> On 2016-04-22, at 17:08, groepaz@gmx.net wrote: > > On Friday 22 April 2016, 16:43:37 silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote: >> What do you guys use for developing your CPLDs and FPGAs? Do you use the >> supplier provided tools or some free / GNU positions worth having a closer >> look at? > > if you actually want to synthesize FPGA cores, then there is no other way than > using the vendor provided tools. i found the free stuff mostly useless for > anything (perhaps you can play a bit with vhdl but thats all) Since my practical experience with both CPLDs and FPGAs is currently still wandering around $00, I am looking for something that would allow me to do some designs and test / simulate those even before synthesizing them for a particular chip. I recall my early experiences with Atmel/Microchip tools that put me off so much as to delay my first micro controller code more than a year. OTOH once I eventually set the free toolchain up outside of their terrible (at least at that time) IDEs I had a working device in a few hours. I am asking now because I wouldn't like to repeat the story with my first CPLD ;-) -- SD! Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2016-04-22 17:00:02
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