On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Attila Kinali <att...@kinali.ch> wrote:
> But yes, you are right. An FPGA is probably not the right thing. Not because > it is more difficult, but rather because there are less tools and less > documentation available. Hence making it more difficult for the hobbyist > to handle FPGAs than uCs. This is beginning to change. I think I'm going to try learning. The numbers are just to good, 250,000 logic gates that run at 100Mhz all on an easy to interface PCB with software for $50. And the best part is you can re-program it up after to build something. So you only need to buy one FPGA board. They get re-programmed on every power cycle. and (2) not waiting to order parts, you can try an idea right away. The Up is easier to use but always you end up with a bunch of other ICs in the design. the FPGA should let you do most of hat those ICs do and whatever the uP can do. For $50 I'll learn something, even if it is "These things are not as useful as I thought." And I agre with you about the CPU cores. Just use them. My guess is that most FPGA applications have a uP core inside. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.