6 May
2010
6 May
'10
10:14 p.m.
On 05/06/10 19:46, Niels Mayer wrote:
Unlike custom VLSI,
you can't just plop a FPGA on the pci bus. Note that the Xilinx isn't
the only chip on this
card: http://www.soundworks.dk/images/rme/hdsp9632_big.jpg -- there's at
least 6 other chips in the "digital" part of the card, some of
high-complexity/integration/cost based on their pincount -- in addition
to the Xilinx chip. That includes an additional Xilinx chip (flash
memory??) that is clearly visible on the above pictured board.
This is an extremely old design you are looking at. At least 10 years old.
Of course you can interface with PCI. You just do it. You can interface
with anything. Take the MADIface for example - one Spartan 3, one flash,
finished. From PCIe to MADI out everything in a small gum strip.
Please check out the Xilinx application note library to see what else is
possible, and why you want FPGAs in your circuits.
Flo
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