Re: An FPGA card for Apple

[sicklittlemonkey <Nick.Westgate@gmail.com>]

On Jan 4, 6:58 am, vladitx <vlad...@nucleusys.com> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 4:57 pm, sicklittlemonkey <Nick.Westg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This card sounds like a whole lot of fun.
> > What does one need (to buy) to program it?
>
> JTAG programming cable. Digilent sells low-cost cables for Xilinx
> FPGAs:http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Catalog.cfm?NavTop=2&NavSub=395&C...
>
> The software is downloaded free of charge - WebPack:http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm
>
> > I could research this, of course, but I might research "wrong".
> > Your informed opinions are much appreciated!
>
> Biggest resource one has to invest is the time to get on the steep
> learning curve.

Thanks Vlad, very helpful.

Cheers,
Nick.