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From: Jesse Off<joff@e...>
Date: Tue Jun 13 02:18:45 CEST 2006
Subject: [oc] Technologic Systems TS-7300 opencore
I just released an open core project to the Technologic Systems TS-7300 FPGA
computer board running Linux 2.4. The intent of the project is to provide a
practical boilerplate to allow for easy implementation and prototyping of
FPGA designs on the TS-7300. The internal multiplexed address/databus of
the TS-7300 is bridged to a 16 and 32 bit WISHBONE bus which is then
connected to the opensource WISHBONE ethernet core, a 8KByte Altera WISHBONE
blockram, and a simple WISHBONE slave stub for user logic. The TS-7300 FPGA
has some interesting development possibilities due to the inclusion of VGA
video, SD flash card, ethernet, 8x RS232 ports, 8MB SDRAM, 40-pin DIO header
connected straight to the FPGA as well as the high-speed databus to the CPU
running full Debian Linux 2.4.
The hardware was produced by Technologic Systems-- a company specializing in
embedded hardware, software, and firmware design as well as a repository and
producer of COTS hardware. The TS-7300 is one of their COTS designs they
keep stocked with an intended infinite production lifetime. It runs Linux
out-of-the-box and includes the Linux commands necessary to load the FPGA
bitstream from a file on the filesystem without special JTAG/ISP cables.
This opencore project was released GPL in a hope to spur further open-source
hardware development by providing a very easy starting point for prospective
open-source contributors. The format was partially inspired by discussions
from the local university in their pursuit of a mixed hardware/software FPGA
and Linux course so it should be equally applicable to novices interested in
learning FPGAs.
Project page:
http://www.opencores.org/projects.cgi/web/ts7300_opencore/overview
//Jesse Off
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