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From: Mikhail Matusov<misoma@r...>
Date: Fri Feb 13 23:06:30 CET 2004
Subject: [oc] Need for a new FPGA prototype board
Hi all,I am working on a IEEE1394 LLC opencore project and I am going to need
an FPGA board to be able to test it. AFAIK there are no off-the-shelf
boards with a 1394 PHY, so it seems that I will have to roll my own. My
plan is a simple PCI board based on a Spartan IIE or perhaps Spartan-3
device and a 1394a(b) PHY, perhaps with some audio I/O. I am debating
whether to have a separate PCI controller or to use the opencore one and
put it into the same FPGA. The reason I like external PCI is because it
allows me to have FPGA fully software reloadable. Partial configuration
sounds neat but from what people say it doesn't seem to be very usable
with current Xilinx tools... Another feature I am planning is the
ability to use the board standalone.
I would like to know if such a board would be of interest to others.
However, I am afraid that if I try to satisfy everyone's wishes I will
have to add all kinds of peripherals and memories, which will make the
project much bigger and more expensive.
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Mikhail <mikem@o...>
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