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how much costs the Artix 7 devices? 14 50 (7/31/2012 11:17:34 PM) comp.arch.fpga Got a newsletter with an advertisment for Xilinx' new Artix 7 devices: http://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/fpga/artix-7/index.htm It says "low cost", but how low is low? Is there a distributor ... Frank

problems with std::array 12 162 (9/23/2010 3:41:36 AM) comp.lang.c++.moderated I would like to have something like std::array, but I want to specify the size at construction time, something more safe than just T* x = new T[n]. auto_ptr would be nice, but unfortunately doesn't work, beca... Frank

writing robust software? 26 487 (9/13/2010 4:56:03 PM) comp.lang.c++.moderated There are some general rules how to write robust software, e.g. on this page: http://jwinblad.com/resources/robustsw.php like writing test cases, use modular designs, avoid global variables, design by c... Frank

floating point output? 3 48 (7/24/2010 10:55:10 AM) comp.lang.lisp I guess it is somewhere in the CLHS, but I can't find it. How can I print a floating point number as the C printf function does it? I want always 1.0E-5, regardless of the number type of the argument: CL-USER ... Frank

ideas for data binding? 3 111 (4/30/2010 5:05:30 AM) comp.lang.c++.moderated I want to serialize some objects and modify it with a GUI. An example: class Library { private: string m_city; vector m_books; }; class Book { private: string m_title; int m_count; }; ... Frank

coding style for arithmetic operations 2 86 (8/22/2009 11:42:02 AM) comp.lang.vhdl I have a generic entity with a signals like this: writeAddress: out unsigned(ADDRESS_WIDTH-1 downto 0); dstStart: in unsigned(ADDRESS_WIDTH-1 downto 0); dstPitch: in unsigned(15 downto 0); Then I have a proce... Frank

CLOS: static members 38 25 (8/15/2009 6:14:44 PM) comp.lang.lisp I have some classes, e.g. mesh and lamp, and each class needs it's own static dictionary, but with the same functionality (lookup objects per string etc.). mesh and lamp can be derived from the same base class.... Frank

Common Lisp 3D gaming framework? 14 66 (8/3/2009 5:57:02 PM) comp.lang.lisp After a short visit to Python, I'm back to Lisp, it's much better with real multitasking, macros etc. I plan to write a small 3D game, but I want to implement all in Lisp without C libraries, for the fun of it... Frank

passing data from fast to slow time domain 3 79 (5/25/2009 6:40:49 PM) comp.arch.fpga I have two processes, one for sampling data with a high speed clock (simplified code) if rising_edge(fastClock) then shiftRegister <= shiftRegister(0) & dataIn; if shiftRegister = "10" then counter <= 0; ... Frank

again: statemachine bug in Quartus II Web Edition Software v8.0 SP1 4 111 (10/24/2008 6:00:24 PM) comp.arch.fpga Today I searched some time for a bug in my software, but it was in Quartus: If I use a statemachine with some states, something like this: type stateType is (idle, readByte, writeByte); and then I initialize ... Frank

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Smallest GPL UART 28 75 (4/29/2012 6:04:23 PM) comp.arch.fpga Hi all, I am searching for the smallest/simpler UART in verilog. I need to release the project under GPL and still confused about what are my options. I would go with micro UART by Jeung Joon Lee but I am una... giuseppe.marullonospam (23)

Olimex-iMX233-OLinuXino-Maxi Linux SBC 36 61 (6/15/2012 7:39:59 PM) comp.arch.embedded 16-June-2012 SINGLE BOARD LINUX COMPUTER with i.MX233 ARM926J @454Mhz Now available: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/olimex-imx233-olinuxino-maxi.html http://www.dontronics-shop.com/olinuxino.html -... Don

Open source writswatch ? 5 51 (6/17/2012 12:32:39 PM) comp.arch.embedded Hi, Idly browsing the threads here I followed the link to the adafruit wesite and saw their wristwatch. This made me wonder whether there is an open-souce version out there with a graphic lcd display so... reply_to_group_not_me (36)

how much costs the Artix 7 devices? 14 50 (7/31/2012 11:17:34 PM) comp.arch.fpga Got a newsletter with an advertisment for Xilinx' new Artix 7 devices: http://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/fpga/artix-7/index.htm It says "low cost", but how low is low? Is there a distributor ... fb (1526)

Looking for an extremely cheap FPGA board (in quantity, academic use) 26 53 (9/9/2012 4:20:03 PM) comp.arch.fpga Hi all, I'm looking for a sub-$20 FPGA board (including everything needed to actually use it). Requirements: * The device must have reasonable free software that can handle schematic capture and Ve... brehob (20)

Article on why Lisp makes business sense 19 28 (9/15/2012 6:33:45 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hello, I am writing an article explaining why Lisp is useful for business. http://kanis.fr/lisp.txt Any feedback will be greatly apreciated. Ivan Kanis ... ivan.kanis (7)

JTAG access from user design in Altera FPGAs 2 54 (9/28/2012 9:40:40 AM) comp.arch.fpga Hi, does somebody know, how to access the JTAG port from a user design (VHDL) in Altera FPGA (cyclone 4)? TIA Ludwig ... spamtrap-lh-0506 (2)

Somewhat OT: Efficient timing under Linux 5 34 (10/1/2012 5:07:20 AM) comp.arch.embedded Programming a somewhat compute-intensive and time-critical application on an embedded ARM-9 system, running Linux. I need a clock in the low tens of milliseconds for triggering synchronous functions, ie. ... bv2144 (52)

My First CPU but.. one problem 15 33 (10/12/2012 5:29:48 PM) comp.arch.fpga Hello to all, I completed my first CPU in VHDL, an incredibly satisfying feeling! : D I simulated successfully but I did not understand what it means to a signal colored red in ModelSim: http://imageshack.us/... anon4300 (2)

Re: Formatting Lists -- There Has to be a Better Way 4 24 (11/2/2012 1:31:59 AM) comp.lang.lisp Jason Trenouth wrote: > > (loop for e on arg > > do (princ (car e) stream) > > when (rest e) > > do (princ ", " stream))) > > > > (format nil "Comma delimited list: ~/~cl/" '(1 2 3 4... w_a_x_man (2777)