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HDL is a very different thing to C. HDL code running in a PLD or an FPGA
runs "all at once", while a microcontroller runs a sequence of steps, one
after the other... I imagine HDL to microcontroller conversion (short of
running a logic simulator on the micro!!) is pretty near impossible to do
automatically.

If you want to get into HDL code, I played about with Atmel CPLDs many years
ago, and had a bunch of fun with them. Basically just doing parallel/serial
conversion and Manchester encoding...  It wasn't hard to get started, or
expensive. http://atmel.com/products/pld/default.asp
Looks like there's still free dev environment software to use, too.
http://atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=2759



Julian Higginson
Bruttour International
http://www.bruttour.com.au
Ph: +612 9987 1581

-----Original Message-----
From: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of John Johnson
Sent: Thursday, 19 June 2008 10:16 AM
To: avr-chat
Subject: [AVR-Chat] Use Verilog/VHDL to code for the AVR?

Hello All,

I skimmed over some VHDL code the other day, and it looks pretty
interesting.
Is there a way to write in VHDL, then have it translated to
C/Assembly/Hex to program an AVR?

The whole PORTB |= _BV(MY_OUT) gets tedious after a while. (just an
example.)

Always looking for something new (to me) and cool to learn!

Thanks in advance!

--
Regards,
 JJ

http://www.pcbgcode.org



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Regards,
 JJ

http://www.pcbgcode.org

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