jpmcg wrote:

> Hi there folks i`m currently doing a msc project and trying to
> implement a 8051 ip core and program it using 'C'. Porblem is i cant
> find  an ip core that will let me use it without having to spend money
> on it. As i am a student i cant get my hands on that kind of cash. Can
> anybody help me.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
> JP

Hi there,

If you use VHDL, please check this web site for a few 8051 IP cores:
http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/vhdl/vhdl.html

The following newsgroups are better places for you to post
questions regarding VHDL/Verilog IP cores:
- comp.lang.vhdl
- comp.lang.verilog
- comp.arch.fpga

For implementation, the Xilinx FPGA Start kit (US$99.0) is a very
good value platform for 8-bit CPU development:
http://www.xilinx.com/products/spartan3/s3boards.htm

For C-compiler, if your program code is not that big, try the keil
evaluation kit.  Or you can use SDCC
http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/

Hope this helps.

Joe

> implement a 8051 ip core and program it using 'C'. Porblem is i cant
> find  an ip core that will let me use it without having to spend money
> on it. As i am a student i cant get my hands on that kind of cash. Can

<http://www.opencores.org/projects.cgi/web/8051/overview>

> find  an ip core that will let me use it without having to spend money
> on it. As i am a student i cant get my hands on that kind of cash. Can

<http://www.opencores.org/projects.cgi/web/8051/overview>

"Paul Burke" <paul@scazon.com> wrote in message
news:2mmejuFnu5bmU1@uni-berlin.de...
> jpmcg wrote:
>
> > Hi there folks i`m currently doing a msc project and trying to
> > implement a 8051 ip core and program it using 'C'. Porblem is i cant
> > find  an ip core that will let me use it without having to spend money
> > on it. As i am a student i cant get my hands on that kind of cash. Can
> > anybody help me.
> >
>
> Try:
> <http://www.opencores.org/> and look down the page. Can't see what's the
> point of an MSc where you use someone else's core, and somneone else's C
> compiler, or is there some further point to it?
>
> While we are on IP cores, what is the cheapest (in small quantity) FPGA
> at the moment, including boot EEPROM?

The Altera Cyclone, AFAIK. The EP1C3T100C8 is 8.03 GBP and the EPCS1SI8
configuration device is 1.87 GBP. I recently bought five of each from Arrow
UK.

Leon
-- 
Leon Heller, G1HSM
http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller

jpmcg wrote:

> Hi there folks i`m currently doing a msc project and trying to
> implement a 8051 ip core and program it using 'C'. Porblem is i cant
> find  an ip core that will let me use it without having to spend money
> on it. As i am a student i cant get my hands on that kind of cash. Can
> anybody help me.
> 

Try:
<http://www.opencores.org/> and look down the page. Can't see what's the 
point of an MSc where you use someone else's core, and somneone else's C 
compiler, or is there some further point to it?

While we are on IP cores, what is the cheapest (in small quantity) FPGA 
at the moment, including boot EEPROM?

Paul Burke

Hi there folks i`m currently doing a msc project and trying to
implement a 8051 ip core and program it using 'C'. Porblem is i cant
find  an ip core that will let me use it without having to spend money
on it. As i am a student i cant get my hands on that kind of cash. Can
anybody help me.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
JP