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16:21.32wmatposts Editor Contest winners on elinux.org frontpage
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16:34.59halemso anyone works with FPGA here?
16:35.58halemanyone worked on any sort of USB FPGA implementation where it talks to the Linux USB host?
16:42.32halemanyone here using a USB microscope under linux and could tip me off about good and compatible brands etc..?
16:47.19sjhillwow, i did not know there was such a thing
16:47.35sjhillhalem: you mean a USB target device implemented in FPGA?
16:47.40halemyep
16:51.57sjhillRule #1, Do not use anything from Synopsis
16:52.21halemsynopsys?
16:52.24halemor synopsis?
16:52.29halemsynopsys is a great company
16:53.09sjhillyou're welcome to your opinion, but i do kernel and rtos for a living and their USB stuff sucks
16:53.22halemyou're talking about synopsys?
16:53.37sjhillyes
16:53.53halemok
16:53.54halemweird
16:54.16halemim using a usbee dx now for all
16:56.06halemsjhill: in my personal opinion i liked that board
16:56.10halemhad a lot of connectors too
16:56.11halem:D
16:57.44halemsjhill: what do you think of the DE2 board?
16:58.00sjhillhaven't used it
16:58.03halemISP1362
16:58.04halemah ok
16:58.17halemwhich board have you worked with
16:59.37halemsjhill: was looking for a board that had a 2.0 host/slave chip something like the one from philips
16:59.59halemor tcp in vhdl
17:00.00sjhilljust their fpga synthesizable core stuff, the boards i've dealt with are all custom designs
17:00.10halemah ok
17:00.38halemfpt tcp in vhdls, dod they use a controller with builtin stack ?
17:00.58sjhilli've only worked with their USB stuff, nothing else
17:01.06halemno no im asking
17:01.10halemfor boards that do tcp in VHDL
17:01.18halemare they usually controllers with builtin stacks?
17:01.42sjhill*shrug* dunno'
17:02.06halemhave you worked on any big boards
17:02.16sjhillno
17:02.24sjhillall my stuff is deeply embedded
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17:03.48halemah
17:03.55halemjust wondering which company do you work for?
17:04.52mnemoche would need to kill you...
17:05.16halemheh
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17:49.48gentooma<-- *jumps around dancing, smiling, and singing*
17:50.33mnemocgentooma: found an ultra cheap devkit with aoled display and also a simple driver to code? :)
17:50.58mnemocs/aoled/amoled/
17:51.37gentooma:) - not quite - but the results for the contest are out and I'm also known as broeggle :)
17:52.33mnemoc.oO(what contest?)o
17:52.39gentoomahttp://elinux.org
17:52.45gentoomaELinux_wiki_2010_Editor_Contest  
17:52.56mnemocGrand Prize
17:53.01mnemoccongratulations!
17:53.09gentooma<-- *jumps around dancing, smiling, and singing*
17:53.12gentoomathanks
17:53.40gentoomaI'll keep it in honor - and definitively continue contributing to the wiki
17:55.46mnemocbut from your sexy touchbook ;-)
17:56.26gentoomaof course
17:56.46gentoomaI'm very very happy about this
18:02.17wmatgentooma: congrats, btw
18:03.08gentoomadidn't expect this to be honest
18:03.18gentoomabut I'm grateful
18:03.28gentoomawmat: you received my mail?
18:04.05wmatyes, thx
18:04.27wmatif anyone is in contact with User:Alakprasad, please ask him to contact me
18:04.33gentoomawmat: yours was caught in the spam folder (which I checked fortunately)
18:05.58wmatlet's hope others do the same ;)
18:06.09gentoomamaybe via linkedin? http://www.linkedin.com/in/alokprasad7
18:06.31wmati tried, it wants me to upgrade my linkedin account
18:09.06mnemocgoogle found alok.prasad7 at gmail.com posting at the hawkboard group
18:09.20wmatthx
18:10.17gentoomaseems legit - he has posted about hawkboard on twitter
18:10.17mnemoci hope it's the same person :p
18:10.26gentoomahttp://twitter.com/alokprasad7
18:10.42mnemoc:)
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18:11.48gentoomaI'll write him on facebook too
18:11.54gentoomahttp://www.facebook.com/alokprasad7
18:12.27gentoomais the same one according to twitter - on twitter he states the same linkedin and flickr as on the wiki
18:16.47gentoomawmat: btw is it the big one (with keyboard) or the one without
18:22.04wmatgentooma: I'm not sure, but I think the big one
18:22.17wmatTim Bird would know for certain
18:22.21gentooma;) - would be great
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18:40.54mnemocgentooma: start saving because you will have to pay for the shipping and customs :p
18:42.02gentoomayeah - atleast for the customs :/
18:42.54mnemocif sent as a "letter of less than 2kg" by normal post (EMS or air registered is fine) you will skip the customs
18:43.22mnemocif they use a courier (fedex or dhl) you will have customs, vat, etc
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19:55.48halemjust wondering
19:55.58halemnobody solders individual pins on a 100+ pin tqfp?
