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If you had a Altera Cyclone IV Dev Kit, what would you build?

awinning

Hi,

 

As mentioned in the RoadTest for the DK-STRT-4CGX15N-0B Dev kit, we would like you to tell us what you would build if you had the opportunity. When the RoadTest closes I will choose a short list and create a poll for you to vote in. Winners of the poll will receive the kits,

 

Good Luck,

Ally

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  • I don't agree with those video/wireless ideas. They are not realistic.

     

    I will go for a high speed SPI/IIC Flash programmer. Most SPI/IIC programmers in the market are based on MCUs running below 24M. They are very slow for the big devices(like Spansion 128Mbit SPI Flash). With the help of FPGA, the clock can go above 100M easily.

  • in reply to Former Member

    Hi Eddie, 
     
    Why you want kill a mosquito with a bazooka ?  image 
    A fast SPI write engine require less than 500 LUT . You can use a 50$ FPGA starter board. 
     
    Also I think that the sector-erase and block-write time  is the major cause of slow programming of SPI memory chip. Change clock from 20Mhz  to 100 Mhz do not obtain a great write-time gain.

     

    -Alessandro

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  • in reply to Former Member

    Hi Eddie, 
     
    Why you want kill a mosquito with a bazooka ?  image 
    A fast SPI write engine require less than 500 LUT . You can use a 50$ FPGA starter board. 
     
    Also I think that the sector-erase and block-write time  is the major cause of slow programming of SPI memory chip. Change clock from 20Mhz  to 100 Mhz do not obtain a great write-time gain.

     

    -Alessandro

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