[hpsdr] New entry in the (almost) SDR arena

[Robert McGwier]

Both Quartus and ISE are free downloads.  There are limitations such as 
restrictions on some parts, but for the most part,  these do not impact 
us.  No freely distributable IP comes with them whether you pay or not 
so you will be relegated to the task of rolling your own verilog/VHDL  
but there are open source cores available from opencores.org.

The programming is the fun part anyway and it is really informative 
understanding the algorithm and doing the parallel optimization.  You 
will enjoy it.

Bob


Howard Long wrote:
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> Hi Phil
>
>   
>> A lot has changed in the last few years.  The DDC/DUC can be done
>>     
> completely in a Cyclone II FPGA 
>
> I chose not to use programmable logic for several reasons, but primarily
> that I have no experience of them, which at the time was as good a reaosn as
> any!
>
> As a matter of interest, what are the options for FPGA design tools these
> days? My understanding historically is that the pricing on many of the dev
> tools in many cases, especially the high end, take it out of the hands of
> kitchen table designers.
>
> 73, Howard G6LVB
>
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