[Lab] Fwd: Re: So any CPLD/FPGA coding Gurus out there?

[Jaime Yu]

@janick. I'd be interested in that workshop. I haven't done FPGAs in 5
years and would love a refresher. I had bought a parallela board to
practice on... If I ever get to it...

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On Aug 5, 2014 9:03 AM, <janick at bergeron.com> wrote:

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> Maybe that should be my next Workshop ;-) I use to teach 5-day classes on
> Verilog and VHDL. Must still have the intro material somewhere. I've been
> in the logic synthesis and simulation field for 25 years.
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> I can recommend definitely this book:
> http://www.amazon.com/Real-World-FPGA-Design-Verilog/dp/0130998516/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1407243496&sr=8-7&keywords=FPGA+design+verilog
> (I wrote the foreword :-)
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> On 2014-08-05 08:49, Aurelius R wrote:
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> I'm far from an 'expert's but I've been studying Verilog, and have a
> really cool Xilinx Dev board & programmer.
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> Been trying to find a better resource to learn all the basics. I've been
> having a hard time thinking non-linearly, as I program almost exclusively
> in C currently. In an FPGA everything happens simultaneously and race
> conditions/unknown states are hard to avoid as a beginner.
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> I wish there was a 'Verilog for Dummies' or 'FPGA for Beginners' that was
> well-written and also went on to advanced concepts. When I was learning C,
> I chose the wrong books and went years without learning about pointers &
> structures. Don't want to make the same mistake again! If anyone can
> recommend something, I'd love to hear it.
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> Xilinx's ISE Webpack is free but like most FPGA development software
> rather convoluted. I found that there's actually two completely different
> pieces of software to do the same thing - ISE and the separate PlanAhead,
> both of which allow editing of code, 'compilation' which is the wrong word,
> place & route, and generation of the bitstream for programming the
> chip/flash. Crazy, eh? I kind of understand it, as PlanAhead seems to have
> a different style, possibly more tuned to corporate work environments, but
> if anyone knows better I'd love to hear why. I'm assuming they both use an
> identical backend anyway, so it doesn't seem to matter which you use.
> On Aug 5, 2014 6:35 AM, "j ross" <waterfallclose at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Not sure I would call myself a guru but i do have an altera dev kit and
>> some vhdl coding experience - looking for a good project.  I'm pretty sure
>> there are ASIC designers out there but let me know if you want to chat
>> about it.
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>> Jeff
>>  I can not remember anyone saying they have any expertise in these areas
>> that I have met....
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>> Richard.
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