AVR-Chat

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Holt" <kholt@sonic.net>
To: <AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:05 AM
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] Re: C programming on AVR


> We should change the subject line if we are going to continue any
> further on the off-topic of FPGAs.
> I will say this, though, that will relate the FPGA topic to my
> observations about not wanting to
> get into an AVR C programming environment:
> The Xilinx IDE is also horrendous for my old weak brain, and it is
> precisely because I have had to
> keep up with each new version that I was disinclined to open a new,
> continuing, can of worms in
> a C dev system; especially if there is no great advantage to be gained.
>
> Programmers who are trying to be FPGA starters should use Altera; it is
> somewhat easier to use.
> Also, programmers may find Verilog HDL will be similar to C in the
> arithmetic coding.
> However, new FPGA designers will still have deal with: hundreds of IO
> pin assignments, many
> clocks, many supply voltages, many types of IO descriptions;; etc.

Yes, the Altera software is much easier to use. It seems to have been 
developed as a whole rather than cobbled together from lots of different 
applications.

Leon
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