FPGA

Stuff about VHDL

See VHDL

Xilinx

• Website: http://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/fpga/
• Free edition of software: ISE WebPACK

Source the env variables:

. /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/settings32.sh
DISPLAY=:0

Installing libXm.so.3:

sudo apt-get install libmotif3

The main ISE binary is hidden in $INSTALL_DIR/~/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/ISE/bin/lin/ise

Lattice

• Lattice Website

Altera

• Altera Website
• Cyclone III datasheet (finally one I can somewhat understand)
• Free medium density FPGA Quartus II Web Edition Software (4GB..., linux link)

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

• starter kit, User Guide