gEDA-dev: Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit

[John Doty]

On Oct 12, 2007, at 1:16 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:

>
>> I think it was mostly along the lines of university lab bench gear
>> as a cottage industry.
>
> I think if one goes the "usb dongle to laptop" route, this becomes
> much more do-able.  USB frequency counters, USB scopes, USB function
> generators, USB-driven power supplies, etc.
>
> Hmmm... and FPGA and the right power supply, and I think you can do
> all those with one chunk of hardware.

An Actel Fusion mixed signal FPGA in a dongle would be an awfully  
flexible gadget. But how much work is needed for gEDA to be able to  
develop the firmware? I haven't tried FPGA design.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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