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- From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad)
- Subject: Re: XILINX development system on the PC.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.134340.18298@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg>
- Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
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- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 13:43:40 GMT
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- Manolis Stratakis (strataki@cerberus.csi.forth.gr) wrote:
- : Hello,
- :
- : has anybody had any experience with the XILINX development system
- : (FPGA hardware design system) for IBM PC compatibles? We are
- : thinking of buying one, and would like to know more about it,
- : like efficiency of the system, compatibility, support, etc.
- :
- I have one, for not at the hardware side. I do not recommend the futurenet
- version because I've problems with connectivity and expansibility .
- I recommend that you choose others. Now the recommended one is the
- Viewlogic which is a very good package apparently. I prefer Orcad because I'm
- used to it but the Vst simulator interface was not ready at that time.
- Support here in Singapore is not so good. They are more interested in
- Selling their tools than their chips. If we try to integrate into our
- existingh cad tools, they don't look keen, and even got it wrong e.g. thinking
- that the Vst simulator interface is built into the orcad interface.
- Be careful with the XC4000 which needs 12Mbyte RAM minimum.
- THE autorouter looks efficient, for my small design which only took
- 5 % of the 9 thousand gate XC3000(XC3020?). You have manual routing option
- as well. THERE IS a logic optimisation package.
- The old versions even have pld converter which is now extra.
-
- The latest LIBRARIES COME WITH ttl compatible parts.
-
- I recommend Xilink very highly but be careful with the tools.
-
- --
- Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE,
- Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263.
- Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg
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