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Hardware Freedom Day is April 20th!

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Hardware Freedom Day is a yearly celebration of Open Hardware! Every year since 2004 hundreds of teams have been celebrating Software Freedom Day, often showcasing Open Hardware in the process. At the Digital Freedom Foundation(formerly known as SFI) we thought it was about time to have a special day just for Open Hardware. So get your hackerspace in order, your team up to speed and register your event right now!

You can find if there is an event planned near you:

 

http://www.hfday.org/map/

 

or learn how to organize one if not:

 

http://wiki.hfday.org/StartGuide

 

Anyone planning to go to one or organize one?

 

cheers,

drew

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  • Hi, Guys and Gals.

     

    I have recently acquired S. Brown and Z. Vranesic's "Fundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL Design".  It has the CD and I have loaded Altera's MAX+plus II CAD system.  There are many VHDL examples provided but the target hardware is Altera's University Program UP-1 laboratory board.  Is there a version of the Altera software that supports DE0-Nano?  I am excited to learn more about FPGAs and PLDs. 

     

    Might it be possible for me to Road Test one of these kits?  Please.

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  • Hi, Guys and Gals.

     

    I have recently acquired S. Brown and Z. Vranesic's "Fundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL Design".  It has the CD and I have loaded Altera's MAX+plus II CAD system.  There are many VHDL examples provided but the target hardware is Altera's University Program UP-1 laboratory board.  Is there a version of the Altera software that supports DE0-Nano?  I am excited to learn more about FPGAs and PLDs. 

     

    Might it be possible for me to Road Test one of these kits?  Please.

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  • in reply to billabott

    I'm not an Altera user but I think that the DE0-Nano board is supported by free (as in beer) tools from Altera and downloadable from their website.

     

    There is a DE0-Nano page on their site which refers to a pin config file which may be useful.

     

    Which edition of the book do you have ?

     

    MK

  • in reply to michaelkellett

    http://www.mhhe.com/engcs/electrical/brownvranesic/graphics/cover.gif

    1999  ,  1st Edition

     

     

    A**books shared the following about the 2nd Edition:

    Major changes in the second edition of the book include

    • new examples to clarify the presentation of fundamental concepts
    • over 50 new examples of solved problems provided at the end of chapters
    • NAND and NOR gates now introduced in Chapter 2
    • more complete discussion of techniques for minimization of logic functions in Chapter 4 (including the tabular method)
    • a new chapter explaining the CAD flow for synthesis of logic circuits
    • Altera's Quartus II CAD software provided on a CD-ROM
    • three appendices that give tutorials on the use of Quartus II software

     

    Yep, that's a big step forward, but I have been unable to determine which Laboratory Circuit Board is used to impliment the tutorials in the 2nd Ed.  The three tutorials Table of Contents info does not reveal its name.

  • in reply to billabott

    Hi William,

     

    I hope you get to roadtest it, the DE0-nano looks like a very good board.

    I don't use Altera either, but I'm curious to hear what the tools and the DE0-nano are like, in case one day I do.

     

    If you'd like a basic Cyclone board, I have a 'KNJN' 'Pluto-II' board +serial interface board which I've never used and don't need, and you're more than welcome to have it.

     

    It should work with Altera's free tools.

    (I can't recommend the KNJN boards for new purchases, they are closed source, very little peripherals (one LED) on them, and the DE0-Nano is far more powerful anyway).

  • in reply to shabaz

    Awesome.  The KNJN Pluto-II w/serial interface seems a quite good place to start after looking at the documentation.  Thanks and I will PM you with my particulars.