gEDA-user: CPLDs and other high-density logic chips...

[Mike Hansen]

These are very easy parts to work with, there is even a 44 pin PLCC version 
if you have an aversion to doing smt hand work.   The Xilinx software is 
free(as long as you are OK with using Windows).   You can purchase proto 
boards that come with the programming cable for like $40.  That's your total 
out of pocket cost to get started.  There are plenty of good Verilog 
tutorials out on the internet.

The Xilinx software is clunky and takes awhile to get used but it's 
functional.

>From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
>Reply-To: gEDA user mailing list <geda-user at moria.seul.org>
>To: gEDA user mailing list <geda-user at moria.seul.org>
>Subject: Re: gEDA-user: CPLDs and other high-density logic chips...
>Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 11:56:41 -0400
>
>On Sep 3, 2006, at 11:53 AM, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:
>>The circuit I'm working on is a 5V circuit, however -- most of the
>>CPLDs and FPGAs I've seen are 3.3V or lower.  Do you have any
>>recommendations on voltage level converter chips?
>
>   FYI, the Xilinx XC9536 CPLDs (not -XL, not -XV...just XC9500) are 5V 
>parts.
>
>          -Dave
>
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>Dave McGuire
>Cape Coral, FL
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