4 Nov
2005
4 Nov
'05
6:28 p.m.
On 11/5/2005 at 1:09 AM ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote:
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.
Hey, nobody did it with PALs, why would they do it with something more
complex?