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13 years ago

Nios Open Source Alternatives?

Hi Guys, Being but a Hobbyist i want to build an independant design that does not require hardware tethering. Now all my training is in Altera and i've have some Altera products; which due to t...
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13 years ago

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one of the guys I work with keeps telling me, "just get rid of the CPU and do it all in verilog, its easy!".

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That is a topic for a different thread :)

Personally though, I have yet to find a problem I could solve with a soft-core processor, and have never used one in a design. My processor requirements have always exceeded what you can do with an FPGA processor for the price. A 500MHz PowerPC is less than $50, and ARM processors are even cheaper. The newer SoC devices are very interesting though ...

Cheers,

Dave