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Re: gEDA-user: fritzing
Ben Jackson wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 09:56:05AM -0700, Joerg wrote:
>> C++ for hardware design?
>
> Altera has a tool called C2H which works with its NIOS II soft core. You
> write code targeted at the soft core and then use the C2H tool to convert
> key inner loops to dma-driven logic blocks. I've never used it, but it
> sounds interesting.
>
> Frankly, having come to FPGAs from a long history of softare development,
> the FPGA guys are working with stone age tools right now. The only reason
> FPGA and ASIC projects get done at all is that their scope is vastly
> simpler than a typical software project.
>
I just wonder how that jibes with the more analog parts, like
amplifiers, Gilbert mixers and such. There we also use fairly ancient
tools, plus SPICE. Besides SPICE it's my HP11C that got the most
work-out. Actually it belongs to my wife ...
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Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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