On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Michelle Konzack
<linux4michelle(a)tamay-dogan.net> wrote:
Hello Charles Henry,
I am Electronic Engineer and a little bit more...
Am 2011-10-25 14:21:12, hacktest Du folgendes herunter:
The code itself (VHDL or Verilog) is hardware
independent, but a
compiled file is specific for a particular FPGA device. Users won't
ever want to have to build from source--just flash binaries.
I do not know VHDL/Verilogand have never programmed a FPGA, but do you
do this under Linux or do you use propriatary tools of the FPGA
manufacturers?
As far as I know, there's no open source tools to compile FPGA code.
It's always device specific. Starting with VHDL/Verilog source
(device independent) and an I/O pin-mapping file (per device), you
generate a net-list file and then it has to be mapped/routed for the
specifc device. Any advice on tools to use or study is most welcome.
It seems to be a lengthy process that takes some skill. So developing
the binaries to be flashed is a bit outside most users' ability--but
flashing from JTAG headers can be accomplished by a few free tools.