FPGA

Stuff about VHDL

See VHDL

Hardware

• Info about Spartan 3E
• Info about the Papilio board I've bought
• FPGA Test Board

Choosing an FPGA

Xilinx

• See Xilinx

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

See Also

• Spartan 3E
• Papilio
• FPGA Test Board