Re: gEDA-user: PALs GALs and SPLDs going the way of the Dodo?

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Am I correct in thinking that it would be unwise to use these in new
> designs?  Do you use SPLD? What do you use to program them? How about
> the ISP versions?

Look at the XC9536XL from xilinx.  It's $1, runs on 3.3v, and ISP-able
or you can program them externally (they're flash based).

http://www.delorie.com/electronics/bin2seven/

Still huge compared to a 16v8, though, but once you have the bitstream
files (xilinx runs with Makefiles on Linux) you can program them with
open source or home-brew toools.

You probably also want to see http://www.dataman.com/

> (nice article DJ)

Thanks!  Next month's article covers programming the XC9572XL from
Linux ;-)


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