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16 years ago

Cell Automat

I have been working at the projetc where it is expected to create "logical space" associated with biological and chemical environment.Where each molecule or couple of them are assiciated with information in a groups of registers- equal to cell automats. And where electrons are associated with logical conditions in this registers.The process of "reaction" goes further controlled by the set of "local rules" within this registers.I am using cyclone III devices.I have a question if there is software wich enables the process of automatic controll of information flow in FPGA from Windows?I mean in real time mode.

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    Altera_Forum
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    16 years ago

    For "automatic information flow control inside fpga from windows" I guess it is very unlikely you will find any ready-made work. You will certainly need nios module to interface with a window module. You will need to write both modules yourself I am afraid. The nios module can interface to fpga through a register stack that you must build in firmware.

    I am not sure, however, why use fpga in the first place. You can do it in software all. FPGA only gives the advantage of speedier data-intensive processing at the expense of low complexity algorithms.
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    16 years ago

    I use FPGA to find better configuration of circuit to analyze different connections.Like molecules flow in space freely and interact between each other.Standart Von Neuman architecture doesnt give such opportunity because of limited number of conditions it can process.

    Nios module - may be - avalon interface?I was looking for API Specification of Eclipse Platform for Nios but didnt found any relevant information.