family. >>> >>> WebPack does support XC6, or at least the mid-range parts and below. I >>> have a XC6SLX45 dev board and have no problems generating bitstreams. >> >> Cool. It thought it was strange that the WebPack FAQ listed only spartan3. >> But i couldnt find any other reference listing the supported FPGAs. >> >> Attila Kinali >> >> >> -- >> Why does it take years to find the answers to >> the questions one should have asked long ago? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > > I just accessed the book on SpringerLink and it looks fantastic. > Fortunately my company's library lets me have full access to the text > of the book. However, it does not appear that they let me download the > matlab code that comes on the CD that comes with the book. do you know > if it's available somewhere? > > > > -- > --Eric > _________________________________________ > Eric Garner > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
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