RTEMS on a softcore

[manish jain]

Hi,
I just want to know what capabilities a FPGA must have for running RTOS
upon it. I purchased
"
https://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,790&Prod=BASYS2".
Is this FPGA good enough??

Thanks
Manish


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Steven Grunza <sgrunza at ctdi.com> wrote:

> In the “low cost FPGA” market is also the BeMicro FPGA.  I haven’t done
> much with mine but here’s a few details:****
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>    - 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.  ****
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> http://www.altera.com/b/nios-bemicro-evaluation-kit.html****
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> *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****
>
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> 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
>
>
>
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> On 10/02/13 13:01, Mathew Benson wrote:****
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> Has anybody got RTEMS to run on an inexpensive FPGA based board?  I'm
> looking at:****
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> http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/AES-S6MB-LX9.htm ****
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> Does anybody have a BSP for this?  Any inexpensive Altera boards?****
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