On Jul 1, 9:28=A0pm, mng <michael.jh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jul 1, 7:01=A0pm, phxag...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the responses, but I think I need to be more clear on my
> > question. First off, this is for a class project for my advanced
> > degree, so my employer has nothing to do with it.
>
> > When I mean design an FPGA, I literally mean designing it. Not
> > programming a vendor's FPGA.
>
> This sounds rather involved for a class project. And more of an
> exercise in CAD tools than anything else.
>
> > So going back to my original question, if I did design an FPGA with
> > LUTs and SRAM, how can I program this FPGA to do a particular
> > function? Do I write the software? If so, is that an easy thing to do?
>
> I'm not sure what you're getting at here. What do you mean by
> "program", exactly? Putting the bitfile into the FPGA? Generating the
> bitfile from a placed/routed design?
>
> > Are there any tools available that would let me program any FPGA? I
> > looked at DAGGER, but seems like it needs an input file from the VPACK
> > tool. thanks again.
>
> You might be able to modify DAGGER to do what you want. But this might
> be a good time to take a step back and figure out 1) what exactly you
> want to achieve with your project, 2) what requisite knowledge you
> have yet to acquire, 3) whether it's doable in the timeframe
> specified.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
I think we all wonder what you want to achieve with your project.
You could re-invent and re-implement what Xilinx did 25 years ago, but
what would that do for you, or for anybody?
It's hard to help you when you leave so many things un-explained.
Peter Alfke
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