[LinuxBIOS] FLASH - PLAICE: Programmer, Logic Analyzer and In-Circuit Emulator Project
Bari Ari
bari at onelabs.com
Sat Apr 14 22:52:01 CEST 2007
Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * Bari Ari <bari at onelabs.com> [070413 16:56]:
>> I set up a quick wiki for the FLASH-PLAICE: Programmer, Logic Analyzer
>> and In-Circuit Emulator Project at:
>>
>> http://flash-plaice.wikispaces.com/
>
> I ordered a Spartan 3e development board today.
>
> I saw they have them with the 1600 FPGAs as well, but then they are 500
> something bucks. Will we come close to exceed the space in the small
> spartan 3e?
We have 500K gates to work with. The 32-bit MicroBlaze fits fine with
plenty of room to spare.
The sump logic analyzer uses under 200k gates.
http://www.sump.org/projects/analyzer/
The FLASH programmer feature will use the MicroBlaze.
We my use the MicroBlaze to handle control register reads/writes to
emulate FLASH. The emulator will use the onboard 64MB-DDR for memory.
The logic analyzer can work without the MicroBlaze. If things get tight,
all you have to do is load a new bitstream into the FPGA and it becomes
different hardware. This may be done on the fly and only takes
milliseconds. Another option is having fewer logic channels available
for analysis during emuation or programming modes.
-Bari
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