I would like to learn more about electronics (FPGAs, programming them, interfacing with analogue circuitry etc.), so I have decided to get an...

I would like to learn more about electronics (FPGAs, programming them, interfacing with analogue circuitry etc.), so I have decided to get an FPGA. At first, I want to play with it to see how it works, and then I want to implement some "personal interest projects". These will require two-way communication with my PC, and if possible, my Ethernet network. I want to do things like drive ...

Hello Everyone, I have a Sparkfun Xilinx FPGA Breakout Revision 2.2 with Support Circuitry(this one...

Hello Everyone, I have a Sparkfun Xilinx FPGA Breakout Revision 2.2 with Support Circuitry(this one here: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8458) and a Digilent UBS-JTAG Programmer Cable(this one: http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,395,716&Prod=XUP-USB-JTAG). I have never programmed the Xilinx FPGA before, as I just recieved the programmer t...

Figured this was the place to ask (comp.arch.embedded or comp.arch.fpga) Whats the cheapest board to study VHDL on? Ideally Id like an FPGA...

Figured this was the place to ask (comp.arch.embedded or comp.arch.fpga) Whats the cheapest board to study VHDL on? Ideally Id like an FPGA based board with a few inputs (dip switches,toggles?), some outputs (parallel or serial connector, some leds) < $100 I am looking on ebay now, and I see one or two boards well above $100. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

Hi, I'm using a Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA on a self-designed PCB and I'd like to ask for a way to program the embedded PowerPC independently...

Hi, I'm using a Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA on a self-designed PCB and I'd like to ask for a way to program the embedded PowerPC independently from booting the whole FPGA via the Xilinx Platform Flash. Is there a way to account for that, maybe be designing an additional Flash device in the BS chain? Is it even possible to run the PowerPC even though the FPGA is not programmed? Regards ...

Anyone know how the USB Blaster cable loads data to the C3 fpga on the board? The schematic shows a CPLD between the FPGA and the USB...

Anyone know how the USB Blaster cable loads data to the C3 fpga on the board? The schematic shows a CPLD between the FPGA and the USB port. There is a USB to parallel chip between the cpld and the usb port. But I do not see any serial or parallel data going to the fpga. I wish Altera added more details to the starter kit documentation. There is all this source code but it is encrypted. So...

Dear All, I am working on Xilinx EDk and microblaze. I am facing some problems while downloading my .bit file onto FPGA. Sometimes FPGA is...

Dear All, I am working on Xilinx EDk and microblaze. I am facing some problems while downloading my .bit file onto FPGA. Sometimes FPGA is programmed successfully and sometimes it fails. Are some other people facing such problem? What might be the possible reasons? Somebody please advise me... Azam

Hi, I'm debugging a device with very strange setup - the FPGA is connected via FT3323H chip (interface A is used as asycnhronous FIFO...

Hi, I'm debugging a device with very strange setup - the FPGA is connected via FT3323H chip (interface A is used as asycnhronous FIFO to communicate with FPGA, interface B is used as JTAG to program/debug FPGA with ChipScope). Now I started to debug the embedded software, using the QEMU to emulate the embedded PC. However in this setup I should forward one interface of the FT2232 (A - FI...

Hi guys! I am currently having my project proposal and I intend to do an fpga based file transfer between 2 USB storage devices. I will also...

Hi guys! I am currently having my project proposal and I intend to do an fpga based file transfer between 2 USB storage devices. I will also implement a LCD(preferably colored) screen for the user interface. I need you suggestions, recommendations about this project. Thank you -dz

Yesterday I bought a LEGO mindstorms set (getting infantil in my old days...). After building the first robot, I want to substitue the RCX by an...

Yesterday I bought a LEGO mindstorms set (getting infantil in my old days...). After building the first robot, I want to substitue the RCX by an FPGA. Has anyone done this so far? Martin ---------------------------------------------- JOP - a Java Processor core for FPGAs: http://www.jopdesign.com/

Hi, I have the Xilinx spartan-3 development kit and I am tying to connect it to PC troughs Ethernet connection. On the board there is a...

Hi, I have the Xilinx spartan-3 development kit and I am tying to connect it to PC troughs Ethernet connection. On the board there is a physical layer transceiver (DP83847). My data is stored in a FIFO memory inside of the FPGA. I would like to transmit it to the PC. Can someone suggest me how can I do that? I understood that I have to implement IP core on the FPGA and what else...? Thanks ...

