MOTM

http://altium.com.edgesuite.net/testimonials/all_testimonials2.html

wait until the very end to see Encore's Tony Karavidis.

Hey Tony....what the heck are you doing with a Virtex 4??!?

Paul S.

That's one of the devices I use for my day job. Big FPGAs are a LOT of fun.
Unfortunately they are still too pricy for this industry. Soon though...

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Schreiber [mailto:synth1@...] 
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:13 AM
To: MOTM litserv
Subject: [motm] Tony K, movie star

http://altium.com.edgesuite.net/testimonials/all_testimonials2.html

wait until the very end to see Encore's Tony Karavidis.

Hey Tony....what the heck are you doing with a Virtex 4??!?

Paul S.



 
Yahoo! Groups Links

> That's one of the devices I use for my day job. Big FPGAs are a LOT of fun.
> Unfortunately they are still too pricy for this industry. Soon though...
> 

Well, err....the Spartan 3E will be used on several MOTM modules :)

Virtex is still $$$ (but you get PowerPCs and 48-bit DSP cores, too)

Paul S.

Hey - I use Altium 6 every day!  Where's my polo shirt?!  I guess I
need to shill for them first.  Unlike Tony, I've got a face that would
be better suited for radio so that's probably not going to happen.

I'll just shill for Encore and Synthtech instead.

Chub

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:

>
> http://altium.com.edgesuite.net/testimonials/all_testimonials2.html
> 
> wait until the very end to see Encore's Tony Karavidis.
> 
> Hey Tony....what the heck are you doing with a Virtex 4??!?
> 
> Paul S.
>

Funny - I just came back from VHDL training on Spartan 3 FPGA !

JH.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
To: <tony@...>; "'MOTM litserv'" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] Tony K, movie star




> That's one of the devices I use for my day job. Big FPGAs are a LOT of 
> fun.
> Unfortunately they are still too pricy for this industry. Soon though...
>

Well, err....the Spartan 3E will be used on several MOTM modules :)

Virtex is still $$$ (but you get PowerPCs and 48-bit DSP cores, too)

Paul S.




Yahoo! Groups Links

> Funny - I just came back from VHDL training on Spartan 3 FPGA !
> 
> JH.

Let me introduce our new AudioEngine firmware engineer! :)

Paul S.
still prefers Verilog

>> Funny - I just came back from VHDL training on Spartan 3 FPGA !
>>
>> JH.
>
>Let me introduce our new AudioEngine firmware engineer! :)

LOL!

I learned two main things:

(1) how to make a 7-segment display count the seconds.

(2) That analogue is still a lot more fun.

(I'm happy to now have some insight in modern digital design methods, 
though.
This stuff certainly _is_ impressive.)

JH.

Yes, 3E are more cost effective, but the cheapest Virtex4 is around $100.

I've got a new design for work using a V4 and a Spartan-3AN. That 3AN will
probably end up in a music product if I have time. (which we all never seem
to have enough)

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Schreiber [mailto:synth1@...] 
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:30 PM
To: tony@...; 'MOTM litserv'
Subject: Re: [motm] Tony K, movie star



> That's one of the devices I use for my day job. Big FPGAs are a LOT of
fun.
> Unfortunately they are still too pricy for this industry. Soon though...
> 

Well, err....the Spartan 3E will be used on several MOTM modules :)

Virtex is still $$$ (but you get PowerPCs and 48-bit DSP cores, too)

Paul S.