"Chuck Guzis" wrote:
But do old FPGA's just quietly go belly-up? Or is there something about
the XC2064-50 that I'm in the dark about? Are there any easy tests that I
can apply to confirm my suspicions?
Doesn't it need to be 'loaded', either via a eeprom or the pcu?
Most older fpga's (I thought) had to be programmed at startup via some
form of bit-serial line. This is often something like an i2c eeprom
directly attached to the chip.
I have not looked that XC2 datasheet, however. (actually, I'm having trouble
finding one...)
-brad