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Honored ContributorOpencores PCI bridge core
Has someone used the Opencores PCI bridge core? What was your experience? I need to build a Cardbus (32bit PCMCIA) - FPGA card using a CyclonII device. I want to use this core to read/write ...
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Honored ContributorMiR,
How much is this core? Do you have to pay one time royalties or is there a per part fee? How long is the learning phase you needed for propper usage of this core? Do you have any experience about their customer support? I'm sorry to ask these questions - but if i want to use a commercial core, i have to convince my boss to spend some money for something which can be downloaded for free on opencores, and in my opinion there are just 2 advantages of a commercial IP: - customer support - the duration of the learning/debugging phase Thank you for your time, Klaus
