Hi,<br>I just want to know what capabilities a FPGA must have for running RTOS upon it. I purchased <br>"<a href="https://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,790&Prod=BASYS2">https://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,790&Prod=BASYS2</a>". Is this FPGA good enough??<br>
<br>Thanks<br>Manish<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Steven Grunza <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sgrunza@ctdi.com" target="_blank">sgrunza@ctdi.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">In the “low cost FPGA” market is also the BeMicro FPGA.  I haven’t done much with mine but here’s a few details:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:11.15pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Cyclone</span>^{<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">®</span>}<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">III EP3C16F256C8N FPGA<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:11.15pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">4 MB SRAM<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:11.15pt;background:white">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">16 MHz clock oscillator<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:11.15pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">3 status LEDs<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:11.15pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">8 user LEDs<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:11.15pt;background:white">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">80-pin edge connector<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.15pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333">$49 price on Altera’s web site, not sure what distributor’s S&H adds.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.15pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333">The edge connector is a funky, small form factor but Samtec makes a receptacle so you could, in theory, build a small carrier board with what-ever physical connectors you need.  <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.15pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.altera.com/b/nios-bemicro-evaluation-kit.html" target="_blank">http://www.altera.com/b/nios-bemicro-evaluation-kit.html</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">
<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:rtems-users-bounces@rtems.org" target="_blank">rtems-users-bounces@rtems.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:rtems-users-bounces@rtems.org" target="_blank">rtems-users-bounces@rtems.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mathew Benson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 11, 2013 8:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> Jiri Freyvald; RTEMS<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: RTEMS on a softcore<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">Keep it on the mailing list.  That looks like a good one too.  All good suggestions.  So many options.  Ideally, I would like a single board capable of running RTEMS, with at least 128 MB of RAM, SD flash card, Ethernet or wifi, with 1 or 2 DAP's, an i2c pin, RS-232 interface, and with at least 6 hardware PWM GPIO pins.  I want to put this in my quadcopter.  I already have a micro controller driving the rotors and connected to the sensors, but rather than adding a CPU, I want to combine them in a single board.  One of my coworkers likes playing with FPGA's, so I said I would see if I could find an FPGA with soft core.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On Feb 11, 2013, at 6:43 AM, Jiri Freyvald <<a href="mailto:jiri.freyvald@gmail.com" target="_blank">jiri.freyvald@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Mathew,<br><br>that's funny, I have the same thoughts.<br>My goal is to port LEON3 on xilinx board, but i'll probably start with something like microblaze.<br>
Actually yesterday i ordered this board: <br><a href="http://www.element14.com/community/blogs/alex-the-kidd/2013/02/06/pipistrello-rev-20-fpga-board" target="_blank">http://www.element14.com/community/blogs/alex-the-kidd/2013/02/06/pipistrello-rev-20-fpga-board</a><br>
(prize is $140)<br><br>So on some stage we could probably somehow exchange information.<br><br>With regards,<br>Jiri Freyvald<br><br><br><br><br>On 10/02/13 13:01, Mathew Benson wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal">Has anybody got RTEMS to run on an inexpensive FPGA based board?  I'm looking at:<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/AES-S6MB-LX9.htm" target="_blank">http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/AES-S6MB-LX9.htm</a> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><br><br></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Does anybody have a BSP for this?  Any inexpensive Altera boards?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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