Once the final consumer board is shipped and the drivers are written, will there be any limitations of the developer board relative to the consumer board? Can the developer board be used for everyday use, as if it were a consumer board?
On Apr 9, 2005 7:31 AM, Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 9, 2005 9:52 AM, Philipp Klaus Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >>I personally would not mind having to fall back to loading the fpga via > > >>jtag if the pci logic gets accidently destroyed, and thus be able to > > >>put the pci login on the fpga as originally planned. Does this save > > >>anything significant? > > > > > > > > > Maybe, about $10, and it would increase development costs. > > > > If the PCI interface is in the FPGA the board will be more flexible for > > development - people might want to do their own PCI interface logic or > > use the OpenCores PCI bridge. > > Losing the PCI interface when reprogramming the FPGA was one of the > biggest COMPLAINTS. > > Look, if you want to do your own interface, you'll have the info you > need to be able to reprogram the chip with the PCI interface in it. > It just means you have to do two chips. > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > -- Nick LaForge Mystic0 _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
