The boards are VERY tempting.......... Must buy ?! How
am I going to explain this..... Thanks for the link. 

John

--- Martin K <martin-distlists@nnytech.net> wrote:

> Hello Vasile,
> The boards available at digilentinc.com are very
> inexpensive and easy to 
> use.
> It can be difficult to get started because the tools
> are very 
> complicated but if you read some labs that
> universities provide online 
> it can be much easier. Take for example a verilog
> counter module (it's 
> NOT a function):
> 
> module count_8b(out,clock,reset);
>     output [7:0]out;
>     input clock,reset;
>     reg [7:0]out;
>     wire clock,reset;
> 
>     always @(posedge clock)
>     if(reset==1)
>        out=8'b0;
>     else
>        out=out+1'b1;
> endmodule
> 
> You then generally have "top" module that links
> together the modules, 
> and a UCF (user constraints file) that links the
> ports (out,clock,reset) 
> to physical hardware pins. You would use the Xilinx
> ISE or Webpack tool 
> to compile, synthesize, and program the Xilinx part
> or create a PROM file.
> I don't know about any user groups talking about
> FPGAs. Maybe you could 
> help me with that part?
> Digilent provides schematics for their development
> boards. Perhaps you 
> could borrow their schematics? It's nothing more
> than a reference design 
> I'm sure.
> I'd be happy to help more if I can.
> --
> Martin K
> 
> Vasile Surducan wrote:
> > I'm interested if there is somewhere a good&fast
> tutorial about using
> > Xilinx FPGA.
> > How should start someone who never heard about
> FPGA (except reading
> > *all* datasheet and application note from Xilinx
> website) for getting
> > a valid hardware design with an FPGA+flash PROM
> combination.
> > Maybe a good usergroup talking about FPGA ? Other
> suggestions?
> >
> > thx,
> > Vasile
> >   
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