4 Nov
2005
4 Nov
'05
11:21 p.m.
Waht somebody needs to do (and it can't be me for obvious reasons) is
to
select some CPLDs/FPGAs where the download protocol is documented (that
is, you can progam the chip, given the binary file, without a
proprietary
programmer), and use the tools (that's why it can't be me) to make some
useful logic functions -- things like an <n> bit universal shift
register, <n> bit ALU, counters, even JK flip-flops, gates, etc. Make
the
binary files available for free download.
The problem with this is of course that the CPLD and even more the
FPGA's
will be obsolete and unobtainum long before the TTL parts are really
gone.
You can still buy a 74ls181., but try a 10 year old FPGA...
My other problem with FPGA's is that they mostly come in non-hobbyiest
packages.
Jos