I think that's a great idea...
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Handley <thandley@TELEPORT.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 5:09 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for OpSrc/OpHrdw solution to program ispLSI [OT]


>    Wojciech, thanks for the Altera info. I didn't realize they had a
starter
> kit with VHDL. As far as LINUX, I see more vendors supporting it but,
alas,
> no starter packages.
>
>    A note on my Lattice buffered ispDownload cable; if you are using 5V
logic,
> you can use either a 74HC or 74LS367. They switched to the 74LS version to
> support 3V parts. That and a change in pullup values are reflected in my
> schematic. Also note that you need to supply +5V as indicated in the
> schematic.
> I know this should be obvious but I did get some feedback by someone who
had
> initial problems. The example programming board only shows examples for
their
> 44 and 84-pin PLCC devices since they are more popular and easy to
prototype
> compared to a TQFP package.
>
>    - Tom
>
> At 02:20 PM 4/4/00 +0200, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote:
> >
> >The EMAX+ for Altera (with VHDL and Verilog entry, covering EPLDs up to
7000)
> >is also available for download with free starter License.
> >
> >The additional background of my desire to use the free/open source HDL
> >is that no one vendor provides the free starter tools for Linux platform,
> >and I really hate to reboot my machine to windows just to develop
something
> >in VHDL or Verilog (first for stability reasons, then because all the
servers
> >runing on my box are stopped for that time).
> >
> >--
> >                                Thanks a lot,
> >                              Wojciech M. Zabolotny
> >        http://www.ise.pw.edu.pl/~wzab  <--> wzab@ise.pw.edu.pl
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Handley
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