[Coco] FPGA Primer

[Steven Hirsch]

On Sun, 18 Jul 2010, Frank Swygert wrote:

> For those interested in such things see
> http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Beginners-Guide-to-Programmable-Logic-Devices/
>
> Don't know if this $199 board is enough for a CoCo in FPGA or not... 256Kx16 
> SRAM, 1Mx16x4 SDRAM, 4Mx8 Flassh, SD card reader, "USB blaster" (what's that, 
> just high speed USB port?), one PS/2, one RS-232, and one VGA port, looks 
> like two GPIO headers.
>
> http://www.buyaltera.com/scripts/partsearch.dll?Detail&name=544-1736-ND

That board (also known as the "DE1") is one of the two official target 
platforms :-).

FWIW, you can get it from DigiKey for about $50 less.

Since Aaron, Gary and Mark helped me get mine going and talking with DW4, 
it's been smooth sailing.  A 25Mhz. CoCo 3 is really something :-).

Steve


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