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11 years ago

How to divide tasks to be done by Nios II processor & Logic elements?

Hi all, I have a complete working project where I use MATLAB/Simulink with coding in S-function Level 2 as well as Simulink blocks. Now I would like to convert the above project into...
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11 years ago

How long is a piece of string?

Really it is balance between resource usage and processing speed.

Code in C will typically be slower but use less resource than the same in VHDL.

Very small blocks of VHDL can quickly perform operations that take quite a few code instructions.