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15 years agoWhere to go from here? I need help.
I have completed my design, solved all the issues and it is function properly as I expected it. All of that was done on Cyclone III Starter board, and by using Quartus and other Altera tools. Now where I go from here if I want to move my design to be a real board and be able to sell it.
With little research I thought about:- 1-Creating a schematic of the component used in the design. 2-Create a BOARD from the schematic. 3-Send the board file to manufacturer to build it for me. Sounds right? It might, but I need your input please. I also found out that all of the above steps are VERY difficult for someone like me who have never before drawn a schematic, or created an actual board. I tried EAGLE software, it is useful but it assumes that you are an expert to create actual board. I don’t know the basics even for what “pull up” resistor needs to be connected here at this FPGA pin not to burn it, etc... I thought about referring to the Altera board schematic to know how to connect pins and draw my own schematic, adding to the other daughter boards schematics I used, to help me, but it is very hard to start from scratch. Any idea how Quartus might help me to JUMP start? Is there anything in Altera’s tools can use my working deign and create for my useful startup point? I am not an expert but I heard that you can ask Altera’s tools to create a NET file or similar 'thing' that you can IMPORT in PCB tools? Is that right? What I need to do to ease the PCB board phase on me, as I am quite a beginner? For budget purposes I am intending to use EAGLE and can possibly buy the 700$ version. Any help to EXPORT things to EAGLE? I appreciate your help. Thanks alot.