ANN: Linux friendly FPGA dev board

Hi

I'd like to announce the availability of a Spartan 3E
FPGA development board that, while usable under Windows,
is particularly easy to use under Linux.

The reason for it's Linux friendliness is that it uses
standard USB-serial for downloads.  It does not need or
use JTAG dongles or drivers.  To the host it looks like
a FTDI USB-Serial port.

The other reason it is a nice system for Linux people
is that there is a tutorial for the board that shows
how to compile and download using a Makefile.  The
commands I use to build are something like:

	vi counter.v
	make
	make install


thanks
Bob Smith

"Bob Smith" <usenet@linuxtoys.org> wrote in message 
news:lb9j36-9q7.ln1@mail.linuxtoys.org...
> Hi
>
> I'd like to announce the availability of a Spartan 3E
> FPGA development board that, while usable under Windows,
> is particularly easy to use under Linux.
>
> The reason for it's Linux friendliness is that it uses
> standard USB-serial for downloads.  It does not need or
> use JTAG dongles or drivers.  To the host it looks like
> a FTDI USB-Serial port.
>
> The other reason it is a nice system for Linux people
> is that there is a tutorial for the board that shows
> how to compile and download using a Makefile.  The
> commands I use to build are something like:
>
> vi counter.v
> make
> make install
>
>
> thanks
> Bob Smith

Any url? :-)

Hans
www.ht-lab.com

HT-Lab wrote:
> "Bob Smith" <usenet@linuxtoys.org> wrote in message 

>> I'd like to announce the availability of a Spartan 3E
>> FPGA development board that, while usable under Windows,
>> is particularly easy to use under Linux.

> Any url? :-)

Do'h!   http://www.demandperipherals.com

Bob Smith wrote:
> HT-Lab wrote:
>> "Bob Smith" <usenet@linuxtoys.org> wrote in message 
> 
>>> I'd like to announce the availability of a Spartan 3E
>>> FPGA development board that, while usable under Windows,
>>> is particularly easy to use under Linux.
> 
>> Any url? :-)
> 
> Do'h!   http://www.demandperipherals.com



So what happened to baseboards 1-3?


Looks good so far but you need to spruce up your technical marketing a 
bit. For a product like this I would expect to see:


1) A large enough photo of the board so that I could read the part numbers.

2) Downloadable user manual that explains how I can get a xilinx bit 
file that I generate into your board. This covers software installs and 
a walk thru for a download.

3) Board schematic.



John Eaton

On Jan 10, 8:32=A0am, John Eaton <nos...@spam.com> wrote:
> Bob Smith wrote:
> > HT-Lab wrote:
> >> "Bob Smith" <use...@linuxtoys.org> wrote in message
>
> >>> I'd like to announce the availability of a Spartan 3E
> >>> FPGA development board that, while usable under Windows,
> >>> is particularly easy to use under Linux.
>
> >> Any url? :-)
>
> > Do'h! =A0http://www.demandperipherals.com
>
> So what happened to baseboards 1-3?
>
> Looks good so far but you need to spruce up your technical marketing a
> bit. For a product like this I would expect to see:
>
> 1) A large enough photo of the board so that I could read the part number=
s.
>
> 2) Downloadable user manual that explains how I can get a xilinx bit
> file that I generate into your board. This covers software installs and
> a walk thru for a download.
>
> 3) Board schematic.
>
> John Eaton

You should list your company and product at FPGA Central (http://
www.fpgacentral.com ). You can add a vendor and then product for FREE.
It is a great place to get some exposure.  Visit http://www.fpgacentral.com=
/add

-Vikram

Vikram wrote:

>>> Do'h!  http://www.demandperipherals.com
>> So what happened to baseboards 1-3?
"4" refers to the number of connectors of course.  :)


>> For a product like this I would expect to see:
>> 1) A large enough photo of the board so that I could read the part numbers.
OK. I'll make one of the photos a link that does this.


>> 2) Downloadable user manual that explains how I can get a xilinx bit
>> file that I generate into your board. This covers software installs and
>> a walk thru for a download.
A manual is next on our to-do list.  Take a look in the
downloads section.  There is a PDF that explains how to
install ISE and use it with Makefiles to download to our
board.


>> 3) Board schematic.
It is in the Downloads section.


> You should list your company and product at FPGA Central (http://
> www.fpgacentral.com ). You can add a vendor and then product for FREE.
> It is a great place to get some exposure.  Visit http://www.fpgacentral.com/add
Wow, thanks, Vikam!!


Bob Smith