[Coco] FPGA

[N8WQ]

Hi Joel,
Thanks for the great info on the FPGA. I am reading the wiki now. I 
stumbled on to one web site that refered to a Becker CoCo 3 FPGA, but 
the site was no longer in operation.

Alan Jones

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Joel Ewy wrote:

> N8WQ wrote:

>   

>> Folks,

>> Occasionally I hear the term FPGA used in various discussions here on

>> the list. Can anyone recommend any books, tutorials, or url's that can

>> help me learn about this subject?

>>

>> Alan Jones

>>  

>>     

> Try the Wikipedia article out for a start: 

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array

> As it pertains to the CoCo, FPGA chips are now capable of containing the

> entire functionality of a simple computer to create a System On a Chip

> (SOC).  Gary Becker's CoCo3FPGA project seems to be the farthest along

> in development:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CoCo3FPGA/

>

> Mark McDougall and James Daggett have mentioned on this list that they

> are also working on CoCo-related FPGA projects.  I believe Mark has made

> significant progress on implementing a CoCo I/II on FPGA, and James has

> mentioned that he is working on GIME functionality.

>

> Verilog and VHDL are two popular HDLs (Hardware Description Languages)

> that are used to describe the logic functions that can be programmed

> into an FPGA.

>

> JCE

>

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