Re: FPGATED

Hey thank for the info you answered my question the bozos on
xilinx never did reply to questions about ASIC.  I was told that the Vivado
software could recreate the approximated gates etc, but cannnot interface
with the older 8-bit circuit, but are there ways around that, can adapters
be fabricated to solve this problem or just using different software?

Yeah I need to concentrate on learning code and the basic simple projects
first, I already paid a fair amount of dollars for a project board--->
 Digilent Artix7 so Just learning learning,
cool I know I can rely on true Comodore hackers to more fully help.

So far I like the Digilent forum than Xilinx.  :)

Bare with me im a newbie, thanks all for your answers.

-Terry Raymond
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On Thursday, July 28, 2016, smf <smf@null.net> wrote:

> On 28/07/2016 02:23, Terry Raymond wrote:
>
> Question: Is an ASIC more or less programmed like an Eprom?
>>
>>
> No, ASIC's are created in a chip fab.
>
> I found out because I post as a guest in the beginners forum, with FPGA
>> you can imitate
>> a MOS chip but the circuitry cannot interface with the older circuit.
>>
>
> Alot of FPGAs are 3.3v only, it's easier to hook up if it uses 5v. However
> I believe there are ways round that.
>
> I assume ASIC is more forgiving.
>>
>
> Not necessarily, 110v and 240v appliances aren't more forgiving. They are
> just designed for different voltages. If you have a 3.3v ASIC then it will
> be no different to a 3.3v FPGA
>
> I assume ASIC may still require either VHDL or Verilog code?
>>
>
> Some people use the HDL they use to test an FPGA to create an ASIC with,
> it's not necessarily a simple process to go from one to the other. However
> you need to be making many thousands of them to cover the cost of making an
> ASIC.
>
> Would learning FPGA be a waste of time, it seems Xilinx these days doesnt
>> support 1980's
>> technology, but I have a  Digilent Artix7 project board, just life is too
>> busy right now to concentrate on simple projects with it.
>>
>
> I would definitely start with a simple project.
>
>
>
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