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Complete newbie looking for a good practical beginers guide to programming FPGAs

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james_s:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on November 29, 2021, 06:34:02 pm ---They used to include ActiveHDL, they have switched to Modelsim. While I rarely use it because GHDL covers most of my needs, Modelsim is a good and industry-standard simulator. The initial learning curve is a bit steeper than with ActiveHDL, though.

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I've been frustrated by the simulation situation, it seems the major vendors change from one simulator to another between versions, some include one, others you have to download and install it separately, it just seems like something that should be more integrated into the tools and less hassle to make it work. I'm only a FPGA hobbyist though, maybe I'd see it differently if I was doing this professionally.

fourfathom:

--- Quote from: james_s on November 29, 2021, 06:59:37 pm ---I'm only a FPGA hobbyist though, maybe I'd see it differently if I was doing this professionally.
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Yeah, I'm only a hobbyist these days (retired).  In my professional days we had expensive development tools and full support.  Now, mostly as a matter of principal, I do it all on a shoestring.  Also the free tools are quite good now, compared to the case 20+ years ago.

bingo600:

--- Quote from: james_s on November 29, 2021, 06:55:46 pm ---I've done a bunch of projects using those little Cyclone II boards, they're dirt cheap and capable of holding a lot of retro projects.  I released a handful of bronze age Atari arcade games and an implementation of the Heathkit ET-3400 microprocessor trainer. There's also a daughterboard for Grant's Multicomp.

https://github.com/james10952001

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Well done James  :-+
That's far beyond my capabilities now.

The Flex multicomp i use was made by other people.

/Bingo

emece67:
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james_s:

--- Quote from: bingo600 on November 29, 2021, 08:21:10 pm ---That's far beyond my capabilities now.

The Flex multicomp i use was made by other people.

/Bingo

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Maybe take a look at the Gottlieb pinball/arcade sound boards in there, those are about as simple as a complete computer gets, they are a minimal 6502 based system that has only one task, monitoring inputs and playing the selected sound effect via a DAC connected to the data bus.

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