[chbot] FPGAs again

[Volker Kuhlmann]

On Sat 23 Jul 2011 16:02:28 NZST +1200, Charles Manning wrote:

> The De0-nano development is done with the Altera tools. There are
> Linux versions of the FPGA and NIOS IDE. I therefore assume it is
> possible to do everything under Linux.
> https://www.altera.com/download/software/quartus-ii-we
> https://www.altera.com/download/software/nios-ii

Thanks Charles! I found the nios Linux version and thought the C
compiler for the nios CPU (or whatever they implement) wasn't much use
without a prior FPGA design... and whatever all those funny names mean,
"quartus" sounds like 40BC to me ;-)

I don't care about the terasic demos if it doesn't work.

I'd be royally interested in their nifty shiny new big colour touchpad
because I'd have a good use for it, but it's US$170 :-(( so I'll think
big but start small.

> Personally I think that's a bargain for what you get.

Very much agree, count me in too. It'll get used somehow.

Btw when I was at school 40/3 was more than 10, make sure you don't pay
more than you share. Happy to send you $$ as soon as you know how much
it is.

Thanks for organising all this!

Volker

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