[sdiy] FPGA Synth List and Website (was: Xilinx board as sampler)

[Paul Maddox]

Scott,

> Heh heh, well, I'm a newbie's newbie.  I've done coding including machine 
> language, but
> only for linear flow microprocessors like 6800 and 8085.  I get the 
> paradigm, but even
> this sounds like a monumental task at the moment.

understandable, you can find lots of examples of how to control the display.
Check out the code for the monowave, it uses an hitachi compatible display, 
also check the noritake itron website, they have a java applet that 
generates code for the interface when you select CPU type and language..

> After seeing this post, I went to the Xilinx website and got the user's 
> guide and some
> other PDFs for the 3E-SK, that's probably where I need to start.

yep, you'll need the pin map file (I forget it's correct name now) which 
gives you a bunch of names you use send data to the various IO pins.
for FPGA new people, and those of us out of practice, its well worth RTFM.

> When I get to a point where I make something useful, I'd love to 
> contribute.

cool, anybody can contribute, the more the merrier...

paul