Nuno,
Just for your information, IPIF cames with EDK (Embedded Development
Kit). If you're using microblaze, so you already have EDK. So, you don't
need pay additional for using IPIF core.
Thanks.
Jardel.
nuno pinto wrote:
> Thank you!
> As my work is for an academic project, I will analize both
> alternatives and compare them, but I will probably use FSL as we don't
> have much budget to buy IP.
> Thanks again,
> np
>
> On 8/18/06, *jardel* <jardel@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jardel@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
>
> nuno pinto wrote:
>
>> Hello. I am writing an application that will process data and
>> then it must be sent determined areas of the fpga, for hardware
>> processing.
>
>
>> I'm a newbie, this is my first project using fpga's and I have
>> some ideias but not sure how to implement them or if they will
>> work at all.
>
> Good Luck. You can do it.
>
>> I thought of making the C application to write data in specific
>> memory adresses and the VHDL could read from them...
>
> It doesn't sounds as a good idea.
> Maybe you can use microblaze and. Connect your hardware (written
> in VHDL) to microblaze using OPB bus or FSL Link (Fast Simples
> Link) available in microblaze.
> If you decide for using OPB (it's shared and slow compared to
> FSL), you can thinking about using IPIF (intelectual property
> interface) core for facilitating the vhdl development of your
> core. If you decide for using FSL (it's rapid and dedicated link),
> i suggest you reading the xapp529:
> http://direct.xilinx.com/bvdocs/appnotes/xapp529.pdf#search=%22fsl%20application%20note%20xilinx%22
> <http://direct.xilinx.com/bvdocs/appnotes/xapp529.pdf#search=%22fsl%20application%20note%20xilinx%22>
>
>
> Jardel Silveira
> LESC - UFC (Computer Engineering Systems Lab - Federal University
> of Ceara)
> jardel@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jardel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Brazil
>
>
>> not sure how to do it or if it works.
>> Any sugestions will be very appreciated!
>> Thank you,
>> np
>
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