19:56.17roxfanmaybe some people do
19:58.04halembut its not sensible you mean?
19:58.28roxfanthere are better ways, yes
19:58.29halemFPGA is still expensive
19:58.34halemroxfan: such as?
19:58.36halemhotair?
19:59.15halemI think I got a 0.5mm pitch 200~ odd pin fpga soldered and board made for like.. $140 or something
19:59.23halemFPGA is still kinda expensive for a personal project
19:59.27roxfanfor example http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorial_info.php?tutorials_id=96
19:59.33roxfanor reflow in an oven
20:00.44gentoomamaybe you could also use those schmartboards? schmartboard.com
20:02.11gentoomahttp://schmartboard.com/index.asp?page=products_qfp -- costs about 10$
20:03.07halemmust be chinese
20:03.08halem:D
20:03.34halemwe have a reflow oven at work
20:03.39gentoomaI've tried them and they are really easy to solder
20:04.05gentooma(if you buy there let me get some referal money :P)
20:04.28halemhttp://schmartboard.com/index.asp?page=products_qfp&id=116 lols
20:04.30halemlooks so cool
20:04.30halem:D
20:05.02halemgentooma: oh those are the ones with the grooves right?
20:05.27halemerm the best they can do is a 250x250px photo?  erm
20:05.33gentoomaokay soldering the 240 through holes aren't fun either :) - but I think the idea is neat
20:05.55gentoomayeah with the grooves
20:06.03halemhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/11213386@N04/4420449377/in/photostream/ better photo of a low pin count one
20:07.00gentoomahmm it seems like its the same photo as on their page  :)
20:07.01halemgentooma: haha well you probley don't need all those holes
20:07.02halem::P
20:07.22halemif you needed more then like 30 i/o's you'd want a custom board made up and stuff anyway
20:07.31halemthats the thing I realised right after buying a FPGA dev board and getting it to blink leds
20:07.58halemany project that requires a FPGA, basicly requires you make a custom PCB with all the hardware setup just to be able to start deving the firmware for the FPGA
20:08.01halemright?
20:08.18gentoomahttps://engineering.purdue.edu/ece477/Webs/F07-Grp05/nb/images/cpoluski/ECE477033.jpg
20:08.32halemI mean you can simulate shit on the PC side sure, but you can't properly simulate the interactions beween any of the hardware, you can do basic shit with stim files but even then its pertty hit or miss
20:08.41halemand trying to protoboard ram onto a FPGA? gotta be joking me
20:08.45halemright or wrong?
20:11.03halemand you stll have to make your final board, so you might as well just take a stab at making a workable board the first time
20:13.13halemhttp://www.rapidmicros.com/images/dlp-fpga.jpg
20:13.26gentoomaunless you need only some peripherals or building a prototype with only few external hardware
20:13.30halem'This module is the same hardware as the RM5000, but without the Interpretive BASIC firmware installed.  The installed FPGA is a Xilinx Spartan-3E-250-VQ100' lols"
20:13.31halemlol
20:13.45halemwhat do you mean gentooma?
20:15.58gentoomaI mean you don't have to use a custom pcb for prototyping
20:19.11halemah
20:19.11halemok
20:20.09gentoomabut if you have the ressources (and someone who knows howto do it right) to build one from start thats great
20:21.01halemsuch as yourself
20:21.01halem:P
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20:35.32halemgentooma you still have to build and connect those though
20:35.33halem:P
20:35.48gentoomayeah
20:37.08halemand typicaly if you needed a FPGA, your not dealing with slow buses, and want higher freqency operation.. requireing very short connections to achive without problems.. or termination resistors/etc
20:37.17halemMaking connecting it all up an even bigger problem
20:37.34halemmaybe with some really simpl FPGA projects it could be viable to prototype, but I just don't see it for the majority of projects that actualy needed a FPGA, and could'nt of been easily done on a PIC or AVR
20:37.36halemdont you think?
20:39.10gentoomaI see your point - yeah
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