RE: [microblaze-uclinux] uClinux on a Spartan3

["David Banas" <dbanas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi William,

I haven't done any extensive testing of uClinux on either board yet, as I'm
still trying to get everything built properly. I suspect that I'm very close
now.

The board has 2 RAM chips so that it can present a 32-bit data interface to
the MicroBlaze processor, making maximum use of its I/O bandwidth. (Each RAM
chip has a 16-bit data bus.)

David Banas
Field Applications Engineer
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.
2070 Ringwood Avenue
San Jose, CA 95131
(408)434-0800 - office
(415)846-5837 - cell
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au
[mailto:owner-microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au] On Behalf Of Willi@m
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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:27 PM
To: microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au
Subject: Re: [microblaze-uclinux] uClinux on a Spartan3

Thanks David, I had seen the Nu Horizons' links and I´m interested
about the HW-AFX-SP3-400-DB board. Anyway, I´m not sure about which of
those boards can support better uClinux  than others. Would you tell
me what kind of problems have you had in this board testing uClinux,
and why this board has two RAM chips?

A lot of thanks again.

Regards,

William

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:53:14 -0800, David Banas <dbanas@nuhorizons.com>
wrote:
> Hi William,
> 
> I'm currently tasked with getting the "uClinux-on-MicroBlaze" project
ported
> to Nu Horizons' Spartan-3 demo boards. (There are 2 of them; one uses a
'400
> part and the other can be ordered with either a '1500 or a '2000 part.)
> 
> My deadline for achieving this is Feb. 28 and this task affects my
> compensation for this quarter. So, I'm highly motivated to complete it.
I've
> been at it now for several weeks and am actually pretty close.
> 
> I'll be posting to and reading this list actively as I wrap up and will be
> supporting my port actively afterwards in an on-going fashion, fixing
bugs,
> writing Linux drivers for the various peripherals on our boards, putting
> together interesting user applications, etc.
> 
> I've been doing embedded Linux, including hardware drivers and custom user
> apps., for about 5 years now.
> 
> Here're the links to our 2 Spartan-3 demo boards:
> http://www.nuhorizons.com/products/xilinx/spartan3/development-board.html
> http://www.nuhorizons.com/sp3/
> 
> Let me know if you're interested and I can help you get the order
processed.
> 
> You might also find this link helpful:
> http://www.techonline.com/community/ed_resource/virtualab/37343
> It's a Spartan-3/1500 "Virtual Lab", basically, one of our S3-1500/2000
> boards available for public "play time" via the Web. Sort of a "try before
> you buy" deal.
> 
> I hope that all helps. (Sorry if it was too long-winded and salesy.)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David Banas
> Field Applications Engineer
> Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.
> 2070 Ringwood Avenue
> San Jose, CA 95131
> (408)434-0800 - office
> (415)846-5837 - cell
> http://www.nuhorizons.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au
> [mailto:owner-microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au] On Behalf Of Willi@m
> Serr@to
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 1:03 PM
> To: microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au
> Subject: [microblaze-uclinux] uClinux on a Spartan3
> 
> Hi. Can somebody tell me a Spartan3 development board reference for
> testing uClinux?
> 
> Thanks.
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