Interesting offering from Lattice again. Too bad the price is quite
different from $29 for those of us on the wrong side of the pond...
Reply by Christopher Felton●April 26, 20112011-04-26
<snip>
> ActiveHDL than I did with Modelsim. Modelsim had a memory leak or
> something that would crash it after some hours of being up. That was
> what, 2002 or so? I assume they eventually fixed that, no?
>
> Rick
I don't know if it has been fixed? I currently have a similar issue
with SE-64bit it gobbles up > 10GB of RAM memory and brings our system
to its knees. But I am also using some VPI modules that I need to
double check, MTI might get lucky and it could be another issue.
Chris
Reply by scrts●April 26, 20112011-04-26
"Gabor" <gabor@szakacs.invalid> wrote in message
news:ip3qdf$62j$1@dont-email.me...
I am about to place an order on 99$ Versa kit. What do You think about that?
Reply by rickman●April 25, 20112011-04-25
On Apr 25, 7:44=A0pm, n...@puntnl.niks (Nico Coesel) wrote:
> Gabor <ga...@szakacs.invalid> wrote:
> >I often see people, especially hobbyists looking for inexpensive
> >boards with a lot of non-dedicated I/O. =A0These new boards from
> >Lattice are pretty basic (no on-board RAM) but have a lot of
> >break-out pins for projects that just need a lot of I/O on
> >0.1" centers for prototyping.
>
> >Usually Lattice releases boards like this at a "kicker" price
> >and then quietly raises the price later, so you may want
> >to grab one while it's still $29.99
>
> >MachXO 2280 Breakout Board Evaluation Kit:
>
> >http://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmenthardware/breakoutboard...
>
> >-- Gabor
>
> >PS - I'm not connected to Lattice in any way. =A0Just saw this on
> >an e-mail and thought it might be of interest.
>
> Looks nice. I have another CRT to LCD screen conversion project coming
> up.
> Any word on the software provided by Lattice? The last time I
> attempted to use their software must be about 15 years ago. Synario
> Abel HDL IIRC. OTOH maybe I just stick with Xilinx.
I use their software in a design I have in production and I don't find
any issues with it really. I'm still using a two year old copy and
they have updated to the later rev of VHDL which I don't have. The
synthesis tool is Synplify and the simulator is Aldec ActiveHDL. I
ordered the software with Modelsim and before they shipped it their
agreement for Modelsim ran out and they switched to Aldec. I about
threw a fit because I had the impression ActiveHDL was an inferior
product and they did a bait and switch on me. But once I calmed down
and used the SW it was pretty good. In fact, I have less trouble with
ActiveHDL than I did with Modelsim. Modelsim had a memory leak or
something that would crash it after some hours of being up. That was
what, 2002 or so? I assume they eventually fixed that, no?
Rick
Reply by Nico Coesel●April 25, 20112011-04-25
Gabor <gabor@szakacs.invalid> wrote:
>I often see people, especially hobbyists looking for inexpensive
>boards with a lot of non-dedicated I/O. These new boards from
>Lattice are pretty basic (no on-board RAM) but have a lot of
>break-out pins for projects that just need a lot of I/O on
>0.1" centers for prototyping.
>
>Usually Lattice releases boards like this at a "kicker" price
>and then quietly raises the price later, so you may want
>to grab one while it's still $29.99
>
>MachXO 2280 Breakout Board Evaluation Kit:
>
>http://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmenthardware/breakoutboardevalkits.cfm
>
>-- Gabor
>
>PS - I'm not connected to Lattice in any way. Just saw this on
>an e-mail and thought it might be of interest.
Looks nice. I have another CRT to LCD screen conversion project coming
up.
Any word on the software provided by Lattice? The last time I
attempted to use their software must be about 15 years ago. Synario
Abel HDL IIRC. OTOH maybe I just stick with Xilinx.
--
Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply
indicates you are not using the right tools...
nico@nctdevpuntnl (punt=.)
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Reply by Jim Granville●April 25, 20112011-04-25
On Apr 26, 12:45=A0am, Gabor <ga...@szakacs.invalid> wrote:
> I often see people, especially hobbyists looking for inexpensive
> boards with a lot of non-dedicated I/O. =A0These new boards from
> Lattice are pretty basic (no on-board RAM) but have a lot of
> break-out pins for projects that just need a lot of I/O on
> 0.1" centers for prototyping.
>
> Usually Lattice releases boards like this at a "kicker" price
> and then quietly raises the price later, so you may want
> to grab one while it's still $29.99
>
> MachXO 2280 Breakout Board Evaluation Kit:
>
> http://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmenthardware/breakoutboard...
>
> -- Gabor
>
> PS - I'm not connected to Lattice in any way. =A0Just saw this on
> an e-mail and thought it might be of interest.
I often see people, especially hobbyists looking for inexpensive
boards with a lot of non-dedicated I/O. These new boards from
Lattice are pretty basic (no on-board RAM) but have a lot of
break-out pins for projects that just need a lot of I/O on
0.1" centers for prototyping.
Usually Lattice releases boards like this at a "kicker" price
and then quietly raises the price later, so you may want
to grab one while it's still $29.99
MachXO 2280 Breakout Board Evaluation Kit:
http://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmenthardware/breakoutboardevalkits.cfm
-- Gabor
PS - I'm not connected to Lattice in any way. Just saw this on
an e-mail and thought it might be of interest.