Hi, there: I am studying ARM assembly programming and FPGA. I can program some simple programs with the LCD and buttons. I need some...

Hi, there: I am studying ARM assembly programming and FPGA. I can program some simple programs with the LCD and buttons. I need some technical information on how to interface with the FPGA through the catridge connector. Thanks for your leads. Kelvin

Hello, I am using DLP FPGA kit which contains FT2232D chip. Data transfer is through parallel FIFO interface and D2xx driver. I have to transfer...

Hello, I am using DLP FPGA kit which contains FT2232D chip. Data transfer is through parallel FIFO interface and D2xx driver. I have to transfer 3 bytes of data which is generated at different data rate in different scenarios.This 3 bytes of data is generated at X/Y rate in FPGA . Here X can have value of 5MHz, 7.5Mhz, 10 Mhz, 15MHz or 20 Mhz and Y will have value 256, 128 or 64. But while rea...

Hi, Is it possible to build a unit on fpga where alerting pre-recorded messages: sms, voice messages can be sent using possibly the...

Hi, Is it possible to build a unit on fpga where alerting pre-recorded messages: sms, voice messages can be sent using possibly the ambiant wireless network? if yes, how? i am not looking for the hardware architecture, i can work this on my own. i am rather looking for the means to achieve this: what kind of theory in the context of communication and broadcating in general i should read ab...

Hi all, I am a student, especially interested in learning about programmable logic, but the prices asked are a bit much! Does anyone have a...

Hi all, I am a student, especially interested in learning about programmable logic, but the prices asked are a bit much! Does anyone have a few surplus they would sell cheap? I keep looking on eBay, but I've not seen any yet. They would probably end up at some ridiculous price anyway. CPLD's, FPGA's, GAL's all gratefully accepted... I don't mind what the parts are, I can learn to us...

Hi, I am new to using lwip. I am wondering if you can advice me on the same. I need to transfer data from PC to Microblaze microprocessor...

Hi, I am new to using lwip. I am wondering if you can advice me on the same. I need to transfer data from PC to Microblaze microprocessor on a Xilinx FPGA board and vice versa as fast as possible. i dun need any error correction or the overheads like full TCP/IP. I am currently readin this article to understand about socket programming as an initial start: http://cscene.unitycode.o...

Can anyone recommend books/tools for learning CPLD / FPGA? I am EE graduate(got MD degree 20 years ago!) but have not worked on hardware after...

Can anyone recommend books/tools for learning CPLD / FPGA? I am EE graduate(got MD degree 20 years ago!) but have not worked on hardware after graduate.

Can anyone recommend a good book for learn FPGA/CPLD programming? Any low price develop tools?

Can anyone recommend a good book for learn FPGA/CPLD programming? Any low price develop tools?

Hey all-- So my experience with the native bitstream compression algorithms provided by the FPGA vendors has been that they don't actually...

Hey all-- So my experience with the native bitstream compression algorithms provided by the FPGA vendors has been that they don't actually achieve all that much compression. This makes sense given that the expansion has to be accomplished in the FPGA hardware, and so can't be all that aggressive. I generally find myself programming FPGAs from microcontrollers, and so I've got cloc...

Hello everyone, I would like to know if we can use a general purpose (available off-the-shelf at popular stores) USB to JTAG cable to program...

Hello everyone, I would like to know if we can use a general purpose (available off-the-shelf at popular stores) USB to JTAG cable to program a Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA or does it *have to be* a cable (and box) specifically meant for programming a Spartan 3 FPGA (as shown on the Xilinx website)? I am hoping to hear from people who have actually used a general purpose USB to JTAG cable (...

Hi, I am newbie in FPGA field. I am trying to implement look up table based logic on Xilinx FPGA. I want to implement the look up table in ...

Hi, I am newbie in FPGA field. I am trying to implement look up table based logic on Xilinx FPGA. I want to implement the look up table in distributed RAM and to connect the output of RAM to implement the logic in LUT. And to get reconfigurability modify the RAM content at run time by soft core processor on the same chip. Can anybody let me know if it is feasible or not. Thanks, Indra ...