[sdiy] FPGAs

[Noah Vawter]

On Jan 28, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Eric Brombaugh wrote:

> On 01/28/2011 11:05 AM, Noah Vawter wrote:
>>
>>> Quoth Jason Tribbeck at 28/01/11 19:02...
>>> ...
>>>> Xilinx does a Linux version (there's also the free version - the
>>>> WebPack version [FWICR]). However, I think it's reasonably strict  
>>>> on
>>>> what versions of Linux it runs on.
>>
>> Confirmed. I was trying to do this last night. No go with Ubuntu ; 
>> ( my
>> buddy suggested i use resize2fs on my ext4 partition to make it  
>> smaller
>> and install CentOS (also free).
>
> I run Xilinx WebPack on both Fedora 13 64-bit and on Ubuntu 10.04 32- 
> bit. No problems.

Ooops!  sorry, I lost track of this huge, awesome thread...   I was  
speaking of the Altera world.

BTW, I've been following your links..   this Pmod system from Digilent  
is potentially game-changing:

http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Catalog.cfm?NavPath=2,401&Cat=9

and your boards are awesome, too!  I don't have any DSPic stuff.   
Holler if you make/want to an AVR version...

Here is the cheapest FPGAboard from Digilent, it looks great!

http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,790&Prod=BASYS2
It's $50-$80, depending on student/academic/other.

"FPGA features 18-bit multipliers, 72Kbits of fast dual-port block  
RAM, and 500MHz+ operation"

If I can code on that for Ubuntu, then eventually hook up some of  
their audio ports:

http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,401,858&Prod=PMOD-I2S
or
http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,401,491&Prod=PMOD-AMP1

I would be very excited!