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cryptguy wrote:Never mind -- The link was operational on the afternoon of 8 July. Got the files.

In the video I did select direct download.

Glad you got it installed. Lesson 3 is coming soon!

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Will you ansver questions during/after the course ? I mean i'we read a lot about us beginners making mistakes in "clocking" , and create "non" synchroneous logic , due to beginner mistakes (meaning using wrong clock or is it asynchroneous clock". Will we learn to make a &qu...

Doesn't the 3032 have different Vio's for selecting voltages on i/o banks ? Is everything in 1 i/o bank ? I see you can choose 2.5v or 3.3v as output , is that still with 3.3v on all VCC's ? Neat level converter And i'll prob. have to watch out as i dont think my EPM240 is 5v tolerant as the 3032 i...

Great, i have already bought the complete kit for microcontroller. However i was wondering how does the boot loader get on the chip? Hi Jeremy, The bootloader is put on the chip by a standard AVR programmer, for example an AVR ISP MKII: http://store.atmel.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:10500054#tc:descrip...

What do you want posted ? The whole project zipped ? The VHDL file ? Or ? I hope to get my EPM240 in a few days , but have done the homework. On my CPLD PIN_22 is used by the JTAG , so i reassigned to PIN_2 Hi Bingo, This spot is for the homework questions: http://www.pyroelectro.com/edu/fpga/hello...

jeremybrown82 wrote:Can we use ATMEGA328P instead of the ATMEGA328?

Hi,

Definitely. As long as an Arduino compatible bootloader is installed, it will work.

A new lesson was posted today:
http://www.pyroelectro.com/edu/fpga/hello_world/

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Hello, If I already have a breadboard box with a 3.3 volt power supply and a programmable clock, what subset of the parts kit do I need for the class (in addition to the CPLD breakout board)? Thanks, BigTuna Hi, Every part in the components kit is used at least once in the course and some parts are...

I just discovered this The MAX II flash has 100 programming cycles (see the Programming/Erasure Specifications in the handbook). http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/max2/max2_mii5v1.pdf Pg. 75 Table 5–3. MAX II Device Programming/Erasure Specifications Parameter Minimum Typical Maximum Unit Erase a...

@Chris As i don't have a CD4511 , i have 2 choices. 1: I could program an Arduino to perform the logic. 2: I could find a bcd to 7-seg vhdl code on the net , and hope for some "help" in "gluing it in my EPM240 , when it's needed in the course. I have toyed a bit with opt2 , attached....

BigTuna wrote:Hello,

What is the fastest CPLD clock that we will be using on the breadboard?

Thanks,
BigTuna

Hi,

Nothing over 1 KHz will be used. The fastest we ever go with the 555 timer is 500 Hz.

HOMEWORK QUESTION 1 Why are you taking this course? To learn more about FPGAs and CPLDs HOMEWORK QUESTION 2 What do you hope to do with the knowledge you gain through this course? It will help me decide if I want to continue learning about FPGA development. HOMEWORK QUESTION 3 How much do you alrea...

HOMEWORK QUESTION 1 Why are you taking this course? So I could learn how to design things with CPLD and FPGA. HOMEWORK QUESTION 2 What do you hope to do with the knowledge you gain through this course? I've always been interested in making a dev cart for older consoles and cplds would simplify the ...