Honored ContributorGreetings --
The subject says it all. Hello, my name is David, and... and... and I am an FPGA user. I can't help it, I just do. I'm on the Nios team here at Altera, and I'll be dropping in from time to time to attempt to be helpful. Also, I wanted to be the first to post here. Carry on. -- dvb
Honored ContributorHello all!
I've been an Altera NIOS designer since it came out. My small consulting business has done well with the whole Altera line. And yes... Quartus ROCKS & MaxPlus Sucks. Sorry, I just had to say it. Michael L. Hasenfratz Hasenfratz & Associates I speak only for myself. My company does enough on it's own.Honored ContributorHi everybody, new NIOS user from Chicago here.
Some experience with Cyclone FPGA but no with NIOS - just started to learn about it. I have many years of software experience but now I am more a hardware kinda guy. Mostly in digital/FPGA arena. Greetings to all. http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gifHonored ContributorHello!
I'm an old-time Altera user from way back; I started with the EPM5000 series parts and MaxPlus II 2.something way back in 1992. Moved to MAX7000s, then wrote software for a few years, then got back into the saddle with Quartus on an Apex 20KE a couple years ago, and now I'm on Cyclones. It's been a ride. My projects are defense-related, so please understand that I have to be vague at times... I've used AHDL for all that up until a couple months ago when I learned Verilog. VHDL left a bad taste in my mouth back when I used it in school, so any suggestion that I dump Verilog for VHDL will be met with hearty laughter and a slap on the back. Now I'm just waiting for Altera to finish supporting Verilog 2001; the lack of support for multidimensional arrays and vectors of modules kinda cripples my preferred (heavily-parameterized) coding style... Right now, I'm waiting for my Nios II update. They say a Nios II/e will take about 20% of my EP1C3; the Nios-16 I have in there now takes 50% (granted, that includes peripherals, but still...). I'll believe it when I see it, of course. And thanks for Nios. It was well worth the look on my coworker's face when I told him that I smashed a couple PWM generators, ADC controllers, DDR serial controllers, FIFOs, and the microcontroller that runs the show into the aforementioned Cyclone and still had room left... Have fun!
