RTEMS on a softcore

[Steven Grunza]

In the “low cost FPGA” market is also the BeMicro FPGA.  I haven’t done much with mine but here’s a few details:

*	Cyclone® III EP3C16F256C8N FPGA
*	4 MB SRAM
*	16 MHz clock oscillator
*	3 status LEDs
*	8 user LEDs
*	80-pin edge connector

$49 price on Altera’s web site, not sure what distributor’s S&H adds.

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.  

 

http://www.altera.com/b/nios-bemicro-evaluation-kit.html

 

 

 

From: rtems-users-bounces at rtems.org [mailto:rtems-users-bounces at rtems.org] On Behalf Of Mathew Benson
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 8:13 AM
To: Jiri Freyvald; RTEMS
Subject: Re: RTEMS on a softcore

 

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.


On Feb 11, 2013, at 6:43 AM, Jiri Freyvald <jiri.freyvald at gmail.com> wrote:

	Hi Mathew,
	
	that's funny, I have the same thoughts.
	My goal is to port LEON3 on xilinx board, but i'll probably start with something like microblaze.
	Actually yesterday i ordered this board: 
	http://www.element14.com/community/blogs/alex-the-kidd/2013/02/06/pipistrello-rev-20-fpga-board
	(prize is $140)
	
	So on some stage we could probably somehow exchange information.
	
	With regards,
	Jiri Freyvald
	
	
	
	
	On 10/02/13 13:01, Mathew Benson wrote:

		Has anybody got RTEMS to run on an inexpensive FPGA based board?  I'm looking at:

		 

		http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/AES-S6MB-LX9.htm 

		
		
		

		Does anybody have a BSP for this?  Any inexpensive Altera boards?

		
		
		
		

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