What is Cyclone, Stratix?
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Parallax,
What is Cyclone? Stratix?
Could you please give a bit more description on what it is, and how
someone may use it? What does it do? etc.
What is Cyclone? Stratix?
Could you please give a bit more description on what it is, and how
someone may use it? What does it do? etc.
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The Stratix and Cyclone are both FPGA devices for
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) designs.
If you're interested in learning more about the device itself, then
visit Altera's web site.
Each link below will lead you to the overview page which will provide
you with official descriptions, features, etc.
Stratix
http://www.altera.com/products/devices/stratix/stx-index.jsp
Cyclone
http://www.altera.com/products/devices/cyclone/cyc-index.jsp
Parallax has created development tools for engineers that want to work
with the Stratix or Cyclone devices in their designs.
Here's our overview page which leads you to all 4 of the development
tool kits that we offer.
http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/products/altera/smartpacks.asp
I know that there will be some more detailed and technical responses
from others, but I hope this is helpful.
Sincerely,
Erik Wood
ewood@p...
Parallax, Inc.
599 Menlo Dr., Suite #100
Rocklin, CA 95765
(916) 624-8003 Fax
(888) 512-1024 Sales
www.parallax.com
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Parallax,
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http://tutor.al-williams.com -- there you will find tutorials about
Altera and Xilinx logic (centered on CPLDs, but from your point of view
these are the same as FPGAs -- they aren't the same internally, but you
don't need to know that at this point). There are also tutorials on
several other related topics including Verilog. Great fun for those
projects where you need something much faster and parallel than a
microcontroller.
Al Williams
AWC
* Control 8 servos at once
http://www.al-williams.com/awce/pak8.htm
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> Parallax,
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An FPGA is a 'field programmable Gate Array' device.
These allow you to have the equivalent of a HUGE amount
of discrete gates in a single small-footprint chip.
Benefits over microprocessor based logic -- speed.
We're talking nanosecond switching and signal
propagation times.
Drawbacks -- well, simplicity I suppose. Processors
are good for 'thinking' kinds of tasks -- receiving
RS232, looking at what was received, making a
decision based on that, go back to receive more
RS232. FPGA's are good for implementing 'switching'
kinds of tasks (and state machines, for that matter).
Old families of FPGA's (22V10, for example) were
programmed via 'fuses' to select interconnects on the
chip. New families, (like the Stratix) keep an
EEPROM copy of the fuse map, and load it on the fly
when power comes on.
Good application for FPGA: calculating the serial
CRC on the fly. A Processor can do it, but takes
MUCH longer than the FPGA would.
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Erik Wood" <ewood@p...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The Stratix and Cyclone are both FPGA devices for
> system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) designs.
> If you're interested in learning more about the device itself, then
> visit Altera's web site.
> Each link below will lead you to the overview page which will
provide
> you with official descriptions, features, etc.
>
> Stratix
> http://www.altera.com/products/devices/stratix/stx-index.jsp
>
> Cyclone
> http://www.altera.com/products/devices/cyclone/cyc-index.jsp
>
> Parallax has created development tools for engineers that want to
work
> with the Stratix or Cyclone devices in their designs.
> Here's our overview page which leads you to all 4 of the development
> tool kits that we offer.
> http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/products/altera/smartpacks.asp
>
> I know that there will be some more detailed and technical responses
> from others, but I hope this is helpful.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Erik Wood
> ewood@p...
>
> Parallax, Inc.
> 599 Menlo Dr., Suite #100
> Rocklin, CA 95765
> (916) 624-8003 Fax
> (888) 512-1024 Sales
> www.parallax.com
>
>
>
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> Parallax,
>
> What is Cyclone? Stratix?
>
> Could you please give a bit more description on what it is, and how
> someone may use it? What does it do? etc.
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