On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 08:24:25PM -0400, Herbert Graf wrote:
> Generally the whole point of going to an FPGA/CPLD is because you need
> number of IOs. Due to this low pin count devices are quite rare.
> 
> PALs were available in I believe 16 or 18 pin packages, but they are
> very limited and quite scarce.
>
> Note there ARE hobbyist friendly CPLDs out there. The 9536 CPLD comes in
> a 44 pin PLCC package, get a through hole socket and you're set!
> 
> My logan project used one of those devices:
> http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/logan

Thanks! That's a really neat project. Xilinx looks quite nice,
especially that WebPACK has a Linux version. I'll have to add it to my
ever-growing TODO list for the summer...

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