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Altera_Forum
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18 years agoAlternatives to NIOS
I'm getting a bit frustrated with NIOS and I'd like to consider alternative soft-cores. NIOS seems to be very powerful for OS implementations, but not too efficient for small microcontroller-like app...
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
17 years agoI have a suggestion about handling inputs that need quick responses. Try using TriMatrix arrays set up to do logical functions.
The attached sketch shows how a small statemachine merged with the inputs could produce an address input to a second array which then drives the output. The 2 stage pipeline first stage generates code, then uses code to generate output. If further processing is required, then use it more for processing, not as a controller, offload the critical timing to arrays. The second attachment is a start at using arrays for a microprogrammmed computer. The possibilities for TriMatrix seem endless. Thanks to all for your time to read this.