> From: > Message-ID: > <3D7049981323B549B2CEB3CBE0FFB64F43D9819E@wcosexch05.agilent.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"us-ascii" >=20 > Hi Peter - >=20 > In my opinion, the most important thing when approaching FPGAs for the fi= rst time is not the language you choose but the frame of mind you bring. Yo= u don't so much "program" an FPGA with an HDL, you are designing hardware. = Constructs that look familiar to a programmer behave quite differently in a= n FPGA. Understanding when things happen is key to successful design - the = clock is king! =20 This is very true. When I first started designing with FPGAs, many years ag= o, it took me some weeks before I 'got' that. From then on it was a good de= al more straightforward. You are simply describing a schematic, It helps if= you can picture in your mind what you are describing although I will confe= ss to sometimes sketching out parts of a design before writing the VHDL. James =20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .