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Re: [oc] Handel-C replacement, replacement name first methinks!
>Martin,
>
>Windows? YUK, I've finally found a use for MS Windows CDs, they make good
>tea coasters. Too many bugs in MS code for my liking.
>
:-)
>My primary thinking is to do a little program that can parse a C program and
>translate it straight into VHDL so people could then fine-tune it as
>necessary if they wish. I'm still a VHDL newbie but if I would like to code
>a Linux style mini-kernel in an FPGA (CPU+Linux Kernel in a ASIC?),
>ambitious yes but if they can do a TCP/IP stack with the DK1 suite then I'm
>sure I can go one better. I've looked at all their manuals and can see some
>major areas for improvement in their software (not just the name!). What I
>would love to see though is some VHDL code generated by one of their example
>C programs to see how they think the VHDL side should be done. I'm already
>using a very basic C to VHDL program which seems to be working quite well.
>Have a look at my "Sequential processing in FPGAs" post which includes a
>sample of its output and let me know what you think. VHDL is still a
>minefield of new learning for me so any help in this area will be much
>appreciated.
>
Sounds very ambitious - I'd start by flashing some lights :-) I have to say the Celoxica's video demos are *very* impressive, generating VGA real-time from C impresses the pants off most softies, so a demo board with a RAMDAC on would be nice...
They generate directly to EDIF normally, although they do have a VHDL output flow now. YOu might get some info from some of the papers written about Handel-C when it was still an academic thing.
See my other reply on sequential processing...
>Although if Celoxica want to buy the program off me rather than let me make
>it shareware then you won't just have my gratitude for helping you'll also
>receive a financial reward too. Their website says they have $30 million in
>venture capital so I can always dream. rotflmbo
>
You never know... Of course, if you open the source, Celoxica can nick your ideas, even without nicking the source-code can't they?
>Paul McFeeters
>
>Handel-C is copyright of Celoxica, Buffy-C hmmm might be copyright of me ;-)
>
I've never objected to Handel-C actually :-) You maybe want to find something completely different... or not as you like!
Cheers,
Martin
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-cores@opencores.org [mailto:owner-cores@opencores.org]On
>Behalf Of Martin.J Thompson
>Sent: 07 December 2001 11:39
>To: cores@opencores.org
>Subject: Re: [oc] Has anybody won the lottery?
>
>
>Hi Paul,
>Sounds like a good challenge! I'm interested in this, but don;t have a huge
>amount of time at the moment. Let me know how it goes - I'm experienced in
>FPGA deisgn via VHDL, and I've written some software in my time also (C,
>perl and a bit of python amongst others).
>
>Would you be targetting windoze or some unixy OS? Or aiming for
>portability?
>
>Cheers,
>Martin
>
>>>> paul.mcfeeters@ntlworld.com 07 December 2001 01:41:10 >>>
>Hi,
>
>apparently (better sit for this) the DK1 suite only costs $25,000 per year.
>I should have known it was too good to be true. So in the spirit of
>Opencores.org I am going to look at developing my own Handel-C system. I
>might be a VHDL virgin but when it comes to C programming its in my blood.
>If anybody wants to come onboard and help then the more the merrier. I'll
>get a project up on running on Opencores soon.
>
>Unless of course somebody has won the lottery and wants to buy a 3 year
>licence for me? ;-))
>
>Paul McFeeters
>
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