Marc Nicholas wrote:

> Did you just say you'd do boards? :-)
>
> I've been preaching a bit about FPGAs the past couple of days (sorry). 
> You need the speed and predictability (important) of a 
> hardware-oriented solution here. I just can't see the use of a PIC 
> here anywhere (and am glad this is under [EE]: because of that).
>
> I also firmly believe a device such as this must be multifunction. A 
> pure DSO is unlikely to excite folk. A 16+ channel logic analyzer is a 
> nice adjunct. And stuff like function generators become pretty easy 
> once the former are done.
>
> If can model this around Altera's Cyclone, I have enough hardware here 
> right now to start doing the FPGA stuff. The Cyclone is also cheap, 
> has memory interface glue and IP for free, and has a sister PROM for 
> programming on startup.
>
> -marc
>
Sounds good. I would add my vote for multiuse.  Can we use somethink 
easire to program than PROM?  As we probably all have PIC programmers, 
can we use something compatible, like a PIC?
David


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