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FPGA Synthesis tool - Mukti Bansal - Sep 7 5:44:44 2007
Hi All,
Can anyone suggest me a good FPGA synthesis tool to
use.
Thanks,
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Can anyone suggest me a good FPGA synthesis tool to
use.
Thanks,
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Re: FPGA Synthesis tool - rtstofer - Sep 7 9:37:38 2007
--- In f...@yahoogroups.com, Mukti Bansal wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Can anyone suggest me a good FPGA synthesis tool to
> use.
>
> Thanks,
>
Both Altera and Xilinx offer FREE tools. I use the Xilinx WebPACK ISE
which is a complete development environment. It doesn't have the best
answer for simulation but I have managed to get by without spending
money on the upgraded tools.
Richard
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>
> Hi All,
>
> Can anyone suggest me a good FPGA synthesis tool to
> use.
>
> Thanks,
>
Both Altera and Xilinx offer FREE tools. I use the Xilinx WebPACK ISE
which is a complete development environment. It doesn't have the best
answer for simulation but I have managed to get by without spending
money on the upgraded tools.
Richard
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Re: FPGA Synthesis tool - Tommy Thorn - Sep 8 2:58:35 2007
--- Mukti Bansal wrote:
> Can anyone suggest me a good FPGA synthesis tool to
> use.
If you've already picked an FPGA and/or a dev kit,
then that pretty much dictates your choice of tool,
but I recommend that check out the three main
contenders (all free as in beer):
- Altera's Quartus II:
http://altera.com/products/software/products/quartus2web/sof-quarwebmain.html
- Lattice's ispLEVER:
http://www.latticesemi.com/products/designsoftware/index.cfm?jsessionid=ba30ef4321c25$60$3F$
- Xilinx's ISE WebPACK:
http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm
Synthesizing and testing in hardware is obviously
necessary at the final stage (and required for
learning), but the vast majority of my development is
done with a simulator for much faster turn around and
lot more testing options. In fact, for the stuff I'm
doing now I co-simulate against a golden reference
implemented in C.
There are many good simulators around. I use Icarus
Verilog which is Open Software. I haven't tried it,
but gather that gHDL is a popular choice for VHDL.
Altera also offers a very professional ModelSim.
Have fun,
Tommy
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> Can anyone suggest me a good FPGA synthesis tool to
> use.
If you've already picked an FPGA and/or a dev kit,
then that pretty much dictates your choice of tool,
but I recommend that check out the three main
contenders (all free as in beer):
- Altera's Quartus II:
http://altera.com/products/software/products/quartus2web/sof-quarwebmain.html
- Lattice's ispLEVER:
http://www.latticesemi.com/products/designsoftware/index.cfm?jsessionid=ba30ef4321c25$60$3F$
- Xilinx's ISE WebPACK:
http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm
Synthesizing and testing in hardware is obviously
necessary at the final stage (and required for
learning), but the vast majority of my development is
done with a simulator for much faster turn around and
lot more testing options. In fact, for the stuff I'm
doing now I co-simulate against a golden reference
implemented in C.
There are many good simulators around. I use Icarus
Verilog which is Open Software. I haven't tried it,
but gather that gHDL is a popular choice for VHDL.
Altera also offers a very professional ModelSim.
Have fun,
Tommy
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Re: FPGA Synthesis tool - Hellwig Geisse - Sep 8 4:26:40 2007
On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 23:56 -0700, Tommy Thorn wrote:
> Synthesizing and testing in hardware is obviously
> necessary at the final stage (and required for
> learning), but the vast majority of my development is
> done with a simulator for much faster turn around and
> lot more testing options. In fact, for the stuff I'm
> doing now I co-simulate against a golden reference
> implemented in C.
This is exactly what I did with my ECO32 system.
With a simulator in C you have all the freedom to
experiment with various aspects of the architecture,
something that is not so easily done once the design
is coded in a hardware description language.
> There are many good simulators around. I use Icarus
> Verilog which is Open Software.
I also can recommend Icarus Verilog. I use it together
with GTKWave to view the simulation results (and a few
little helper programs to generate input data, analyze
output data, etc).
Hellwig
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> Synthesizing and testing in hardware is obviously
> necessary at the final stage (and required for
> learning), but the vast majority of my development is
> done with a simulator for much faster turn around and
> lot more testing options. In fact, for the stuff I'm
> doing now I co-simulate against a golden reference
> implemented in C.
This is exactly what I did with my ECO32 system.
With a simulator in C you have all the freedom to
experiment with various aspects of the architecture,
something that is not so easily done once the design
is coded in a hardware description language.
> There are many good simulators around. I use Icarus
> Verilog which is Open Software.
I also can recommend Icarus Verilog. I use it together
with GTKWave to view the simulation results (and a few
little helper programs to generate input data, analyze
output data, etc).
Hellwig
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Re: FPGA Synthesis tool - Clive Midwinter - Sep 8 8:52:46 2007
Mukti Bansal wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Can anyone suggest me a good FPGA synthesis tool to
> use.
>
> Thanks,
>
> __________________________________________________________
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> Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when.
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Most manufacturers of FPGA's have a free lower end package that is a
start to end solution of their products. They are available for free
download. I would look at them first.
C
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>
> Hi All,
>
> Can anyone suggest me a good FPGA synthesis tool to
> use.
>
> Thanks,
>
> __________________________________________________________
> Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's
> Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when.
> http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222
Most manufacturers of FPGA's have a free lower end package that is a
start to end solution of their products. They are available for free
download. I would look at them first.
C
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