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=Stuff about VHDL=
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vhdl VHDL Wikipedia page]
 
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* [http://www.doulos.com/knowhow/vhdl_designers_guide/ Doulos VHDL Designers Guide]
 
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See [[VHDL]]
* [http://www3.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/EN/Research/fauhdlc/ fauhdlc is an experimental VHDL compiler and interpreter, the compiled result can be simulated with an interpreter. ]
 
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See [[FPGA Projects]]
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=Hardware=
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* Info about [[Spartan 3E]]
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* Info about the [[Papilio]] board I've bought
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* [[FPGA Test Board]]
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=Choosing an FPGA=
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==Xilinx==
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* See [[Xilinx]]
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==Lattice==
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* [http://www.latticesemi.com/products/fpga/index.cfm Lattice Website]
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==Altera==
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* [http://www.altera.com/devices/fpga/fpga-index.html Altera Website]
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* [http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1536834.pdf Cyclone III datasheet] (finally one I can somewhat understand)
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* Free medium density FPGA [http://www.altera.com/products/software/quartus-ii/web-edition/qts-we-index.html Quartus II Web Edition Software] (4GB..., [http://download.altera.com/akdlm/software/acdsinst/12.1sp1/243/standalone/12.1sp1_243_quartus_free_linux.tar.gz?None&fileExt=.gz linux link])
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cd /tmp
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wget -O 12.1sp1_243_quartus_free_linux.tar.gz "http://download.altera.com/akdlm/software/acdsinst/12.1sp1/243/standalone/12.1sp1_243_quartus_free_linux.tar.gz?None&fileExt=.gz"
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cd ~
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tar -xvzf 12.1sp1_243_quartus_free_linux.tar.gz
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cd 12.1sp1_243_quartus_free_linux
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TARGET=/opt/altera12.1sp1/
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altera_installer/bin/altera_installer_cmd --all --target=$TARGET --source `pwd`
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altera_installer/bin/altera_installer_cmd --install=devices --target=$TARGET --source `pwd` --web
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#start it up:
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/opt/altera12.1sp1/quartus/bin/quartus
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* [http://nl.farnell.com/altera/dk-start-3c25n/cyclone-iii-ep3c25-fpga-dev-kit/dp/1428131 starter kit], [http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/683298.pdf User Guide]
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=See Also=
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* [[Spartan 3E]]
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* [[Papilio]]
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* [[FPGA Test Board]]

Latest revision as of 20:39, 20 May 2013

Stuff about VHDL

See VHDL

See FPGA Projects

Hardware


Choosing an FPGA

Xilinx

Lattice


Altera

cd /tmp
wget -O 12.1sp1_243_quartus_free_linux.tar.gz "http://download.altera.com/akdlm/software/acdsinst/12.1sp1/243/standalone/12.1sp1_243_quartus_free_linux.tar.gz?None&fileExt=.gz"
cd ~
tar -xvzf 12.1sp1_243_quartus_free_linux.tar.gz
cd 12.1sp1_243_quartus_free_linux
TARGET=/opt/altera12.1sp1/
altera_installer/bin/altera_installer_cmd --all --target=$TARGET --source `pwd`
altera_installer/bin/altera_installer_cmd --install=devices --target=$TARGET --source `pwd` --web
#start it up:
/opt/altera12.1sp1/quartus/bin/quartus

See Also