FW: Re: fpga compilers

[john carroll]

I purchased the Lattice intro kit to meet a 
definite need and was able to turn out a program 
and sample device that met my customers needs with 
a couple evenings work.  I did have to build a 
small PC board and buy an expensive ZIF socket in 
order to develop and check out my work.  

I think that it is entirely reasonable to develop 
software on the target device.

John carroll
jac at wave.sheridan.wy.us

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On Tue, 16 Apr 1996 14:56:57 GMT  Brian C. Lane 
wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Mar 1996 23:18:39 -0600 (CST), you 
wrote:
>
>>
>>I've seen free versions of MACH and Lattice isp 
series FPGA compilers,
>>there's also some other free compilers I saw on 
a FPGA www site but none
>>seemed to be for the big FPGAs. I
>>don't know how the size of these FPGAs compares 
with big stuff from Altera
>>or Xilinx. Also I saw an ad for Cypress VHDL 
compiler for $99.
>>
>
>  Cypress and Lattice have special $99 
introductory packages. They include
>their compiler and a couple of the smaller chips, 
and a serial programmer
>for them. I don't have one yet, but have been 
looking at them for a bit
>now.
>
>  Check out their web pages for more information.
>
>   Brian
>
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