AVR-Chat

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philippe Habib" <phabib@well.com>
To: <AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 4:54 AM
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] AVR8 virtual processor on FPGA - Hack a Day


> I'm taking an FPGA class right now and as a project, I'm working on an  
> application that's now done with discrete logic.  The logic needs to  
> measure pulses with 10ns resolution.  You can't do that with a micro  
> so its being done in a combination of hardware and the micro.  Putting  
> the timer on FPGA makes sense.  With a micro core in the FPGA, you  
> could do it all on one part.

XMOS chips will do that:

http://www.xmos.com

No need for an FPGA.

Leon