Re: CIAs and PLA in a CPLD?

From: Mark McDougall <*msmcdoug_at_iinet.net.au*> Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:36:36 +1000 Message-ID: <5042B824.9040703@iinet.net.au> · msmcdoug_at_iinet.net.au

On 2/09/2012 10:42 AM, "André Fachat" wrote:

> Another question is the development environment. One reason I chose
> Xilinx for my design for example was because the webpack IDE is free and
> runs on Linux as well.

Altera Quartus is free, runs on Linux, and is a far superior piece of 
software to Xilinx ISE. Also better for noobs, and is the same as that used 
for C-One & Turbo Chameleon.

Whilst there are 5V tolerant CPLDs, you'll need level shifting for FPGAs as 
they're mostly low-voltage these days.

Regards,

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