Herbert Graf wrote:

>After the dev kit you'll need to learn an HDL (hardware description
>language). There are two out there: VHDL and Verilog. VHDL is the
>oldtimer, it's been around for ages. Verilog is newer and I personally
>find it FAR easier to learn then VHDL.
>  
>
I do a fair bit of stuff with FPGA's (yes, they are lots of fun!), and 
one thing I have found really valuable in HDL programming is to have a 
good simulator - you can put debugging statments in simulator code that 
you can't ahve on an actual FPGA.

I'm using Icarus Verilog, and have a makefile set up to code for either 
Icarus Verilog or the Xilinx toolchain we use at the flip of an option.

http://www.*icarus*.com/eda/*verilog*/

(although the website seems to be down at the moment)

Cheers,
Roy Ward.


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