On 27/08/2010 22:06, Denny Esterline wrote:
>> The Xilinx 9536 (it's a CPLD, given your application going to an FPGA
>> isn't worth it) should fit the bill (if you need more logic, the 9572
>> has twice the capacity with the same footprint if you choose your
>> package right).
> That one one of the first ones I considered. But I see Digilent has
> discontinued it's dev tools for the xc9500 series and judging by part
> pricing, I suspect Xilinx is pushing new designs towards the
> CoolRunner II parts (<$1.50 in singles). My new dev kit should be here
> Monday.
>
>
>
>> The Xilinx webpack is a free dev environment that gives you all you need
>> to get going.
>>
>> I've never used "schematic capture" type solutions for programmable
>> logic, so I can't comment there.
>>
>> If you know C, then verilog will feel familiar. I'd steer clear of VHDL,
>> it can be very "interesting" in the way it does things, and is more of a
>> hill to climb.
>>
>> TTYL
>>
>> --
> For this, I'm willing to try schematic capture, it is only about 40
> gates after all. But I'm sure I need to learn some HDL at some point.
>
> -Denny
Coolrunner II is a good choice.

Smaller systems can be done by schematic capture. But it's worth=20
learning VHDL *and* Verilog (even if eventually you only use one of=20
them) if either you get stuck or you are doing anything larger.



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