gEDA-user: poll: The results

2008-06-26 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Finally, I got to do the promised evaluation of the answers. See below. Number of participants: 34 > * What OS do you run geda applications on? Fedora Core: 16 (1x FC-4, 1x FC-5, 2x FC-6, 3x FC-7, 4x FC-8, 3x FC-9) Mac OSX: 8 Debian: 8 (3x etch, 3x lenny, 1x

Re: gEDA-user: OT: (Vhdl help)

2008-06-26 Thread Mike Jarabek
>The code was designed for a CPLD, so perhaps there is a difference. In >ISE, with the FPGA I'm putting down buffer symbols which tell it what >kind of IO to use. If you could directly map the "INOUT" port to a pin >on the chip (where "0" or "Z" output states would make sense), that >works intuitiv

Re: gEDA-user: OT: (Vhdl help)

2008-06-26 Thread Peter Clifton
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 15:22 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:07:49PM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > > > > This is similar to the code in the Xilinx I2C entity. > > > > When I try to assign from the input port of the IOBUF using similar > > code, I just end up getting this err

Re: gEDA-user: OT: (Vhdl help)

2008-06-26 Thread Larry Doolittle
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 02:56:22PM -0700, Ben Jackson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 07:47:57PM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > In the case of I2C where you only want inputs and pulldowns, 'O' is always > 0 (zero) and T should be true when you want to pull down. My own i2c > module has inputs sda,

Re: gEDA-user: OT: (Vhdl help)

2008-06-26 Thread Ben Jackson
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:07:49PM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > > This is similar to the code in the Xilinx I2C entity. > > When I try to assign from the input port of the IOBUF using similar > code, I just end up getting this error. > > http://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/14264.htm Right, F

Re: gEDA-user: OT: (Vhdl help)

2008-06-26 Thread Peter Clifton
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 14:56 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 07:47:57PM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > > > > -- I2C bus signals > > sda : inout std_logic; > > scl : inout std_logic; > > > > So.. my total NOOB question.. when I make a symbol for that, and > > instantiate it

Re: gEDA-user: OT: (Vhdl help)

2008-06-26 Thread Ben Jackson
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 07:47:57PM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > > -- I2C bus signals > sda : inout std_logic; > scl : inout std_logic; > > So.. my total NOOB question.. when I make a symbol for that, and > instantiate it in my schematic, exactly how to I hook up those signals > to a bi-dir

gEDA-user: OT: (Vhdl help)

2008-06-26 Thread Peter Clifton
Hi, I'm trying to implement an I2C controller for my project, and have started from the Xilinx application note XAPP333. ftp://ftp.xilinx.com/pub/applications/refdes/xapp333.zip (Need to register to download I think). The I2C controller section is an VHDL entity, and the SDA / SCL lines are def

Re: gEDA-user: Using SMT

2008-06-26 Thread Mike Hansen
Some tips on thermoelectric cooling: 1) Make sure you purchase sealed thermoelectric modules(the elements are sealed completely typically using silicone). If the units are not sealed condensation will form on the thermoelectric elements and they will literally fail within an hour or two. 2)