Joachim Thiemann wrote:
I'm in a
similar boat and trying to learn Verilog.
I'm still not sure which one is "better" (knowing full well that the
answer will depend on application, personal preference, employer
preference, etc, etc...) but I've decided to go with VHDL since a lot
of the "big" projects available on the net seem to use it.
The minimig (amiga in FPGA) I was interested in studying and learning
about was written in verilog, hence the driving force for me for
verilog. Besides, looking at the syntax, verilog seems closer to C than
VHDL. And I've got a fair bit of C familiarity, so.....
I do want to try hooking up some old DRAM to the S3E,
I'll try it with
just resistors. If it works, I'll be very happy - if not it'll be a
learning experience :-)
I've been extremely frustrated with trying to get a WORKING
synthesizable dram controller on the 3E. Despite free controllers @
opencores, and trying to use Memory Interface Generator as part of
CoreGen, it's been impossible.
My board has 64mb of DDR on it.
http://www.xilinx.com/products/devkits/HW-SPAR3E-SK-US-G.htm
I've also played with Microblaze (xilinx's 32-bit soft processor),
Picoblaze (the 8-bit microcontroller), etc. Pretty neat.
Thanks
Keith