Re: The low price of tools

[Das Menon <dmenon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is another set of tools available from Lattice Semiconductor for the
"isp" series of PLDs. I believe that the web site is www.latticesemi.com.

The software is available free for download, and all one needs to program
these PLDs is a cable (one need to buy it!) for the parallel port of the PC.

I am not sure how the Lattice PLDs are different (or better or worse) than
the FPGAs from Xilinx.

Regds...Das

At 03:38 AM 3/12/99 +0000, Simonrote:
>It does not take $100K to get the FPGA tools required to
>do FPGA design. 
>
>The Xilinx book with compiler software is available for under 
>$100 at my www site http://www.tefbbs.com/spacetime/index.html
>
>Or if you are a 'school' Xilinx will give you the advanced teacher 
>edition for free.
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>If you are a student whose teacher uses the Xilinx tools
>your teacher ought to have a free set for you.
>
>Now granted you may not be able to do million gate designs
>but up to 50 or 100K ought to be possible.
>
>And Xilinx can be very co-operative if they like your idea.
>Ask.
>
>Simon
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