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18 years ago

help about evaluate the system source i need

in my project , there are fft (run by software code only), and fir(maybe run only by hardware), pwm; a/d , then how many source i need for my project , (just evaluate is more or less),, cuz i want to choose a board. but i do not want to waste useless source ,

help me :)

thanks a lot

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    It is not easy to answer your question on "how many source I need" as there are many variables involved.

    1. Shall we assume you will be running a NIOS II processor to do the FFT?

    2. The FIR will (maybe) be in hardware?

    3. Pulse Width Modulator.

    4. A/D input reader.

    All of the above will use various resources from the internals of the FPGA in different amounts depending on several factors.

    Code space will be a function of the FFT size.

    Logic size will be a function of the size of the FIR as well.

    The PWM is quite small.

    The A/D input is small as well.

    If I had to guess at this, I would look at one of the Altera DSP Kits, either Cyclone II or Stratix II 60 based.

    There may be other boards out there as well that have the A/D's you need, as well as some external memory in case your code gets to big.

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    ok i know how to do now . thank you very much and best wishes for you and for all the FPGA man:)