On Sunday 03 September 2006 10:43, Mike Jarabek wrote: > On Sun, 2006-09-03 at 15:57 +1000, John Sheahan wrote: > > Samuel A. Falvo II wrote: > > > I am working on a project that, in the end, may require me to utilize > > > a CPLD just to get the thing working and cost-effective. But I really > > > have no knowledge of how to prototype with such beasts. > > you probably want to choose either Xilinx or Altera for a start. > > Both make good things. > Don't discount Lattice either, they are #3,
I've used a Xilinx, Altera and Lattice. I prefer the Lattice tools. There is also Actel. http://www.latticesemi.com/ http://www.actel.com/ For simple CPLD take a look at the MACH4000x family: http://www.latticesemi.com/products/cpldspld/ispmach4000bcv.cfm Depending on your software background you might want to take a look at some of the generator languages like HDCaml and Confluence: http://www.confluent.org/wiki/doku.php They are functional languages that can generate VHDL, Verilog, or C for you. > > For example, if you were to pick xilinx, and with what you have > > mentioned, you might want to drop the cpld, Xilinx CoolRunner family of parts are still worth looking at if low power is the overriding goal. -- http://www.softwaresafety.net/ http://www.designer-iii.com/ http://www.unusualresearch.com/ _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user