A repost, because this crappy site doesn't
respond to my uploads, so I'm not sure if my first note ever made it
out.
Hello all,
It's been a few months again, so I though I
should post. Check out the new proposal for PCI. No bridges, 21
slots at 120MHz or 1.06Gbytes transfer rates. Have as of yet to see any
working hardware. Uses active current sense Just thought I would throw
that in.
For those of you who are curious about the new
Quartus release, it is vapor code. All of the big features that were rant
and raved about from the market group did not make it into the product. Of
course, the minimum requirements are now a 1G of real RAM, 1G swap, a few extra
Gs for the program (1G) and your files and a Pent. II 450. Some
simple projects that were taking me an hour to build with the old software are
now at over four hours. If you have tried the new tool, post your
results. I would like to read them.
I now have a small 8-bit CPU running on my
development card. I have attached a JPEG image of my interface
screen.
I am showing you this so you
may better understand how I can interface with the card without the need for a
monitor, keyboard and other peripherals connected directly to the !F-CPU
prototype card. Oh, for those who asked, !F-CPU in typical HDL is NOT
F-CPU. Anyway, in the panel, you can see how you can have several LEDs or
HEX readout. You may upload your CPU designs and program the on-board
FLASH to store your test programs. This panel is easy to change and you
can add pretty much what ever you want to it. Sorry for the poor color
screen shot. I didn't want to waste too much BW uploading.
Also, after spending a half hour or so reading all the back
posts, I noticed a few people talking about the FPGA prices vs. size. I am
currently testing my card with only a single 40,000 cell FPGA installed and am
close to the limits of the device with my 8-bit core. Just a point on the
curve.
If you want more information about my card have
Mathius (sp?) repost the history.pdf and specifications, or you may e-mail me
directly and I will send you a copy.
I never did see any more about the Xilinx CPU proto
board. I know I had requested you (the owner) to send us your own
evaluation a few times now. Was the board this bad?
Later